Dr. Mi You is an interim professor of Art and Economies at the University of Kassel/documenta Institute. Her academic interests are in new and historical materialism, performance philosophy, as well as the history, political theory and philosophy of Eurasia. She has worked internationally as a curator and is one of the curators of the 13th Shanghai Biennial (2020–2021). On the social front, she is the chair of committee on Media Arts and Technology for the transnational political NGO Common Action Forum.