Antropodi: The love letters - Dreams at the dawn of the Mao Zedong era

This episode features Suvi Rautio's (University of Helsinki) lecture at the Finnish Anthropological Society's annual meeting on April 27th, 2025. Suvi discusses love letters between her Chinese grandfather and Finnish grandmother from the 1950s, stored in the family basement. These letters reveal their migration history from Europe to China and the political euphoria of the time. Suvi is currently researching memory and loss among Beijing’s intellectuals during the Maoist era. www.suvirautio.com.

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