Book launch event : Sustaining landscapes : governance and ecology in Chinese visual culture, 960–1368 CE
Organizer
Centre for Film and Creative Industries and the Library
Event Title
Book Launch Event
Document Type
Book Talk
Date
11-21-2025
Time
12:00 noon -- 1:30 p.m.
Venue
Computer Room 1, 1/F, Lingnan University Library
Description
Sustaining Landscapes: Governance and Ecology in Chinese Visual Culture, 960–1368 CE examines ecological thought contested amid the rise of the Chinese landscape genre, tracing its intersections with infrastructure governance, natural resource management, and geospatial knowledge.
It traces the pre-industrial notion of “sustainability” in policy debates, legal regulations, and arts. Landscape imagery on paintings, maps, as well as massproduced artifacts such as fans and ceramic pillows documented both appropriate and exploitative use of natural resources, and critiqued social inequity and political turmoil. This book breaks new ground by bringing together research on visual and material culture with analysis of politics and ecology.
Wang argues that the Chinese landscape genre embodied a holistic approach to negotiating debates on human-nature interdependence and people-state relationships. It joins the increasing literature on ecocriticism and offers alternative perspectives to address contemporary challenges, ranging from environmental crisis to global governance.
Photo Gallery:
https://gallery.ln.edu.hk/lib/booklaunch-20251121/
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wang, G., & Liu, W. (2025, November 21). Book launch event: Sustaining landscapes: Governance and ecology in Chinese visual culture, 960–1368 CE [Video podcast]. Retrieved from https://commons.ln.edu.hk/videos/987
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