Living in Coventry

aS PART OF THIS PROJECT, we HAVE received pictures FROM PARTICIPANTS THAT REFLECTS SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN the city and THEIR emotionS EXPERIENCED during the pandemic. wE THANK OUR PARTICIPANTS FOR THEIR CONSENT TO SHARE THESE IMAGES AND NOTES ON THIS SITE Description Interview L: Rainbow in Coventry 12/06/2020 “我有一个特别开心的事情. 有一天我下了课,我那天好像特别特别累,然后走到Claycroft门口的时候,我发现天上挂了两道彩虹。我见过两三次,三四次(彩虹)我感觉,就是那一次是我第一次见彩虹,又大又好看,而且是两道,两个方位各有一道。” ” … Continue reading Living in Coventry

Making Alien-land Home-land ’且认他乡作故乡’: A Visual documentation of Chinese communities in Coventry

Throughout China’s long history, poets, writers and literati alike have written numerous essays and poems lamenting the emotional agony experienced as a result of the physical separation of the lonely wanderer ‘游子’from their homeland‘家乡’. The very concept of home, ‘jia’ 家is deep rooted in Chinese cultural’ s understanding of one’s sense of belonging and relations … Continue reading Making Alien-land Home-land ’且认他乡作故乡’: A Visual documentation of Chinese communities in Coventry