Past Events | January 30th, 2008 |

ePoster/海報

Cultural Policy Dialogue Series (2):
《The Re-Making of HK as a Creative City》

Problems in the concept behind the ‘Creative City’ have shed light on how we in Hong Kong perceive city planning and urban development. The HKSAR government have for years intended for the West Kowloon Cultural District Project to be Hong Kong’s solution to becoming Asia’s Cultural Hub. But the details behind the project have been marred with problems and oversights that doesn’t address the inherit problems behind the ‘Creative City’ concept.

This forum will focus on case studies on cities in Europe and North America, where many have had extensive experiences in transforming their own cities into cultural/creative centers. New terms like “Superstar City”, “Urban Gentrification” and “Inequality of Cultural Capital” will be discussed. It is our hope that through learning from others, we might better understand the dynamics and ingredients needed to make our city transformation, a successful one.

Speaker: Dr. Patrick Kin-wai Mok
Dr. Mok has conducted research projects on creative economy, cultural policy and development of culture industry in Hong Kong and mainland China. Recent Publications include Report on relationship between HK’s cultural and creative industries and Pearl River Delta (2006), A Study on Creative Index (2005), Hong Kong Arts and Cultural Indicators (2003), Reports on the Baseline Study on Hong Kong’s Creative Industries (2003). Dr. Mok previously worked as a research consultant for various film companies, museums and digital libraries. He is now the consultant of Cheung Kong Centre for Creative Industries and the Centre of Asian Studies in the University of Hong Kong.

Discussant
Dr. Stephen Ching-kiu Chan
Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University