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marina.svenssonace.luse |
2017-03-23
Professor, Director of Third Cycle Studies, Head of Department, Office Director, Purchasing Coordinator
- Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
- Department of History
Contact information
E-mail marina.svenssonace.luse
Phone +46 46 222 40 68
Room
126
(head of department, office director, professor, purchasing coordinator)
125
(director of third cycle studies)
Visiting address
Sölvegatan 18 B, Lund
Postal address
Box 118, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 61
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- Lund Human Rights Research Hub (research leader)
- Digital China (research leader)
- Kulturarv och bevarandefrågor i Kina (research leader)
Books (3)
- Svensson, M. (2002). Debating human rights in China : a conceptual and political history. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Svensson, M. & Angle, S. (2001). The Chinese human rights reader : documents and commentary, 1900-2000. M. E. Sharpe.
- Svensson, M. (1996). The Chinese Conception of Human Rights. The Debate on Human Rights in China, 1898-1949. Department of East Asian Languages, Lund University. Dissertation.
Editorships (7)
- Svensson, M. & Maags, C. (2018). (Eds.) Chinese heritage in the making : Experiences, negotiations and contestations. Asian Heritages. Amsterdam University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2017). (Ed.) Engagement, Witnessing and Activism: Independent Chinese Documentary Filmmakers’ Different Positions, Approaches and Aesthetics. Studies in Documentary Film, 11, 161-261. Taylor & Francis.
- Svensson, M., Sæther, E. & Zhang, Z. (2013). (Eds.) Chinese Investigative Journalists' Dreams: Autonomy, Agency, and Voice. Lexington Books.
- Burell, M. & Svensson, M. (2011). (Eds.) Making law work : chinese laws in context. Cornell East Asia Series, 154. Cornell University Press.
- Lang, Y., Svensson, M., Mao, D. & Greatrex, R. (2011). (Eds.) Quyu zhili yu jixiao. Zhejiang University Press.
- Stoltz, P., Svensson, M., Zhongxin, S. & Wang, Q. (2010). (Eds.) Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights: Controversies and Challenges in China and the Nordic Countries. Routledge research in comparative politics, 32. Routledge.
- Almén, O., Svensson, M., Lundahl, B. & Kjellgren, B. (2009). (Eds.) Kina idag. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
Articles (17)
- Svensson, M. (2021). “Crazy Jack” and the “Gay CEO” : Visions, Entrepreneurship, and the Chinese State in the New Digital Economy. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 50, 63-85. Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
- Svensson, M. (2021). Walking in the historic neighbourhoods of Beijing : walking as an embodied encounter with heritage and urban developments. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 27, 792-805. Taylor & Francis.
- Svensson, M. & Schulte, B. (2021). Of Visions and Visionaries : Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in China. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 50, 3-11. Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
- Svensson, M. (2018). DOCUMENTING THE EARTHQUAKE. Made in China: A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights, 3, 76-79.
- Svensson, M. (2018). Rural Transformations and Urbanisation : Impressions from the Ningbo International Photography Week. Made in China: A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights, 3, 68-71.
- Svensson, M. (2018). Visualizing labour and labourscapes in China : From Propaganda to Socially Engaged Photography. Made in China: A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights, 3, 56-61.
- Edwards, D. & Svensson, M. (2017). Show us life and make us think: engagement, witnessing and activism in independent Chinese documentary today. Studies in Documentary Film, 11, 161-169. Taylor & Francis.
- Svensson, M. (2017). Digitally Enabled Engagement and Witnessing: The Sichuan Earthquake on Independent Documentary film. Studies in Documentary Film, 11, 200-216. Taylor & Francis.
- Svensson, M. (2017). The Networked China Researcher. Asiascape: Digital Asia, 4, 76-102. Brill.
- Svensson, M. (2017). The Networked China Researcher: Challenges and Possibilities in the Social Media Age. Asiascape: Digital Asia, 4, 76-102. Brill.
- Svensson, M. (2017). The Rise and Fall of Investigative Journalism in China: Digital Opportunities and Political Challenges. Media, Culture and Society, 39, 440-445. SAGE Publications.
- Svensson, M. (2015). Fotografi i Kina, propaganda, samhällsdokumentation och konst. Kinarapport, 6-9. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Pils, E. & Svensson, M. (2014). Yu Jianrong: From Concerned Scholar to Advocate for the Marginalized. Contemporary Chinese Thought, 46, 3-16. M. E. Sharpe.
- Svensson, M. (2014). Voice, power and connectivity in China’s microblogosphere: Digital divides on SinaWeibo. China Information, 28, 168-188. SAGE Publications.
- Svensson, M. & Pils, E. (2014). From Nonperson to Public Intellectual: The Life and Works of Yu Jianrong. Contemporary Chinese Thought, 45, 3-17. M. E. Sharpe.
- Svensson, M. (2012). Media and civil society in China: Community building and networking among investigative journalists and beyond. China Perspectives, 19-28. Hong Kong: French Centre for Research on Contemporary China.
- Svensson, M. (2008). Kina och OS: Propaganda och mediehändelser i en globaliserad värld. Internationella Studier, 52-62. Utrikespolitiska Institutet, Stockholm.
Book chapters (31)
- Svensson, M. (accepted/in press). Local Voices and New Narratives in Xinye Village : The Economy of Nostalgia and Heritage. In Ludwig, C., Walton, L. & Wang, Y.-W. (Eds.) The Heritage Turn in China : The Reinvention, Dissemination and Consumption of Heritage. Amsterdam University Press.
- Svensson, M. (accepted/in press). Human Rights and the Internet in China: New Frontiers and Challenges. In Biddulph, S. & Rosenzweig, J. (Eds.) Handbook on Human Rights in China. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Svensson, M. (2020). Chinese universities : restrictions on academic freedom and global implications. In Ismangil, D., van der Schaaf, K. & Deklerck, S. (Eds.) China : Shifting Power and Human Rights Diplomacy (pp. 119-127). Amnesty International Netherlands.
- Svensson, M. (2019). Plattformssamhället i Kina : ett övervakningssamhälle i ett eget ekosystem. In Andersson Schwarz, J. & Larsson, S. (Eds.) Plattformssamhället : den digitala utvecklingens politik, innovation och reglering (pp. 230-250). Fores.
- Svensson, M. (2018). Heritage 2.0: Maintaining Affective Engagements with the Local Heritage in Taishun. In Svensson, M. & Maags, C. (Eds.) Asian Heritages, Chinese Heritage in the Making: Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations (pp. 269-292). Amsterdam University Press.
- Svensson, M. & Maags, C. (2018). Mapping the Chinese Heritage Regime: Ruptures, Governmentality, and Agency. In Svensson, M. & Maags, C. (Eds.) Asian Heritages, Chinese Heritage in the Making: Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations (pp. 11-38). Amsterdam University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2016). 纪录片中性工作者再现： 收麦，生于妓院，和牺牲的伦理分析. In Wang, Z. & Lu, X. (Eds.) 性别与视角：百年中国影像研究 (pp. 325-343). Fudan University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Connectivity, Engagement and Witnessing on China's Weibo. In deLisle, J., Goldstein, A. & Yang, G. (Eds.) The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China (pp. 49-70). University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Evolving and contested cultural heritage in China: the rural heritagescape. In Matsuda, A. & Mengoni, E. (Eds.) Reconsidering Cultural Heritage in East Asia (pp. 31-46). Ubiquity Press Ltd..
- Svensson, M. (2015). Voice, power and connectivity in China’s microblogosphere: Digital divides on SinaWeibo. In Yang, G. (Ed.) China’s Contested Internet (pp. 227-256). NIAS Press.
- Svensson, M. (2014). Gender Equality and Empowerment in China: Discourses and Experiences in a Comparative Perspective. In Jin, C. & Zheng, X. (Eds.) Education, Media and Sexuality Health Services for Girls and Women: 20 Years Experience of China's Policy and Practice (pp. 207-235). Paths International.
- Svensson, M. (2014). Heritage’s Place: Heritage Narratives in City Promotional Films. In Berg, P. O. & Björner, E. (Eds.) Branding Chinese Mega-Cities: Policies, Practices and Positioning (pp. 168-179). Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Svensson, M. (2013). Reporting Law and Injustices: Investigative Journalists and the Legal System. In Svensson, M., Sæther, E. & Zhang, Z. (Eds.) Chinese Investigative Journalists’ Dreams: Agency, Autonomy, Voice (pp. 157-177). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Svensson, M. & Wang, H. (2013). Gendering Investigative Journalism: Norms and Practices Inside and Outside of the Newsroom. In Svensson, M., Sæther, E. & Zhang, Z. (Eds.) Chinese Investigative Journalists’ Dreams: Agency, Autonomy, Voice (pp. 91-110). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Svensson, M., Sæther, E. & Zhang, Z. (2013). Agency, Autonomy and Voice among Chinese Investigative Journalists: Rethinking the Role of Journalism. In Svensson, M., Sæther, E. & Zhang, Z. (Eds.) Chinese Investigative Journalists’ Dreams: Agency, Autonomy, Voice (pp. 1-16). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Svensson, M. (2012). Heritage struggles and place-makings in Zhejiang province: local media, cross-regional media interactions, and media strategies from below. In Sun, W. & Chio, J. (Eds.) Mapping media in China : region, province, locality (pp. 193-211). Routledge.
- Svensson, M. (2012). Lineages and the state: re-inventing lineages and ancestor ceremonies as cultural heritage. In Bislev, A. & Thøgersen, S. (Eds.) Organizing rural China, rural China organizing (pp. 157-172). Lexington Books.
- Svensson, M. (2011). Cultural Heritage Protection in the People’s Republic of China: Preservation Policies, Institutions, Laws, and Enforcement in Zhejiang. In Burell, M. & Svensson, N. (Eds.) Making Law Work : Chinese Laws in Context. Cornell University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2011). Human rights in China as an Interdisciplinary Field: History, Current Debates and New Approaches. In Cushman, T. (Ed.) Handbook of human rights. Routledge.
- Svensson, M. (2011). Making Law Work in China. In Burell, M. & Svensson, M. (Eds.) Making Law Work : Chinese Laws in Context. Cornell University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2010). Rights and responsibilities in a gendered world: equality in/between China and the Nordic countries. In Stoltz, P., Svensson, M., Zhongxin, S. & Wang, Q. (Eds.) Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights: Controversies and Challenges in China and the Nordic Countries. Routledge.
- Svensson, M. (2010). Tourist Itineraries, Spatial Management, and Hidden Temples: The Revival of Religious Sites in a Water Town,” in Tim Oakes and Donald Sutton. In Oakes, T. & Sutton, D. S. (Eds.) Faiths on display : religion, tourism, and the Chinese state. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Svensson, M. (2009). Mänskliga rättigheter i Asien. In Spång, M. (Eds.) Mänskliga rättigheter : ett ofullbordat uppdrag. Liber.
- Svensson, M. (2009). Undersøgende programmer i Kinesisk tv: drama, dybdeborende journalistik og propaganda. In Ehab, G. & Thunø, M. (Eds.) Globale medier i verdens brændpunkter : religion, politik og kultur (pp. 43-59). Museum Tusculanum Press.
- Svensson, M. (2008). Ruidian xiangtu jianzhu baohu. In Xinpin, Y. (Ed.) Xiangtu jianzhu wenhua yichan baohu yu yanjiu [Research on the protection of vernacular heritage]. Shanghai: Tongji University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2007). Human rights and legal rights in China: The localisation of rights struggles. In Nordio, M. & Possenti, V. (Eds.) Governance globale e diritti dell'uomo. Diabasis.
- Svensson, M. (2007). Kampen för rättigheter: En ny sorts aktivism bland jurister, advokater och journalister. In Wingborg, M. (Ed.) Kina: 10 röster om mänskliga rättigheter. Bilda Förlag.
- Svensson, M. (2006). Beyond Culture: Rights Talk and Activism in China. In Ryden, E. & Bundy, B. (Eds.) Human Rights in the Pacific Rim: Imagining a new Critical Discourse. Fu Jen Catholic University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2006). Ethical dilemmas : balancing distance with involvement. In Heimer, M. & Thogersen, S. (Eds.) Doing Fieldwork in China. University of Hawai'i Press.
- Svensson, M. (2000). The Chinese Debate on Asian Values and Human Rights: Some Reflections on Relativism, Nationalism, and Orientalism. In Jacobsen, M. & Bruun, O. (Eds.) Human Rights and Asian Values: Contesting National Identities and Cultural Representations in Asia. Curzon Press.
- Svensson, M. (1999). Political opposition, violence, and non-violence in 20th century China. In Goldstein-Kyaga, K. (Ed.) Nonviolence in Asia: The Art of Dying or a Road to Change?. Center for Pacific Asia Studies, Stockholm University.
Encyclopaedia entries (1)
Conference contributions (11)
- Svensson, M. (2018). Photo Sharing on Kuaipai kuaipai : Visions, affordances, individual uses and community building.
- Svensson, M. (2017). Mediated visions: IT entrepreneurs and internet visions in China.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Life as Heritage: Narratives, Experiences and Mediated Performances of Transmitters of Intangible Heritage in China.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Mediatization and cultural heritage: Plural voices and new platforms.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Nanluoguxiang: Imagined Heritage and Changing Communities.
- Svensson, M. (2016). The Evolving Heritagescape: Actors and Narratives in Xinye village.
- Svensson, M. (2016). The Networked China Researcher: Challenges and Possibilities in the Social Media Age.
- Svensson, M. (2013). Representative Bearers of Tradition: Grassroots Preservation and Official Policies.
- Svensson, M. (2012). Heritage’s place: Heritage and narratives in city promotional films and independent documentary films in Beijing and Shanghai.
- Svensson, M. (2012). The Performative, Sensory, and Embodied Experiences of Heritage: Spatial Changes and Heritage Construction in Rural and Urban China.
- Svensson, M. (2009). Public Accountability and Rule of Law in China: Can Investigative Journalism Promote Social Justice and Human Rights?. In Karlsson, I. & Röing de Nowina, K. (Eds.) Utsikt mot utveckling - Meeting Global Challenges in Research Cooperation (pp. 183-191). Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development.
Reports (2)
- Svensson, M. (2014). Internet in China and its Challenges for Europe: Dealing with Censorship, Competition and Collaboration. ECRAN. Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.
- Svensson, M. & Mellbourn, A. (1999). China. Studies in democracy and human rights. Sida.
Working papers (1)
Reviews (10)
- Svensson, M. (accepted/in press). The Stability Imperative: Human Rights and Law in China. Pacific Historical Review, 86, 582-583. University of California Press.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global Asia. Pacific Affairs, 89, 399-401. Pacific Affairs.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Subaltern China: Rural migrants, media, and cultural practices. Chinese Journal of Communication, 9, 325-327. Taylor & Francis.
- Svensson, M. (2014). Defending Rights in Contemporary China. Pacific Affairs, 82, 317-319. Pacific Affairs.
- Svensson, M. (2014). Technomobility in China: Young Migrant Women and Mobile Phones. Passato e Presente.
- Svensson, M. (2008). Beyond liberal democracy: Political thinking for an East Asian context. Journal of Asian Studies, 67, 249-250. Cambridge University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2008). New Crime in China: Public Order and Human Rights. China Information, 22, 158-160. SAGE Publications.
- Svensson, M. (2007). China's Psychiatric Inquisition: Dissent, Psychiatry and the Law in Post-1949 China. The China Quarterly, 481-482. Cambridge University Press.
- Svensson, M. (2006). Realms of Freedom in Modern China. The China Quarterly, 165-167. Cambridge University Press.
- Svensson, M. (1999). Confucianism and Human Rights. Journal of Asian Studies, 58, 483-484. Cambridge University Press.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (17)
- Svensson, M. (2021). Styrd forskning i Kina hotar akademisk frihet globalt. Utrikesmagasinet. Utrikespolitiska Institutet, Stockholm.
- Pils, E. & Svensson, M. (2019). Academic freedom is under threat around the world – here’s how to defend it. The Conversation.
- Svensson, M. & Pils, E. (2019). Academic Freedom : universities must take a stance or risk becoming complicit with Chinese government interference. The Conversation. The Conversation.
- Svensson, M. (2012). Förfäder och klaner på den kinesiska landsbygden: Hot mot partiets maktmonopol eller kulturarv att förvalta?. Kinarapport, 21-28. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen, Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Svensson, M. (2012). Journalister flytter grænser. Kinabladet, 19-20. Dansk-Kinesisk Forening, Dansk-Kinesisk Forening.
- Svensson, M. (2012). På partiets villkor. Scoop : tidskrift för grävande journalistik, 94-101.
- Svensson, M. (2012). Samhällsdebatt, aktivism och välgörenhet på mikrobloggar (weibo) i Kina. Kinarapport, 31-41. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen, Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Svensson, M. (2011). Oberoende dokumentärfilm i Kina. Kinarapport, 28-35. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen, Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Svensson, M. (2008). Mänskliga rättigheter i Kina – trender och diskussioner inför OS. Kinarapport. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen, Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Svensson, M. (2008). Problemet är att lagarna inte efterlevs. Tvärsnitt - om humanistisk och samhällsvetenskaplig forskning. Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga forskningsrådet (HSFR), Vetenskapsrådet.
- Svensson, M. (2008). The Many Faces of the Chinese Media: Lessons from the Spring of 2008. AsiaPortal InFocus Blog. AsiaPortal, NIAS, AsiaPortal, NIAS.
- Svensson, M. (2006). Jiangnans vattenstäder - det fiktionaliserade och kommersialiserade kulturarvet. Kinarapport. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Svensson, M. (2006). Människohandel och trafficking i Kina – ett globalt problem med nationella förtecken. Kinarapport. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Svensson, M. (2005). Brottsjournalistik, rätt och politik i Kina. Kinarapport. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Svensson, M. (2005). Kinesiska museer – symboler för modernitet och nationalism. Kinarapport. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
- Svensson, M. (2005). The media as the judge: the role of the Chinese media in addressing injustices. NIAS-Nytt. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS).
- Svensson, M. (2003). Kampen om Dinghai. Kinarapport. Svensk-kinesiska föreningen.
Newspaper articles (2)
- Johansson, A., Svensson, M., Jerdén, B. & Chetan Aspengren, H. (2019). Alltför dåliga kunskaper om asiatiska samhället i Sverige. Dagens nyheter (DN debatt). Dagens Nyheter.
- Thelle, H., Buhman, K., Grimheden, J. & Svensson, M. (2008). OL i Kina: Når regnskapet gøres op. Politiken.
Miscellaneous (9)
- (2019). Chinese New Year through a Photo App : A Photo Exhibition.
- Svensson, M. (2018). Challenges for China Research and State of the Field in Europe : Lessons for Sweden.
- Svensson, M. (2017). Human Rights Online: Chinese Perspectives and Global Developments. Institute for Security and Development Policy.
- Svensson, M. (2016). China’s growing E-commerce hitting the countryside: Nongcun Taobao. Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Surveillance and Art. Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.
- Svensson, M. (2016). Towards critical big data studies in and on China. Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.
- Svensson, M. (2015). Notes from Internet Days, 23-24 November. Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.
- Svensson, M. (2015). Stockholm Internet Forum 2015: Gender and ICT. Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.
- Svensson, M. (2015). Visible Evidence: Notes from a conference. Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University.
Teaching
Professor, Director of Third Cycle Studies, Head of Department, Office Director, Purchasing Coordinator
- Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
- Department of History
Contact information
E-mail marina.svenssonace.luse
Phone +46 46 222 40 68
Room
126
(head of department, office director, professor, purchasing coordinator)
125
(director of third cycle studies)
Visiting address
Sölvegatan 18 B, Lund
Postal address
Box 118, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 61