Reconfiguration of &#039;the Stars and the Queen&#039;

Dr. Liza Wing Man Kam

doi:10.5771/9783845251912

Summary

Wie konnte sich der politische Symbolismus kolonialer Architektur mit einem Regimewechsel ändern? Wie unterscheidet sich die Wahrnehmung urbaner Objekte von einem Akteur zum nächsten? Dieser Band untersucht die Wirkungen und Wahrnehmung des Vermächtnisses kolonialer Architektur anhand des Queen’s und des Star Ferry Piers in Hong Kong nach dem Machtwechsel 1997.

In englischer Sprache.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-1083-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-5191-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 190
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 19
What this book is not No access Pages 21 - 23
1. 1. The broader field of post-colonial studies: geographical and temporal specification No access
  2. Temporal specification No access
  3. From a British territory to a Chinese territory- what about Hong Kong? No access
  4. Aspects of focus No access
2. Colonial space and architecture as ‘site of enunciation’ No access
3. ‘Lieux de mémoire’ No access
4. Public Participation No access
5. The Production of Space: three different spatial codes No access
6. Narratives No access
II Hypotheses No access Pages 34 - 34
III Main Research Questions No access Pages 34 - 35
IV Research Design, strategy and methodology No access Pages 35 - 37
V State-of-the-art and relevance No access Pages 37 - 39
VI Structure of the work – Chapter overview No access Pages 39 - 41
1. Prologue No access
2. Background No access
3. Obscurity along the timeline – the ‘proclaimed’ Hong Kong History No access
4. The pier complex as ‘lieux de mémoire’ No access
5. Public participation in Hong Kong: a novelty, a token, and a dream No access
6. The Production of space: the different spatial codes embedded in the same pier complex No access
7. Your (my) memory versus my (your) interpretation to the space No access
8. Colonial legacy on public and post-colonial officials – the steady but ponderous public and the lethargic authority No access
9. Colonial legacy: hindrance on the way to ‘decolonisation’ No access
1. 1.1 History versus Memory- the colonisers’ history and the colonised populace’s memory No access
2. 1. 1.2.1 The Ultimate Encouragement to Aloofness No access
3. 1. 1.3.1 Colonial heritage- Is the concept equivalent to a celebration of colonialism? No access
  2. 1.3.2 ‘The core value’ did not come out of nothing No access
4. 1.4 Obscurities along the timeline No access
5. 1. 1.5.1 English language as a ‘tool’, not a medium of contemplation No access
  2. 1.5.2 Not British, not Chinese- a colony No access
6. 1. 1.6.1 Come forward and say ‘No’ No access
  2. 1.6.2 Chinese language ‘as worthless as mud on the ground’ No access
  3. 1.6.3 Pinnacle Island- ‘Defending Diayutai’ No access
7. 1. 1.7.1 Queen’s Pier as backdrop- The shift in focus of social movements before and after 1970 s No access
  2. 1.7.2 Removal of the backdrop No access
8. 1.8 Could that really be a ‘definitive disenchantment’? No access
1. 2.1 A lesson should have been learned from ‘an overturned car ahead’ No access
2. 2.2 Tamar as a buried bomb- Why Tamar? Why…? No access
3. 1. 1. Do we really need a new headquarters? No access
    2. What does the public really think? No access
    3. How much do we know? No access
    4. Planning procedures in Hong Kong No access
  2. 2.3.2 The Sites- Tamar and the Government’s Hill: ‘HMS Tamar’ No access
  3. 2.3.3 LEGCO building- wicked symbol of colonialism? No access
4. 1. 2.4.1 Along the ‘Participation ladder’: ‘Citizen Participation is citizen power’ No access
5. 2.5 Conclusion No access
1. 3.1 From the Tamar silence to the bustling piers No access
2. 3.2 The perceived site for power display – the conceived ceremonial backdrop – the lived social action space No access
3. 3.3 Metamorphosing ‘spatial practice’ and the expanding ‘representational space’ No access
4. 1. 3.4.1 Star Ferry Pier Clock Tower (15.12.1957- 12.12.2006) No access
  2. 3.4.2 The empowered: ‘Sorry, it’s too late’ No access
  3. 3.4.3 Public’s actions- ‘we have tried our best’ No access
  4. 3.4.4 ‘Our Pier’- Queen’s Pier (1953-2007) No access
5. 1. 3.5.1 Star Ferry Pier and the Clock Tower No access
  2. 3.5.2 ‘For whom the bell tolls’- memories with the Clock Tower No access
  3. 3.5.3 ‘God (couldn’t) Save the Queen?!’ No access
6. 3.6 Conclusion No access
1. 1. 4.1.1 ‘I am not the radical type’ No access
2. 1. 4.2.1 Transforming the sense of ‘powerlessness’ to actual actions No access
  2. 4.2.2 No dismissal possible No access
  3. 4.2.3 Moving the base camp from Star Ferry Pier to Queen’s Pier- innovative actions ‘for’ and ‘in’ the space No access
3. 4.3 Colonial legacy- from interpretation to the space to behavior in the space No access
4. 4.4 Conclusion- It’s not about memory No access
1. 1. 1. Sense of Powerlessness No access
    2. Turning point: everyone’s conscience to ‘8964 No access
    3. ‘Ascetic parade’ in the public’s eyes No access
    4. Discussion shifted- from 'fear' to 'values' No access
  2. 1. ‘Fighting for the right of being the public space users’ No access
    2. Planning as ‘the professional’s business’ in the past – the emergence of the ‘participatory planning’ concept No access
    3. Broadening the realm of knowledge and arousing the public's interest to discussions on urban development No access
2. 5.2 Statistics on the trend: going on the street and speaking up for oneself No access
3. 5.3 ‘Development as the absolute principle’ – eradication of pluralism – the catalyst for the society to react No access
4. 5.4 Fighting against the intangible violence: ‘the table is tilted – we stand up for the minorities only to achieve a ‘comparatively fairer state’ No access
5. 1. 5.5.1 ‘Tracking the trace of the old ruts’ and play safe ‘Policies do not emerge all of a sudden through ‘eruption from a piece of rock’’ No access
6. 5.6 Colonial legacy – the ultimate hindrance to develop the contributive tension between the authority and the public for contributive discussions No access
1. 6.1 Colonial legacy: history education – colonised populace ‘dare to be angry but dare not to express’ No access
2. 6.2 Colonial legacy: manipulation of the notion of ‘participation’ No access
3. 6.3 Colonial legacy: Imposition of spatial code: the ultimate dominant ‘spatial practice’ and the recessive ‘representational space’ No access
4. 6.4 Colonial legacy(s) interplay: demonstrating the power of both the colonisers and the people – deciphering the colonial spatial code of the piers No access
5. 6.5 Colonial legacy: the ponderous public and the post-colonial government- ‘tracking the trace of the old ruts’ and play safe No access
6. 6.6 Final words: Colonial legacy as an ultimate hindrance to decolonisation No access
Bibliography No access Pages 187 - 190