Chinese Dreamcore: Tangping, Mark Fisher, and Hauntology in the Anthropocene

Acid Horizon offers affordable online philosophy and humanities courses: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-coursesCan you feel homesick for something that hasn't even disappeared yet? This week Craig and Adam sit down with Dr. Ennan Wu, Wenhan Hu, and Tiger Liu to talk about Chinese Dreamcore, an internet aesthetic built from sound images of old classroom bells and the half-remembered echoes of early milennium schoolyards. We get into anticipatory homesickness, tangping 躺平 (lying flat), and runxue 润学 (the "study" of leaving the country), and what Mark Fisher's hauntology looks like filtered through the dreamcore genre. Read the paper/listen to the tracks: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397762735_Listening_to_hauntological_time_Chinese_Dreamcore_millennial_memories_and_the_temporal_crisis_in_the_AnthropoceneA note on the music: The track in this episode is a remix of Nop by ChenYueLong, a foundational Chinese dreamcore track, used for research purposes alongside the paper "Listening to Hauntological Time: Chinese Dreamcore, Millennial Memories, and the Temporal Crisis in the Anthropocene" by Ennan Wu, Zhe Tang, and Jianhao Xia, with Wenhan Hu assisting on the research team.Support the showAHRCCurrent classes at Acid Horizon Research Commons (AHRC): acidhorizonresearchcommons.comAHRC Course Archive: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-course-archivesSubmit your course proposal: [email protected] LinksWebsite: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonAcid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcastBoycott Watkins Media: https://xenogothic.com/2025/03/17/boycott-watkins-statement/Subscribe to us on your favorite podcast: https://pod.link/1512615438Merch: http://www.crit-drip.comSubscribe to us on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1512615438LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDHappy Hour at Hippel's (Adam’s blog): https://happyhourathippels.wordpress.com​Split Infinities (Craig’s Substack): https://splitinfinities.substack.com/​Music: https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/ and https://thecominginsurrection.bandcamp.com/