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Revisiting Russo-Japanese Heritage in the Contemporary Chinese Context: The Identity Crisis of Dalian in Postcolonial Cultural Placemaking
The paper examines the identity crisis of Dalian, a postcolonial city in Northeast China, in the dilemma of heritage-making and cultural placemaking. Born in the turbulent transition between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Dalian experienced the intertwined power wrestling among East Asian countries, resulting in the complex layering of its urban image and cultural identity across the city’s changing colonial regimes, from Imperial Russia to Imperial Japan, before being taken over by the People’s Republic of China. The city's image reflects a multicultural pastiche following the tangled trajectory of its past. However, to fit the historical complexity into a socialist framework, political sensitivity often outweighs heritage awareness in the emergence of postcolonial nationalism. The paper explores Dalian’s approach to cultural placemaking in its recent revival as an ‘Cultural City of East Asia’. Through historical analysis and on-site fieldwork, the research identifies the city’s hidden fusion and recognition of multicultural heritage, which has remained sensitive and not yet been officially advocated. Following comparative studies, the paper investigates the remaking of Russian and Japanese cultural streets in Dalian in light of recent controversies, which further intensifies the debate about adopting postcolonial heritage in the contemporary Chinese context.
Revisiting Russo-Japanese Heritage in the Contemporary Chinese Context: The Identity Crisis of Dalian in Postcolonial Cultural Placemaking
The paper examines the identity crisis of Dalian, a postcolonial city in Northeast China, in the dilemma of heritage-making and cultural placemaking. Born in the turbulent transition between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Dalian experienced the intertwined power wrestling among East Asian countries, resulting in the complex layering of its urban image and cultural identity across the city’s changing colonial regimes, from Imperial Russia to Imperial Japan, before being taken over by the People’s Republic of China. The city's image reflects a multicultural pastiche following the tangled trajectory of its past. However, to fit the historical complexity into a socialist framework, political sensitivity often outweighs heritage awareness in the emergence of postcolonial nationalism. The paper explores Dalian’s approach to cultural placemaking in its recent revival as an ‘Cultural City of East Asia’. Through historical analysis and on-site fieldwork, the research identifies the city’s hidden fusion and recognition of multicultural heritage, which has remained sensitive and not yet been officially advocated. Following comparative studies, the paper investigates the remaking of Russian and Japanese cultural streets in Dalian in light of recent controversies, which further intensifies the debate about adopting postcolonial heritage in the contemporary Chinese context.
Revisiting Russo-Japanese Heritage in the Contemporary Chinese Context: The Identity Crisis of Dalian in Postcolonial Cultural Placemaking
Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
Shahidan, Mohd Fairuz (editor) / Salih, Gasim Hayder Ahmed (editor) / Cardaci, Alessio (editor) / Mahmoud, Israa Hanafi (editor) / Li, Yufei (author)
International Conference CITAA Cities Identity Through Architecture and Arts ; 2022 ; Pisa, Italy
2024-03-20
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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