Boundaries and Resonance of the Body

Does the body have boundaries? What are the boundaries of the body? How would you define "body"?

What is resonance? What is a body with resonance? And how does resonance inspire life nourishment?

The dialogue will commence with reflections on embodiment. In the morning session, Wang will facilitate a contemplative retreat at Zhejiang University’s Zhijiang Campus, before the group reconvene in the afternoon to delve into Lai's exploration of "the multiplicity of bodies" and Wang's research on "resonance and vitality," engaging the audience in discussions on the boundaries of embodiment and resonance. Together, we will explore the intersecting realms of embodiment and resonance.

This is the first event that the Berggruen Research Center at Peking University collaborates with the Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences at Zhejiang University.

About the speakers:

Adel-Jing Wang
Associate Professor of Sound Studies, Zhejiang University
2023 - 2024 Berggruen Institute China Fellow

Based in Hangzhou, China, Adel-Jing Wang is a sound studies scholar, art anthropologist, curator and practitioner in sound art. She is currently an associate professor of sound studies at Zhejiang University, China and has also served as a visiting scholar at MIT Anthropology(2019-2020) and the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong (2017.2). She is the artist in residence at The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia (2022-2023) and founded the Sound Lab at the College of Media and International Culture at Zhejiang University (2015-2021). Wang is also the author of the books Half Sound, Half Philosophy: Aesthetics, Politics, and History of China‘s Sound Art (Bloomsbury, 2021, English language) and Sound and Affect: An Anthropology of China’s Sound Practice (2017,Chinese language). In her artistic practice, Wang works with field recordings, voice, and installation-based performance. She considers research and art practice as mutually-enriching exercises producing concepts for further exploration.

LAI Lili
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Peking University
2023 - 2024 Berggruen Institute China Fellow

Lai is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the School of Health Humanities at Peking University. She received her MA and PhD in Anthropology from UNC-Chapel Hill. She has done extensive ethnographic and interdisciplinary research on health-related issues in rural and urban communities of Northern and Southwestern China.