Temporality and Shenzhen Urbanism in the Era of “China Dreams”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13100358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fan Yang (0000-0003-2978-7102, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 189-189 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Verge Studies in Global Asias (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2373-5058 • E-ISSN: 2373-5066 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5749/vergstudglobasia.3.1.0189 |
| OpenAlex | W2600949105 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This essay brings a temporality-based approach to the study of urbanism in Shenzhen, known as China's first Special Economic Zone and as the birthplace for “Shenzhen Speed.” It examines multiple exhibitions and spatial practices in the city in 2014, when the state-propagated “China Dream” discourse was gaining momentum. If, historically, Shenzhen has figured in a nationalist narrative of development and progress, today it also offers a stage for carrying out new kinds of experiments. A rhythm analysis, which turns attention to the city and its dwellers' heterogeneous relations to time, not only allows for a more critical engagement with the urban experiences distinct to Shenzhen but also presents new possibilities to resituate Asian megacities in the Global South as a means to generate alternative global visions
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · China · Economic geography · Epistemology · Exhibition · Geography · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Temporality · Urbanism · Utopia · Vision · Visual arts · Anthropology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Architecture
| Citations per year | 1.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |