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Utopian Futures

by Made in China Journal

A podcast dedicated to re-imagining different futures from within the bleakness of the present. Hosted by Christian Sorace Sponsored by Made in China Journal https://madeinchinajournal.com Sound design by Tommaso Facchin Music by Ceschi https://linktr.ee/ceschi With generous support from the Colorado College Department of Political Science https://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/politicalscience/

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Episodes

  1. Michael Sawyer | Beyond Wakanda

    In this episode, Christian Sorace talks with Dr Michael Sawyer about how the Black aesthetic tradition offers resources to move beyond a world dominated by white supremacy. They discuss the work of Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, Toni Morrison, Kara Walker, Hegel, the film Black Panther, and falconry.

  2. Mark Driscoll | The Whites Are Enemies of Heaven

    In this episode, Christian and Matt talk with historian Mark Driscoll about his recent book The Whites Are Enemies of Heaven (Duke University Press, 2021) on movements of decolonial and ecological resistance to the superpredation of Euro-American people in China and Japan during the nineteenth...

  3. Cynthia Cruz | Drawing a Line in the Sand

    In this episode, Christian Sorace speaks with poet and essayist Cynthia Cruz about her recent book The Melancholia of Class: A Manifesto for the Working Classon the artistic and affective struggles to reclaim working class identity and resist its erasure by middle-class fantasy.

  4. Ari Heinrich | Not All Organs Are Created Equal

    In this episode, Christian Sorace and Matthew Galway speak with Ari Heinrich about his translation of Chi Ta-wei's classic of queer speculative fiction The Membranes; bio-technologies and prostheses; the racialisation of cadavers, organ transplant and trade; and the trap of utopian conclusions.

  5. Artemy Magun | The Future of the State

    In this episode, Christian Sorace speaks with philosopher Artemy Magun about the impasse of current models of protests, the need for a new internationalism and utopian vision, and why the ghost of Lenin continues to haunt the present.

  6. Jie Li | Utopian Ruins

    For our inaugural podcast, Christian Sorace spoke with Jie Li about Utopian Ruins (2020), her recent book about the creation, preservation, and elision of memories from the Mao era. Among other things, they discuss how we might salvage the utopian impulses from their imposed forms; how to...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast dedicated to re-imagining different futures from within the bleakness of the present.

Hosted by Christian Sorace

Sponsored by Made in China Journal https://madeinchinajournal.com

Sound design by Tommaso Facchin

Music by Ceschi https://linktr.ee/ceschi

With generous support from the Colorado College Department of Political Science https://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/politicalscience/

HOSTED BY

Made in China Journal

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A podcast dedicated to re-imagining different futures from within the bleakness of the present. Hosted by Christian Sorace Sponsored by Made in China Journal https://madeinchinajournal.com Sound design by Tommaso Facchin Music by Ceschi https://linktr.ee/ceschi With generous support from the...

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