Nellie Chu
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke Kunshan University whose research focuses on migrant entrepreneurs, transnational supply chains, and fast fashion in southern China; author of Precarious Accumulation (Duke UP, 2026).
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Mar 28, 2026 • 1h 5min
Nellie Chu, "Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou" (Duke UP, 2026)
Nellie Chu, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke Kunshan University, studies migrant entrepreneurs in Guangzhou’s fast fashion networks. She traces urban villages, wholesale markets, and the liminal status of migrant bosses. The conversation covers transnational traders, policing and rent extraction, platform-driven digitization, and how precarity shapes aspirations and stalled mobility.
Mar 28, 2026 • 1h 5min
Nellie Chu, "Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou" (Duke UP, 2026)
Nellie Chu, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke Kunshan University, studies migrant entrepreneurs at the center of Guangzhou’s fast fashion industry. She explores laoban identity and stalled mobility. Listens cover landlords and patrols, wholesale market rhythms, transnational ties with South Korean and West African traders, and how COVID and platforms reshaped production and precarity.
Mar 28, 2026 • 1h 5min
Nellie Chu, "Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou" (Duke UP, 2026)
Nellie Chu, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke Kunshan University, studies migrant entrepreneurs and fast fashion in southern China. She explores migrant 'boss' identities, Guangzhou’s urban village markets, transnational traders from Korea and West Africa, and how pandemic platformization reshaped just-in-time garment production. Short, vivid stories trace mobility, precarity, and informal accumulation.
