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Xavier Ortells
Biography |
Xavier Ortells is an MA student in Regional Studies - East Asia at Columbia University.
His focus is contemporary Chinese cultural production, i.e. 6th generation filmmakers, avant-garde literature, critical theory and translation studies.
He has worked and traveled in China for over two years, studying language at Peking University and Beijing Foreign Studies University.
was born in Barcelona, Spain and holds a B.A. in English (University of Barcelona) and B.A. East Asian Studies (UOC, Barcelona).
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Statement |
I am interested in the opportunities that Tibetan films and films about Tibet afford us to analyze notions of self-representation via the creation of an Other who is always linked with 'us'.
I have done research on film produced by the mainland China industry about Tibet and Xinjiang, as well as about films of the emergent Tibetan creators, such as Padma Tseden.
In the case of Prince of the Himalayas, the original Western text forces us to include a third vector in the equation, which creates a product of high interest in the present context of globalized circulation.
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Angela Zito
Biography |
In 1979, just as the Cultural Revolution was ending,
she spent three years in Beijing doing historical research on the social and political importance of rituals performed by the emperor.
During that time, she also worked as dayside copy editor for The China Daily, China's English-language newspaper, and then as a "newstaster" for the Reuter's bureau.
Having received a PhD from the University of Chicago, she now teaches anthropology and history of Chinese culture and religions at NYU,
where she has directed the Religious Studies Program for the past five years, and co-founded and co-direct with Faye Ginsburg the Center for Religion and Media.
At NYU she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses.
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