Event Info Hong Kong Uncharted: Cultural Production and the Spirit of Publicness Hong Kong society has undergone serious upheavals in the past decade. The Umbrella Movement in 2014, the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement in 2019, and the subsequent imposition of the National Security Law have fundamentally changed the city. This seismic change is felt not only at the moments of social uprising, but also in the cultural lives of the city, where the discrepancies between the authoritarian rule the city is submitted to and its people’s inspiration for freedom and democracy is experienced with a profound sense of existential anguish. This webinar series takes stock of some of the trends in the city’s cultural production in the past decade: from an emergent new political cinema to the counter-censorship practice of community screening, from the mobilization of religion to the transformative use of urban space for protest actions, and the role of literature in articulating dissent and building community. As the city is rapidly driven into uncharted waters, this webinar series aims to bring into focus the cultural productions that have helped foster a spirit of publicness in Hong Kong, as it is what will sustain and enable the communities to continue to find solidarity and strength. Webinar 2: 2019 and Beyond: Protest Practice and Cultural Production in the Anti-Extradition Bill Protests May 28, Friday, 10am—12:30pm
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