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CAH3535 - Global Networks and Cultural Identity

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Chinese and History
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Equivalent Course(s)
Course Offering Term*:
Not offering in current academic year

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

In modern societies "cultural identities" are always considered displayable. Whereas policy-makers are obliged to create cultural policies to turn cultures into public good, private sectors may make profits out of running cultural industries. Adopting a historical approach, this course intends to illustrate how the idea of national or regional identity, as understood in the 20th/21st centuries, has been shaped from the antiquity to the modern epoch against a global context. It discusses a variety of topics, namely, education, language, migration, minorities, population registration and taxation policies, modern exposition, museum displays, cultural policies formulated by national and international bodies, as well as cultural industries run by private sectors, with a particular focus on Hong Kong and the Mainland of China.


Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 100%
 
Detailed Course Information

CAH3535.pdf