Sonia Lam‐knott
Biographic Data
| ID | 228979 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonia Lam‐knott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonia |
| FAMILY NAME | Lam‐knott |
| SIGNATURE | KNOTT S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2256-9110 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Contested Meanings of Urban Heritage in Hong Kong
Confrontations between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government and civil society regarding the demolition of historical sites across the city have been occurring since the mid-2000s. These clashes have been interpreted as the consequence of exclusionary heritage governance practices; postcolonial identity anxieties; and popular dissatisfaction toward economic injustices in the city. This essay argues that heritage mobilizatio…
Youth politics in urban Asia: An introduction
Space and Polity
Contesting brandscapes in Hong Kong: Exploring youth activist experiences of the contemporary consumerist landscape
Since the 2000s, Hong Kong has become inundated with retail centres, such that the territory is now known as ‘Mall City’, a condition now problematised by youth activists in the city. This article is interested in why these youths take issue with this form of urban development. By tracing the emergence of the contemporary consumerist landscape from the colonial era to the present, it is shown that the current manifestation and characteristics of …
Consuming the Past in Contemporary East Asia: An Introduction
10.1080/07256868.2020.1751603
Responding to Hong Kong’s political crisis: Moralist activism amongst youth
Discourses of morality are prevalent in contemporary Hong Kong youth activism. This paper suggests that this moralist disposition is the product of youth frustrations towards Hong Kong’s political crisis, whereby the power gap between civil society and the government renders the former incapable of exerting substantial influence over the governance of the city. Rather than ascribe the cause of this power imbalance solely to government policies, t…
Reclaiming urban narratives: Spatial politics and storytelling amongst Hong Kong youths
Research on contemporary urban movements analyse how young people assert their right to the city by using street protests and occupations to physically reclaim urban space. Through an ethnographic study of Hong Kong, where the government regulates and monopolises control over urban space, this paper observes youth activists’ efforts to reclaim the intangible aspects – the perceptions and meanings– of urban space through storytelling. It finds tha…
Exploring the Aesthetics of Nostalgia in Contemporary Hong Kong
Defining Politics in an ‘Apolitical City’: An Ethnographic study of Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been described as a city that prioritises socio-economic stability at the expense of political engagement. Despite recent protests —such as the 2003 demonstration with half a million people taking to the streets—that seemingly dispel such statements, Hong Kong youth activists claim that the city remains apolitical. How can we make sense of this paradox of seeing the protests on the streets of the city, with what is being said by the…
Anti-hierarchical activism in Hong Kong: The Post-80s Youth
In 2009, a political youth movement known as the Post-80s emerged in Hong Kong to protest against the construction of a high-speed railway. While local academics and government officials framed the motivations of these youth protesters using economic rationales, I argue here that the Post-80s are better understood as conveying their dissatisfaction towards existing political structures in the city. This profile sets out Post-80s criticisms of the…
Understanding protest “violence” in Hong Kong from the youth perspective
Since the 2000s, political youths in Hong Kong have engaged in physical confrontations with the local police during protests, resulting in these youths being seen as “violent” by the mainstream media and by the SAR government. But by bringing the youth views and interpretations of protest conflicts to the forefront, this article shows that different understandings of “violence” currently exist in the city. It also argues that dominant frameworks …
Reclaiming urban narratives: Spatial politics and storytelling amongst Hong Kong youths
Research on contemporary urban movements analyse how young people assert their right to the city by using street protests and occupations to physically reclaim urban space. Through an ethnographic study of Hong Kong, where the government regulates and monopolises control over urban space, this paper observes youth activists’ efforts to reclaim the intangible aspects – the perceptions and meanings– of urban space through storytelling. It finds tha…
Anti-hierarchical activism in Hong Kong: The Post-80s Youth
In 2009, a political youth movement known as the Post-80s emerged in Hong Kong to protest against the construction of a high-speed railway. While local academics and government officials framed the motivations of these youth protesters using economic rationales, I argue here that the Post-80s are better understood as conveying their dissatisfaction towards existing political structures in the city. This profile sets out Post-80s criticisms of the…
Responding to Hong Kong’s political crisis: Moralist activism amongst youth
Discourses of morality are prevalent in contemporary Hong Kong youth activism. This paper suggests that this moralist disposition is the product of youth frustrations towards Hong Kong’s political crisis, whereby the power gap between civil society and the government renders the former incapable of exerting substantial influence over the governance of the city. Rather than ascribe the cause of this power imbalance solely to government policies, t…
Youth politics in urban Asia: An introduction
Space and Polity
Defining Politics in an ‘Apolitical City’: An Ethnographic study of Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been described as a city that prioritises socio-economic stability at the expense of political engagement. Despite recent protests —such as the 2003 demonstration with half a million people taking to the streets—that seemingly dispel such statements, Hong Kong youth activists claim that the city remains apolitical. How can we make sense of this paradox of seeing the protests on the streets of the city, with what is being said by the…
Contested Meanings of Urban Heritage in Hong Kong
Confrontations between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government and civil society regarding the demolition of historical sites across the city have been occurring since the mid-2000s. These clashes have been interpreted as the consequence of exclusionary heritage governance practices; postcolonial identity anxieties; and popular dissatisfaction toward economic injustices in the city. This essay argues that heritage mobilizatio…
Contesting brandscapes in Hong Kong: Exploring youth activist experiences of the contemporary consumerist landscape
Since the 2000s, Hong Kong has become inundated with retail centres, such that the territory is now known as ‘Mall City’, a condition now problematised by youth activists in the city. This article is interested in why these youths take issue with this form of urban development. By tracing the emergence of the contemporary consumerist landscape from the colonial era to the present, it is shown that the current manifestation and characteristics of …
Consuming the Past in Contemporary East Asia: An Introduction
10.1080/07256868.2020.1751603
Understanding protest “violence” in Hong Kong from the youth perspective
Since the 2000s, political youths in Hong Kong have engaged in physical confrontations with the local police during protests, resulting in these youths being seen as “violent” by the mainstream media and by the SAR government. But by bringing the youth views and interpretations of protest conflicts to the forefront, this article shows that different understandings of “violence” currently exist in the city. It also argues that dominant frameworks …
Defining Politics in an ‘Apolitical City’: An Ethnographic study of Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been described as a city that prioritises socio-economic stability at the expense of political engagement. Despite recent protests —such as the 2003 demonstration with half a million people taking to the streets—that seemingly dispel such statements, Hong Kong youth activists claim that the city remains apolitical. How can we make sense of this paradox of seeing the protests on the streets of the city, with what is being said by the…
Anti-hierarchical activism in Hong Kong: The Post-80s Youth
In 2009, a political youth movement known as the Post-80s emerged in Hong Kong to protest against the construction of a high-speed railway. While local academics and government officials framed the motivations of these youth protesters using economic rationales, I argue here that the Post-80s are better understood as conveying their dissatisfaction towards existing political structures in the city. This profile sets out Post-80s criticisms of the…
Responding to Hong Kong’s political crisis: Moralist activism amongst youth
Discourses of morality are prevalent in contemporary Hong Kong youth activism. This paper suggests that this moralist disposition is the product of youth frustrations towards Hong Kong’s political crisis, whereby the power gap between civil society and the government renders the former incapable of exerting substantial influence over the governance of the city. Rather than ascribe the cause of this power imbalance solely to government policies, t…
Reclaiming urban narratives: Spatial politics and storytelling amongst Hong Kong youths
Research on contemporary urban movements analyse how young people assert their right to the city by using street protests and occupations to physically reclaim urban space. Through an ethnographic study of Hong Kong, where the government regulates and monopolises control over urban space, this paper observes youth activists’ efforts to reclaim the intangible aspects – the perceptions and meanings– of urban space through storytelling. It finds tha…
Exploring the Aesthetics of Nostalgia in Contemporary Hong Kong
Youth politics in urban Asia: An introduction
Space and Polity
Contesting brandscapes in Hong Kong: Exploring youth activist experiences of the contemporary consumerist landscape
Since the 2000s, Hong Kong has become inundated with retail centres, such that the territory is now known as ‘Mall City’, a condition now problematised by youth activists in the city. This article is interested in why these youths take issue with this form of urban development. By tracing the emergence of the contemporary consumerist landscape from the colonial era to the present, it is shown that the current manifestation and characteristics of …
Consuming the Past in Contemporary East Asia: An Introduction
10.1080/07256868.2020.1751603
Contested Meanings of Urban Heritage in Hong Kong
Confrontations between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government and civil society regarding the demolition of historical sites across the city have been occurring since the mid-2000s. These clashes have been interpreted as the consequence of exclusionary heritage governance practices; postcolonial identity anxieties; and popular dissatisfaction toward economic injustices in the city. This essay argues that heritage mobilizatio…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Government (linguistics (4 works)