Improbable Art: The Creative Economy and Sustainable Cluster Development in a Hong Kong Industrial District

• Main Author: Kong, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Hong Kong; Fotan district; cultural/creative clusters; innovation; artistic creativity; cultural sustainability; social sustainability; economic sustainability; imagined community; Asian Studies; Fine Arts; Sociology of Culture; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1695; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2952/viewcontent/Konglily_2012_ImprobableArt.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A noted Singapore-based cultural geographer and specialist on Asia analyzes the emergence and functioning of a unique artistic cluster in Hong Kong's Fotan light industrial district. The objective of the research is to understand how artistic work in the cluster, despite some challenges, has th...