【一席】戴錦華：宅內宅外
Cultural critic Dai Jinhua starts from the film Her to describe the 'zhai' (stay-at-home) way of life: closed off, yet wired into global networks. She argues that the digital and biological revolutions, and images that no longer prove anything, are changing civilisation almost without debate. She ends by asking what future China should imagine for itself.
C225:37一席YiXiFor Chinese speakersChinese captions by the creator
Dense academic register; refers to 9/11 and the Gulf War.
Key words
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
| 宅男 (zháinán) | stay-at-home man, otaku |
| 陪伴 (péibàn) | companionship; to keep company |
| 停电 (tíngdiàn) | power cut |
| 数码 (shùmǎ) | digital |
| 革命 (gémìng) | revolution |
| 临界 (línjiè) | critical (threshold) |
| 抵抗 (dǐkàng) | to resist |
| 凝视 (níngshì) | to gaze; gaze |
| 自拍 (zìpāi) | selfie |
| 纪录片 (jìlùpiàn) | documentary |
Did you understand?
看完《Her》以后，哪个“煞风景”的问题进入了戴锦华的脑海？
《阿甘正传》让她发现了什么？
她认为这一次技术革命和以前有什么不同？
Why it's C2
- 227 characters a minute (natural speed)
- 68% of the characters are in common words (the course's words up to B1, about HSK 1–4)
- Made for Chinese speakers
