AbstractsCommunication

Gardens of Chinese dream : correcting Hong Kong'srightist tendencies and foreign hostile reactionaries usinglandscapes for public opinion guidance

by Tsz-kei Ngo




Institution: University of Hong Kong
Department:
Year: 2015
Keywords: Propaganda, Chinese - China - Hong Kong; Urban gardens - China - Hong Kong
Posted: 02/05/2017
Record ID: 2075314
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10722/216318


Abstract

This thesis establish a critique on the political actions that Central Government have currently put to Hong Kong. Using the Chinese Dream Propaganda campaign as the start off point, this thesis explore on the structure of Chinese Dream strategy, and how can it be represented through landscape architecture. This thesis also question on the role of landscape architecture in politics. Is it simply a space that designed and managed by the authority? Or can it be propaganda as well, in different kinds of appearance and representation? The thesis report starts with an analysis on Chinese Dream propaganda campaign, then a research in relationship between propagated messages and space. Thirdly it comes to the execution of design and finally an explore in graphic representation. published_or_final_version Architecture Master Master of Landscape Architecture