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題名 Growing food in a post-colonial Chinese metropolis: Hong Kong’s down-to-earth civil society 作者 何浩慈
Ho, Hao-Tzu貢獻者 國發所 關鍵詞 Food movement ; urban agriculture ; urban anthropology ; community ; civil society 日期 2018-05 上傳時間 28-Sep-2021 09:09:53 (UTC+8) 摘要 Since Hong Kong is stereotyped as a financial centre with high land prices and population density, the absence of local agriculture and dependence on food imports are seemingly taken for granted. Decades ago, agriculture was an important economic activity. However, after signing the Sino-British Joint Declaration which determined Hong Kong’s reversion to Chinese sovereignty, the British Hong Kong Government shifted attention away from local food supply to urbanisation and modernisation, opening the door to imports from mainland China and the rest of the world. Today, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government continues with this policy orientation. Despite limited agricultural infrastructure, policy support or training opportunities, interest in local food has been rekindled in recent years. The enthusiasm for alternative food networks resonates with global trends towards sustainable agriculture and food movement. It has arisen alongside controversial events and social movements regarding food safety, land development, and cultural heritage conservation. Some urban dwellers, many under the age of forty, voluntarily join the ranks of farmers, as new farms have mushroomed all over both sides of Victoria Harbour and the New Territories. Low wages and difficulties in finding a sizable piece of land remain an issue, but more and more customers support farm products from farmers’ markets, organic food shops, or ‘wet market’ vendors specialising in locally grown vegetables. Farm activities, courses on agriculture, and relevant events organised by the informal sector or NGOs integrate people from diverse backgrounds, building a community of like-minded residents of the city. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with the community since 2016, this paper attempts to furnish some observations on the bottom-up resurgence of agriculture fuelled by civil society in Hong Kong. 關聯 Civil Society in East Asian Countries: Contributions to Democracy, Peace and Sustainable Development, Vytautas Magnus University, pp.51–65 資料類型 book/chapter dc.contributor 國發所 dc.creator (作者) 何浩慈 dc.creator (作者) Ho, Hao-Tzu dc.date (日期) 2018-05 dc.date.accessioned 28-Sep-2021 09:09:53 (UTC+8) - dc.date.available 28-Sep-2021 09:09:53 (UTC+8) - dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 28-Sep-2021 09:09:53 (UTC+8) - dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/137252 - dc.description.abstract (摘要) Since Hong Kong is stereotyped as a financial centre with high land prices and population density, the absence of local agriculture and dependence on food imports are seemingly taken for granted. Decades ago, agriculture was an important economic activity. However, after signing the Sino-British Joint Declaration which determined Hong Kong’s reversion to Chinese sovereignty, the British Hong Kong Government shifted attention away from local food supply to urbanisation and modernisation, opening the door to imports from mainland China and the rest of the world. Today, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government continues with this policy orientation. Despite limited agricultural infrastructure, policy support or training opportunities, interest in local food has been rekindled in recent years. The enthusiasm for alternative food networks resonates with global trends towards sustainable agriculture and food movement. It has arisen alongside controversial events and social movements regarding food safety, land development, and cultural heritage conservation. Some urban dwellers, many under the age of forty, voluntarily join the ranks of farmers, as new farms have mushroomed all over both sides of Victoria Harbour and the New Territories. Low wages and difficulties in finding a sizable piece of land remain an issue, but more and more customers support farm products from farmers’ markets, organic food shops, or ‘wet market’ vendors specialising in locally grown vegetables. Farm activities, courses on agriculture, and relevant events organised by the informal sector or NGOs integrate people from diverse backgrounds, building a community of like-minded residents of the city. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with the community since 2016, this paper attempts to furnish some observations on the bottom-up resurgence of agriculture fuelled by civil society in Hong Kong. dc.format.extent 1176593 bytes - dc.format.mimetype application/pdf - dc.relation (關聯) Civil Society in East Asian Countries: Contributions to Democracy, Peace and Sustainable Development, Vytautas Magnus University, pp.51–65 dc.subject (關鍵詞) Food movement ; urban agriculture ; urban anthropology ; community ; civil society dc.title (題名) Growing food in a post-colonial Chinese metropolis: Hong Kong’s down-to-earth civil society dc.type (資料類型) book/chapter
