Jian Neo Chen on Trans of Color Art and Activism

Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on Fire

How can a transnational, trans of color aesthetics remake the world? How has transgender studies changed what academic publishing looks like in the digital age? And what might our social justice movements look like if we prioritized small-scale, emergent strategies as much as large-scale, revolutionary ones?

In episode 78 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach interviews trans studies scholar Jian Neo Chen about why collaborations between artists, activists, and academics are so vital to transgender studies; how academic journals born in the digital age are reimagining what scholarship looks and reads like; and the revolutionary, worldmaking power of small-scale, community-based change for trans of color communities.

Transcript & show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/78-jian-neo-chen/

Big thanks to our episode sponsor: the Pacific Northwest College of Art's Masters in Critical Studies Program.