Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai – 23/1/16 – Shanghai Old Town: Topography of a Phantom City Volume One: The Old Docks By Katya Knyazeva
Posted: January 22nd, 2016 | No Comments »RASÂ WEEKENDERÂ
Saturday 23 January 2016
4:00 PM for 4:15 PM start
Radisson Blu Plaza Xingguo Hotel, Tavern Bar
78 XingGuo Road, Shanghai
兴国宾馆上海市兴国路78å·
BOOK LAUNCH
Shanghai Old Town: Topography of a Phantom City
Volume One: The Old Docks
By Katya Knyazeva
Shanghai Old Town is a history and a photographic atlas of the former walled city and port of Shanghai. Volume One: The Old Docks explores the ancient lanes and historic relics of Dongjiadu, the wharves and lanes outside the city wall. The winding streets in this neighborhood tell the story of the region, the trades, the cults and the clans that made Shanghai a merchant capital long before the western powers built the international treaty port.
In spite of half a century of neglect and mounting redevelopment pressure, Dongjiadu retains a dynamic, unregulated street life and the most varied urban fabric. But the neighborhoods are being erased. The Old Docks is a survey and an epitaph of a city on the verge of disappearance.
Katya Knyazeva is a journalist and photographer from Siberia. She has been living in Shanghai since 2006, where she worked variously as an illustration artist, writer, photojournalist and historian. She has published articles on Chinese cuisine, arts and theater, urban form and Shanghai history. She has been a speaker at Explore Shanghai Heritage, the Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai Expat Association and World Art Deco Congress. She is the author of Shanghai Old Town: Topography of a Phantom City (Suzhou Creek Press, 2015).
Talk Cost: RMB 70.00 (RAS members) and RMB 100.00 (non-members). Includes glass of wine or soft drink. Those unable to make the donation but wishing to attend may contact us for exemption.
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