All Essays & Inquiries
Banking on Wheels
Bamboo Inn 竹 園
Bush Stadium
Emerson School
Full-Time Daughter 全职儿女
An essay reflecting on Alcinda Honwana's “‘Waithood’: Youth Transitions and Social Change” and Hannah J. Dawson's “Living, Not Just Surviving,” through China's trending “full-time daughter” role.
The ¥30,000 House
An essay reflected on Hannah J. Dawson's work “Living, Not Just Surviving: The Politics of Refusing Low-Wage Jobs in Urban South Africa.”
Song of Land 田歌
An essay reflecting on Hannah J. Dawson's “Living, Not Just Surviving” and Tatiana Adeline Thieme's “The Hustle Economy,” through the story of a farmer-musician who returned to his village in Guangxi.
One Building in the Urban Village
An essay reflecting on Teresa P.R. Caldeira's “Peripheral Urbanization: Autoconstruction, Transversal Logics, and Politics in Cities of the Global South.”
The Ever-Evolving Spectrum of Waithood
A paper exploring how young women in China navigate the housing and employment challenges of waithood — from buying homes in lower-tier cities to staying on as “full-time daughters.”
