Essays about: "Hong Kong Protests"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Hong Kong Protests.

1. 1. Visualizing Local Identity : Artistic Expression in the Post-2020 Hong Kong

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Lucia Brancaccio; [2023]
   Keywords : Visuality; National Security Law; Hongkonger; Local Identity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Hong Kong’s art scene has been subject to relevant changes in recent years due to unprecedented events that characterised the years of 2019 and 2020 (large-scale protests, implementation of the National Security Law, and the Pandemic). These changes have affected the production and self-perception of local artists. READ MORE

3. 2. Hong Kong in Transition : The Hong Kong identity and value change in relation to the pro-democracy protests of 2003-2020

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jessika Larsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Hong Kong; Identity; Localism; Democracy; Protests; Social movement; China;

   Abstract : The importance of protecting democracy and free speech in the world has never been moreparamount than in a time like now, when pro-democracy and independence movements areon the rise and democracy is declining. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the potentialstrengthening of the local identity in Hong Kong in relation to the 21st centurypro-democratic protests and the postmaterialist generation. READ MORE

4. 3. Close to Home: The Effect of Proximity to Violent Protests on Hong Kong's 2019 Electoral Outcomes

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Matilda Fors; Andrea Schmidt; [2020]
   Keywords : democracy; election; Hong Kong 2019 pro-democracy protests; proximity; violent protests;

   Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the effect of violent pro-democracy protests on electoral support for pro-democracy candidates in the case of Hong Kong's 2019 District Council election. More specifically, we estimate the size of an effect resting on three theoretically and contextually informed microfoundations: violence in protests, geographical proximity of protests to voters' homes, and temporal proximity of protests to election day. READ MORE

5. 4. Canvas of dissent : a study of visuals and its significance in group formations and communications during the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-ELAB movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Wing Lam Cheryl Fung; [2020]
   Keywords : Visual culture; Social Movements; Group Formations; Hong Kong; Anti-Extradition Bill Movement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Beginning from June 2019, the streets of Hong Kong have been turned into a theatre of protests. Together with their banners and umbrellas, protesters took to the street to protest against the proposed extradition bill that allows the government to send suspected criminals to mainland China. READ MORE

6. 5. Behind the protest : the construction of national and local identities in postcolonial Hong Kong

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Jiabei He; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : People in Hong Kong continues to wrestle with the configuration of national identity and local distinctiveness, even though the fact of handover from the British to China was settled long ago. In the recent decade, several large-scale political protests have witnessed the hostile sentiments from Hong Kong people towards the central government and their shrinking attachments to the nation. READ MORE