Dr. LEE Ka Kiu

This is a trans-disciplinary course that aims at activating students' sensitivities in the dimension of space in understanding politics. Fundamental concepts and approaches developed in the field of politics of space will be introduced. The content includes also discussion of the following topics of interest: heritage preservation, contested public space, state project and societal resistance, consumerist space, etc. Substantive local and foreign cases will be used to demonstrate the complicated politico-spatial processes in society which are considered to be political, ideological and full of contradictions.