Valuing & Defending the Arts in Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9684769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mette Hjort (0000-0002-9630-3609, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 153 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 106-119 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_02068 |
| OpenAlex | W4399203686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Focusing on a period of just over two decades (1997-2023), this essay charts how the most salient approaches to valuing and defending the arts in Hong Kong reflect the changing political circumstances of the city. I select two approaches for close analysis. Emphasizing the private and public value of the arts, the first approach reflects efforts to reinvent Hong Kong in the wake of the handover to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Influenced by significant social unrest in 2014 and 2019, and by the introduction of the National Security Law in 2020, the second approach seeks protection for the arts through collaboration with the sciences. The exceptional conditions that Hong Kong offers for meaningful arts-related work are identified to facilitate international comparisons
China · Political science · Politics · Salient · Social unrest · Sociology · The arts · Unrest · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |