Sheyla Zandonai
Biographic Data
| ID | 3577980 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheyla Zandonai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheyla |
| FAMILY NAME | Zandonai |
| SIGNATURE | ZANDONAI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Macau |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2752-1220 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From national monuments to World Heritage Site
Of broken promises cities are made. Gambling, urbanisation, and belonging in Macau
Few places on Earth have experienced recent economic growth at the same level as Macau during the years of its gambling boom, which lasted for about a decade from when the first casinos after the liberalisation started to emerge in 2004. It may come as no surprise that, through gambling, the city was transformed under a broader strategy of human and urban ‘management’ in which neoliberal rationalities mediated investment, social welfare, and city…
Modern urbanscapes of Macau’s vice economy
Gambling has been Macau’s principal industry and a major source of income for the city for nearly 180 years. However, surprisingly little has been said about its urban impact and connections to a wider economy of vice , e.g. opium, pawnbroking and prostitution, which was consolidated in the second half of the nineteenth century mostly by the hands of a Chinese entrepreneurial elite. This article takes a novel approach to examining Macau’s early c…
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The PortugueseCalçadain Macau
Drawing on ethnographic research, this article examines the ways in which the calçada portuguesa ("Portuguese pavement") that the late Portuguese administration developed in Macau (China) was converted into a "cultural item" of Macau's visual and urban identity. It shows how a project loosely linked to the demise of the colonial, while reclaiming space through a contested operation of urban renewal, transformed the calçada into a seemingly desire…
Encounter and Counter-Narratives of Heritage in Macau
International audience
The PortugueseCalçadain Macau
Drawing on ethnographic research, this article examines the ways in which the calçada portuguesa ("Portuguese pavement") that the late Portuguese administration developed in Macau (China) was converted into a "cultural item" of Macau's visual and urban identity. It shows how a project loosely linked to the demise of the colonial, while reclaiming space through a contested operation of urban renewal, transformed the calçada into a seemingly desire…
Modern urbanscapes of Macau’s vice economy
Gambling has been Macau’s principal industry and a major source of income for the city for nearly 180 years. However, surprisingly little has been said about its urban impact and connections to a wider economy of vice , e.g. opium, pawnbroking and prostitution, which was consolidated in the second half of the nineteenth century mostly by the hands of a Chinese entrepreneurial elite. This article takes a novel approach to examining Macau’s early c…
Encounter and Counter-Narratives of Heritage in Macau
International audience
Slogans
The PortugueseCalçadain Macau
Drawing on ethnographic research, this article examines the ways in which the calçada portuguesa ("Portuguese pavement") that the late Portuguese administration developed in Macau (China) was converted into a "cultural item" of Macau's visual and urban identity. It shows how a project loosely linked to the demise of the colonial, while reclaiming space through a contested operation of urban renewal, transformed the calçada into a seemingly desire…
Modern urbanscapes of Macau’s vice economy
Gambling has been Macau’s principal industry and a major source of income for the city for nearly 180 years. However, surprisingly little has been said about its urban impact and connections to a wider economy of vice , e.g. opium, pawnbroking and prostitution, which was consolidated in the second half of the nineteenth century mostly by the hands of a Chinese entrepreneurial elite. This article takes a novel approach to examining Macau’s early c…
Of broken promises cities are made. Gambling, urbanisation, and belonging in Macau
Few places on Earth have experienced recent economic growth at the same level as Macau during the years of its gambling boom, which lasted for about a decade from when the first casinos after the liberalisation started to emerge in 2004. It may come as no surprise that, through gambling, the city was transformed under a broader strategy of human and urban ‘management’ in which neoliberal rationalities mediated investment, social welfare, and city…
From national monuments to World Heritage Site
Political science (5 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · China (2 works) · Cultural heritage (2 works) · Cultural heritage management (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works)