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Public-facing Scholarship







 

Through my academic research on accessible services in theatre, I have cultivated a connection with disabled and neurodivergent people. As a female BIPOC studying and teaching in the U.S., I see how ableism is profoundly intertwined with and exacerbated by racism, sexism, and xenophobia. I have received so much care and support from disabled and neurodivergent community. In return, I aim to make my research contributes to a world that is more accessible and inclusive.


PODCAST

“Let’s Relax! Audience Access in the U.K. and U.S.,” Positions, an academic podcast produced by Cultural Studies Association, October 23, 2023.
 
I invitied Theatre scholar Dr. Hanhha Simpson from the University of Edinburgh, Leigh Jackson, then Director of Accessibility and EDI Programming at People’s Light, to discuss accessible practices in different cultural contexts.

This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by theatre scholar Dr. Patrick McKelvey.
TOOLKIT

I was awarded the PublicsLab Summer Public Research Fellowship in 2023, during which I developed an accessible theatre toolkit, which included anti-ableist strategies, community agreements, and training guidelines for actors and designers. I explored how a wider audience—including non-native English speakers, senior citizens, and parents with young children—can benefit from relaxed performance.
COMMUNITY

I am a committee member of the International Relaxed Performance Network, where we host quarterly conversations by bringing together cultural institutions, artists, and access workers to discuss acessible practices in order to make the experiences of neurodivergent spectators more accessible.






   Access as Aesthetics
Access is an Equity-oriented Tool
Access as Justice




I Agree
I Can’t Agree More




“Where are you really from?”                                                                                                      
As a nomad studying in Europe and the U.S. for the past decade, I have often received this question. At first, I felt uneasy and pretended not to care, but now I have came to understand how to define one’s identity in a relational and fluid way. Inspired by theatre scholar Donatella Galella’s “Feeling Yellow,” I write about the affective experiences of Asian women overseas to better understand the formation of identity-in-flux.

Korea Art Forum

Many Audiences, Many Participations: A Field Note on ‘Shared Space, Shared Dialogue’ Events, April 6, 2024



The Center of Humanities, CUNY

Exploring the Liminal Space of the Inter-Rituals by Three Chinese Female Artists, May 25, 2023 , co-written with Dohyun Gracia Shin. 

  •                                                                                                                   Photographed by Tianqi Liao

  •               Alaya-Vijnana by Yin Zhang and Caiyi Feng (performer).Photographed by Yuan Gao









I’ve been doing Zoom coffee chats with friends since the pandemic to learn about each other’s projects and look for collaboration. If you’re interested in joining us, please feel free to send me an email. It’d be cool to learn from you and cultivate connections across the globe!
                                         



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