Saving the world one family at a time: screening and discussion of Gone South Village
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- Speaker
- William A. Callahan, Mia Chen Ma, Charlotte Goodburn, Kieran Hanson, Giulia ScioratiSingapore Management University, University of Strathclyde, King's College London, University of Manchester, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Location
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Organisation
- London School of Economics
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About this talk
Saving the world one family at a time: screening and discussion of Gone South Village. With growing tensions between China and the United States, new "third spaces" are emerging beyond great-power competition. Gone South Village is a short documentary film that explores how overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia create social and global orders that are neither wholly Chinese nor Thai. The film follows a Sino-Thai family as they travel from Bangkok to "Gone South Village", their late father's ancestral hometown in rural China. Through this journey, the documentary reflects on what it means to be "Chinese" in Thailand and "Thai" in China, and how transnational community ties are built through shared heritage. Rather than relying on elite or heroic solutions, the film offers an intimate account of how global interconnections are sustained one family at a time. This event is part of the LSE Festival: How to save the planet running from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026.
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