Geographies of Abstraction, Urban Entrepreneurialism, and the Production of New Cultural Spaces
The West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4959486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mike Raco (0000-0003-0371-532X, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB, England, corresponding author), Katherine Gilliam (King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1425-1442 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a44411 |
| OpenAlex | W2098938021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 23 |
During the 1990s and 2000s understandings of urban politics have become dominated by narratives of neoliberal urban entrepreneurialism. Considerations of, and even interest in, the diversities that exist in the specific politics that shape place developments have often been relegated to a matter of secondary interest when understood in relation to broader structural global forces. This is particularly significant as urban development projects have become increasingly bound-up with cultural programmes, many of which are embedded in the social relations of places, yet are often dismissed as subservient to global, fast-track development logics. This paper draws on a study of the politics surrounding the development of one of Asia's largest culture-led urban development projects, the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong. It explores the complex relationships between contemporary development discourses and historically embedded postcolonial subjectivities and policy legacies. It uses the evidence to argue for more nuanced interpretations of change, and calls for a stronger focus on the concrete relations in and through which policy abstractions are formed
Economic geography · Geography · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,85 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |