Yuk Lun Mak

Biography

My research is situated at the intersection of Lacanian Discourse Theory and Post-Jungian Socioanalysis, with a specific focus on the logics of fantasy within the Hong Kong social movements. I am driven by a central socioanalytic question: How does political solidarity "grip" subjects? While traditional political theory often analyzes the explicit demands of a movement, my work investigates the unconscious, fantasmatic narratives that sustain these bonds. By bridging the Lacanian concept of the "fantasy" with Post-Jungian perspectives on the image, I aim to map how aesthetic engagement (through artwork) can allow subjects to traverse these political fantasies and re-articulate the form of their solidarity. Beyond this theoretical exploration, I am committed to the praxis of socioanalysis. I founded the social project PsyCode, which explores the potentialities of operationalizing these concepts in the public sphere. Through PsyCode, I explore how socioanalytic inquiry can be brought into everyday life, offering tools to decode the unconscious dynamics that shape our daily social experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Social Science (Criminology & Sociology) City University of Hong Kong (2020)

• Master of Science (Sociology) London School of Economics and Political Science (2021)