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SUMMARY:What China’s Coolest Rock Band Can Tell Us About the Nation’s Cultural Shifts
DESCRIPTION:Read our blog post on the event: What China’s Hottest Rock Band Can Tell Us About the Nation’s Cultural Shifts \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Ren Ke\, member\, Wu Tiao RenZheng Lin\, Visiting Scholar\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Associate Professor\, Sun Yat Sen UniversityYuhua Wang\, Professor of Government\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nWu Tiao Ren (五条人) began in Guangzhou as a small\, counterculture band singing quirky lyrics in the Min dialect of Guangdong. But in 2020\, they exploded onto China’s music scene when they pulled a stunt on the national TV show “Big Band.” Instead of the more anodyne song the band had rehearsed\, on live TV they shocked the organizers with a provocative song about a kid who is languishing in jail. The band didn’t win the competition\, but their gutsy action quickly made them an internet sensation. \n\n\n\nGiven their fiercely earthy\, anti-pop act\, what’s surprising is that Wu Tiao Ren have blown up in popularity. Why does Wu Tiao Ren attract such big audiences? Aside from cutting-edge art\, do they also reflect the complex new cultural and social mechanics of today’s China?  \n\n\n\nJoin us as Ren Ke\, one of the band’s key members\, shares his perspectives with Prof. Zheng Lin from Sun Yat-sen University\, who is doing research on Wu Tiao Ren. She will share thoughts on how the band’s fiercely local rock music plays with both language and imagery\, revealing a unique\, grassroots village-in-the-city (城中村) culture that has cropped up in Guangzhou. She will explore how the culture of counterfeits (shanzhai 山寨and dakou 打口) has helped shape their art and contributed to urbanization\, and\, ultimately\, globalization in China.  \n\n\n\nHarvard Prof. Yuhua Wang will add perspectives on how this new cultural phenomenon fits into Chinese history. \n\n\n\nPoster credit: Hu Design Studio \n\n\n\n\n\nLecture available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/xl2tbo7n_Gc. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/what-chinas-coolest-rock-band-can-tell-us-about-the-nations-cultural-shifts/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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