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Producing Chinese Urban Landscapes of Public Art: the urban sculpture scene in Shanghai / Zheng, Jane

Zheng, Jane	Journal Article
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This article uses an “urban landscapes” perspective to examine the urban sculpture scene and its production system in Shanghai. It reviews both the national urban sculpture discourse and urban sculpture planning practices since 1949, and then focuses on Shanghai specifically. It examines three major stakeholders in urban sculpture development and their interactions. The main argument is that Shanghai's urban sculpture scene has evolved due to the proliferation of aesthetic and symbolic sculptures as opposed to traditional monuments; however, urban entrepreneurialism and globalization have been shaped by the continuity of the Chinese ideological framework, which has transformed urban sculptures from explicit into veiled political didacticism under the guise of caring for the people.

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Cultural Policy ; Public Art ; Shanghai ; Urban Entrepreneurialism ; Urban Sculpture ; Public Art Planning

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Towards new regionalism? case study of changing regional govern / Yi Li; Fulong Wu

Yi Li	Journal Article
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2012.

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This paper draws on a series of interviews with urban planners and government officials to examine the changing regional governance in the Yangtze River Delta. It finds that integration and collaboration are emerging and the growing economic benefits of intercity cooperation serves as a driver for local government to change from hostile competition to collaboration. Nevertheless, regional governance is far from established. Instead, regional transformations reflect the local politics of economic devolution and urban entrepreneurialism. Currently, there is no formal regional institution or coalition and the regional agenda is economic oriented and project based. Policies are formulated by individual cities rather than through multilateral negotiation between cities. The primary motive underlying the initiatives for cooperation is regional economic competitiveness rather than regional integration. Hence, the paper argues that emerging collaboration is far from being a substantial departure from inter-jurisdiction competition in the earlier phase of regional governance.

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China ; Regional Governance ; New Regionalism ; Yangtze River Delta ; Urban Entrepreneurialism

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