Creating a Global Cultural City via Public Participation in the Arts

Patrick Lo, PhD Associate Professor, Faculty of Library, Information & Media Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Winsome Chow, Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC); Miranda K.Y. Lee (Co-author); Paul Tam, Former Executive Director, Hong Kong Ballet and Chair, Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association; Dr Andrew Freris, Chairman, The Chopin Society of Hong Kong; Yalan Yang, Ruilun Liu, Tingzi Tang and Yiwen Shao (Co-authors); Professor Adrian Walter, Former Director (CEO), The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; Wei-En Hsu, (Associate Professor (Répétiteur/Collaborative Piano), The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts); Michael MacLeod, Chief Executive (2011-2019), Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Leanne Nicholls, Founder, Executive and Artistic Director, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong; Grace Lang, Programme Director, Hong Kong Arts Festival; Yihong Zhang, Ruiqing Cai, Guo Cheng, Fan Gao and Shi Yin (Co-authors); Kelwin Kwan, Vice President and Founder, Choi Chang Sau Qin Making Society; Dr Florian Knothe, Director, Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong; Dr Isabelle Frank, Director, Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, City University of Hong Kong; Malcolm Litchfield, Former Publisher and Director, Hong Kong University Press; Veronica Castillo, Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibition Services, M+ Museum for Visual Culture, West Kowloon Cultural District; Richard Wesley, Museum Director, Hong Kong Maritime Museum; Jonathan Tong, Director of Po Leung Kuk and Sally Yeung, Curator, Po Leung Kuk Museum; David Smith, Former Head of Collections and Digital Experience, Asia Art Archive; Dr Fiona Chung, Former Festival Director, Hong Kong International Literary Festival; Tak-Yee Cheung (Co-author); Dr Charlotte Bonham-Carter, Programme Director, Culture and Enterprise Programme, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London; Louis K.L. Yu, Former Executive Director, Performing Arts, West Kowloon Cultural District; Bernard Charnwut Chan, Chairman, Hong Kong Palace Museum Limited; Vivienne Chow, Cultural Journalist and Critic Representing Hong Kong; Miranda K.Y. Lee (Co-author); Commentary: Bringing It All Together; Conclusion: Participatory Culture in Hong Kong -- The Need for Arts and Entertainment in a Pandemic; References; About the Authors; Index.