Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities

Venue: Theatre B, Old Arts Building

Presenters: Professor Lily Kong

While global cities have mostly been characterised as sites of intensive and extensive economic activity, the quest for global city status also increasingly rests on the creative production and consumption of culture and the arts. In this talk, Professor Kong will examine such ambitions and projects undertaken in three major cities in Asia: Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore. She will compare their urban imaging strategies and attempts to harness arts and culture, as well as more organically evolved arts activities and spaces, and analyse the relative successes and failures of these cities. The talk will offer some of the rich ethnographic detail drawn from extensive fieldwork, and challenge city strategies and existing urban theories, revealing the many complexities in the art of city-making.

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