..., but a transfer of visual production tactics that is consumer-driven and sensitive to urban lifestyles and global capitalism. The process of building cultural capital may enhance Hong Kong's footprint, create new open “spaces”, and attract diverse talents on both sides of a disappearing border. Transborder...

...This chapter focuses on the building of cultural capital in policy institutions in an age of increasing global competition. It examines the West Kowloon Cultural District for processes by which the “world city” imagination is translated and pursued as a cultural project by the government...

... local, regional, and global contexts. In this time of rapid change, it is necessary to understand how the people might place themselves within an evolving institutional framework. Their lives, aspirations, cultural capital, and strategic maneuvers constitute the bulk of Hong Kong's institutional...

...This chapter deals with social inclusion and exclusion along the lines of cultural capital and social distinctions underlined by social class migration and mobilization. Drawing upon sociological analyses of various forms of human capital and academic inquiries into the issue of suzhi...

...Cultural capital develops within particular institutional environments. This chapter shows that a historical approach gives a more-nuanced and less-politically charged view of the colonial experiences and the hardening and softening of the territory's borders. It argues that institutional integrity...