A little bit about me...

My name is Camille Luong / Lương Minh Vân Cát / 梁雲沙 (she/they) and I am a Vietnamese diasporic artist who grew up nurtured by the waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Tocobaga Land. As a scholar, I am interested in spatial practice, place-making, layered urban histories, and built form. 

Currently, I am in my final year at Stanford University completing a B.A. in Urban Studies (Honors) with a concentration in Cities in Comparative and Historical Perspective, wherein I specialize in the development of urban histories, policies, and culture around the world. Over spring and summer quarters, I have conducted research fieldwork in Accra, Ghana; Amman, Jordan; Kyoto, Japan; and most extensively, Taipei, Taiwan. My honors thesis is titled “City of Yearning: Space, Time, and Movement in Turn of the 21st Century Taipei” (advised by Ato Quayson and Ban Wang); I analyze three films set in Taipei in the 1990s-2000s to understand representations of space and time in Taipei during decades marked by massive urbanization, democratization, and globalization. I am currently working on a research paper and zine.

Other projects I’ve worked on include urban design proposals on two San Francisco neighborhoods and a drag king show on Vietnamese masculinity under French colonial rule.

Outside of urban studies, I love learning languages! Talk to me in English, Mandarin Chinese, or Vietnamese.