N°1 THE LOST SOCIETY ︎︎︎
The Importance of Tea
Mary Jean Chan

As an introductory remark, the exploration unfolds through a poem written by Dr Mary-Jean Chan, a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. She recreates a scene of misunderstanding incurred by cultural differences through a daily conversation. Her poem opens up the topic of cross-cultural mistranslation and individual identity displacement.
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te is an annual bilingual publication on contemporary arts and cultural anthropology. Based on specific themes of each issue, we commission practitioners from different expertise to explore the dynamic cultural landscape between regions. The topics include the fluidity of cultures, languages and ideas in specific communities and the adaptation of individual narratives to the shifting social environment and geopolitics.
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EDITORS
Michael Guo & Kechun Qin
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Can Yang
WEB DESIGN
Yang Sun
Michael Guo & Kechun Qin
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Can Yang
WEB DESIGN
Yang Sun

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