When Chen Meets Chan

Authors

  • Chen Chen University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29580

Abstract

A poem featuring an imaginary dialog between Chan, a well-known Chinese-Canadian athlete and Chen, a Chinese academic living in Canada. The piece speaks from these two different cultural perspectives.

Author Biography

Chen Chen, University of Alberta

Chen Chen is a grateful visitor from China to Turtle Land. He is currently situated in amiskwaciwâskahikan (also known today as Edmonton, Canada) on Treaty No. 6 Territory. Chen is a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, at the University of Alberta. His work addresses the intersection of sport and justice. He is particularly interested in how non-Western epistemologies can mobilize sport and movement spaces to be more just and equitable, and how they can facilitate more meaningful community-building towards decolonization.

 

Migrating Colors. An image showing fall colors superimposed over a lake, with a cloudy sky.

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Published

2021-08-17

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2020): Living Stories of Migrancy: Exile, Unconditional Hospitality and Transnational Citizenship

Section

Articles, Illustrations and Verse