TY - JOUR
T1 - Navigating Place, Space, and Land: Hong Kong Social Activist Documentary Film in the Era of Post-Colonial Neoliberal Developmentalism
AU - TAM, Enoch Yee-Lok
PY - 2024/9/23
Y1 - 2024/9/23
N2 - Over the past two decades, urban gentrification and redevelopment have significantly transformed the urban landscapes of numerous East Asian metropolises. The implementation of neoliberal developmental policies has fundamentally reshaped the spatial relationship between citizens and their respective cities. In Tokyo during the early 2000s, for example, the urban redevelopment of the previously bohemian district of Shimokitazawa facilitated the displacement of small local shops by chain stores and the construction of numerous high-rise buildings. As a consequence of this project, the area experienced an influx of new residents and a subsequent surge in rental prices, ultimately leading to the exclusion of many existing tenants from the city.1 In Seoul, the early 2000s marked the beginning of the redevelopment of several high-density, low-rise residential areas,2 such as Nangok, with the displacement of local residents leading to a decline in their socio-economic status and an increase in their housing costs.3 Taiwan has also placed significant emphasis on property ownership, and has fostered a close collaboration between real estate developers and landowners to facilitate property-led redevelopment since the 2000s. It is now evident that the stated objectives of urban redevelopment, in particular the welfare of impoverished tenants, have not yet been effectively achieved.
AB - Over the past two decades, urban gentrification and redevelopment have significantly transformed the urban landscapes of numerous East Asian metropolises. The implementation of neoliberal developmental policies has fundamentally reshaped the spatial relationship between citizens and their respective cities. In Tokyo during the early 2000s, for example, the urban redevelopment of the previously bohemian district of Shimokitazawa facilitated the displacement of small local shops by chain stores and the construction of numerous high-rise buildings. As a consequence of this project, the area experienced an influx of new residents and a subsequent surge in rental prices, ultimately leading to the exclusion of many existing tenants from the city.1 In Seoul, the early 2000s marked the beginning of the redevelopment of several high-density, low-rise residential areas,2 such as Nangok, with the displacement of local residents leading to a decline in their socio-economic status and an increase in their housing costs.3 Taiwan has also placed significant emphasis on property ownership, and has fostered a close collaboration between real estate developers and landowners to facilitate property-led redevelopment since the 2000s. It is now evident that the stated objectives of urban redevelopment, in particular the welfare of impoverished tenants, have not yet been effectively achieved.
UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/hjae027
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85204880059&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/screen/hjae027
DO - 10.1093/screen/hjae027
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0036-9543
VL - 65
SP - 395
EP - 414
JO - Screen
JF - Screen
IS - 3
ER -