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Collective memory and digital surrealist solidarity: Shanghai elderly on social media during 2022 COVID lockdowns

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journal of contemporary Chinese art, Volume: 11, Issue: 2&3, Pages: 345 - 368

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DOI (Published version): https://doi.org/10.1386/jcca_00111_1

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Ever since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan in 2019, Chinese cities have gone through different stages of quarantine till the end of 2022. Due to a surge of Omicron variant cases in 2022, travel restrictions were introduced in February and Shanghai entered lockdowns from 28 March 2022,...

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ISSN: 2051-7041 2051-705X
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title Collective memory and digital surrealist solidarity: Shanghai elderly on social media during 2022 COVID lockdowns
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title_short Collective memory and digital surrealist solidarity: Shanghai elderly on social media during 2022 COVID lockdowns
title_full Collective memory and digital surrealist solidarity: Shanghai elderly on social media during 2022 COVID lockdowns
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description Ever since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan in 2019, Chinese cities have gone through different stages of quarantine till the end of 2022. Due to a surge of Omicron variant cases in 2022, travel restrictions were introduced in February and Shanghai entered lockdowns from 28 March 2022, allegedly to protect the elderly, the young and the vulnerable. Nevertheless, it was gradually revealed that many elderly people suffered or even died from the strict lockdown measures at home or in the quarantine hospitals. This article studies the trending visualities and black humour about the lockdown experience of Shanghai elderly on social media platforms Weibo and Weixin, examining how social media was used as a tool to provide counter narratives, build surrealist solidarity and construct collective memories. Data used for this article is sourced from China Digital Times. The keyword 上海老人 (‘Shanghai elderly’) was used to identify relevant posts between 1 March and 1 June 2022. A total of 39 posts containing visual or audio-visual components about Shanghai elderly’s lockdown experience was selected as samples. A multimodal analysis of data reveals that Shanghai elderly’s COVID experience was both represented and mediatized on social media platforms. Surrealism artistic creation from internet users exposes the ineptitude of government officials and the absurdity of reality. The use of black humour in surrealistic online content on the one hand shows individuals as helpless victims while on the other hand builds surrealist solidarity among people and exhibits resistance towards the authoritarian control.
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