The Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is proud to be one of the institutional partners for the 2026 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) Summer School, taking place from 25 July to 2 August 2026. Titled 'Livable Futures', the summer school is hosted by the Digital Narratives Studio in the School of Journalism and Communication at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
Refusing a fatalistic worldview that reduces the future to mere survival amid climate, technological, and social crises, 'Livable Futures' treats "livability" as an active, ongoing practice of world-making (worlding) that demands immediate imagination, repair, and relationality. Evolving from the foundational Inter-Asia Cultural Studies framework of "Asia as Method", Asia as Worlding leverages Inter-Asia connections to construct new modes of cohabitation—positioning theory, art, activism, and pedagogy as deeply entangled, collaborative labours capable of actively shaping inhabitable and equitable futures.
The summer school cohort is organised into three streams: Narratives, Technology, and Care. As part of the programme, AMC faculty member Dr Vennes Cheng will deliver a lecture and workshop offering a critique of emerging technologies. Her session will focus on the historical and technological reenactment of memory and history through material archives and generative technologies.