Reconfiguration of 'the Stars and the Queen'
A Quest for the Interrelationship between Architecture and Civic Awareness in Post-colonial Hong Kong
Nomos, 1. Edition 2015, 190 Pages
Description
After 1997, the once symbolic infrastructures of the British Empire seemingly became eyesores to the new Hong Kong authority. In a ‘post-colonial’ era, is the transformation of former colonial structures an act of de-colonisation, or does it mark the beginning of neo-colonialism? Buried with the ruins of annihilated colonial heritage were their complicated and contradictory representations. The Queen’s and the Star Ferry Pier complex was the spot where colonial governors disembarked from the Royal yacht on reaching the colony and also hosted the city’s first wave of social movement directed towards colonial suppression in the 1970s.
The attempt by and success of the post-colonial authority in transforming colonial space, and the public who is aloof from taking action on losing their ‘site of memory’, are seen as driven by different forms of ‘colonial legacy’. This book inspects that legacy’s texture by disentangling the interrelationship between history, historiography, identity, architecture and civic awareness.
The attempt by and success of the post-colonial authority in transforming colonial space, and the public who is aloof from taking action on losing their ‘site of memory’, are seen as driven by different forms of ‘colonial legacy’. This book inspects that legacy’s texture by disentangling the interrelationship between history, historiography, identity, architecture and civic awareness.
Bibliographical data
| Edition | 1 |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 978-3-8487-1083-6 |
| Subtitle | A Quest for the Interrelationship between Architecture and Civic Awareness in Post-colonial Hong Kong |
| Publication Date | Jun 19, 2015 |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Publisher | Nomos |
| Format | Softcover |
| Language | englisch |
| Pages | 190 |
| Medium | Book |
| Product Type | Scientific literature |
Reviews
»interesting narratives and arguments«
Weijing Le, Asien 2016, 148
»an important contribution to the comparative politics of post-colonial popular consciousness and collective action. She has shown exemplary courage and initiative in engaging with the field in terms of its interdisciplinary breadth and empirical depth, conducting surveys of opinions and attitudes through indepth interviews and delving into public documents as well as indigenous sources. Her reading of theoretical texts outside her main discipline is significantly diverse, both standard positivist mainstream works as well as a very promising foray into alternative methodological works such as those of Henri Lefebvre, Pierre Nora and Bernard Cohn... important contribution to the emerging field of research in post-colonial politics... Liza Kam's contribution has much to teach un in contested arenas of public space in the post-colonial world... Liza Kam's serious and valuable contribution to the sociology of knowledge, architecture of space, collective action and comparative modernity deserves our strong recommendation.«
Prof. Subrata K. Mitra, Ph.D. Internationales Asienforum 2015, 404/405
Weijing Le, Asien 2016, 148
»an important contribution to the comparative politics of post-colonial popular consciousness and collective action. She has shown exemplary courage and initiative in engaging with the field in terms of its interdisciplinary breadth and empirical depth, conducting surveys of opinions and attitudes through indepth interviews and delving into public documents as well as indigenous sources. Her reading of theoretical texts outside her main discipline is significantly diverse, both standard positivist mainstream works as well as a very promising foray into alternative methodological works such as those of Henri Lefebvre, Pierre Nora and Bernard Cohn... important contribution to the emerging field of research in post-colonial politics... Liza Kam's contribution has much to teach un in contested arenas of public space in the post-colonial world... Liza Kam's serious and valuable contribution to the sociology of knowledge, architecture of space, collective action and comparative modernity deserves our strong recommendation.«
Prof. Subrata K. Mitra, Ph.D. Internationales Asienforum 2015, 404/405
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