Symposium—Material Culture and Design in Modern Asia

March 18 and 19, 2021 | Symposium—Material Culture and Design in Modern Asia Stacey Pierson University of London “Trash or Treasure: The Sherd in East Asian Ceramic Culture” Megha Rajguru University of Brighton “The Home and the Street: Critical Reflections on the Working Class Interior and Public Space in India 1970–1990” Hui-Ying Kerr Nottingham Trent University “Health Booms and Bubbly Bodies: Hanako Magazine, Women and Beauty in the 1980s Japanese Bubble Economy” Yunah Lee University of Brighton “Diligent Helpers in the Kitchen: The Consumption of Kitchen Appliances in Korea” Sandy Ng Hong Kong Polytechnic University “Self and Object: Feminine Design and Social Changes in the Life of the Modern Woman” Sarah Cheang Royal College of Art “Transnational Material Agencies: The Global Circulation of Chinese Embroidered Textiles” Anna Grasskamp Hong Kong Baptist University “Maritime Matters: Shell Design and Cultural Transfer” Kyunghee Pyun Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY “Reverse Orientalism in East Asia: Aesthetics and Ethnic Identity” Moderated by Sandy Ng Hong Kong Polytechnic University https://www.bgc.bard.edu/