Socialist urbanism and cultural infrastructure facilities in China: Cities of the Pearl River Delta and the Guangzhou cultural infrastructure facilities plan, 2003–07

Cartier, C

Socialist urbanism and cultural infrastructure facilities in China: Cities of the Pearl River Delta and the Guangzhou cultural infrastructure facilities plan, 2003–07

Cartier, C

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Citation:: Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, 0, (0), pp. 1995

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dc.contributor.author	Cartier, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4278-3256
dc.date.accessioned	2024-12-03T05:34:10Z
dc.date.available	2024-12-03T05:34:10Z
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, 0, (0), pp. 1995
dc.identifier.issn	2717-5626
dc.identifier.issn	2717-5626
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/182333
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>The construction of “cultural infrastructure facilities” (wenhua jichu sheshi) in China – auditoria, exhibition halls, libraries, museums, performance centers – for state administration of culture and information originated in the 1950s with Sino-Soviet exchange and has continued throughout the reform era. However, scholarship on urban development in China, embedded in discourses of capitalism and modern planning, generally does not recognize this category of infrastructure construction by contemporary city governments. To address the lacunae, this article analyzes the history of cultural infrastructure facilities in socialist urbanism, their transfer to the People’s Republic of China from the Soviet Union, the conditions of socialist realism, and the continuity of cultural infrastructure construction since the 1980s. Evidence from the Guangzhou Cultural Infrastructure Facilities Projects Plan (2003 – 07) and cultural facilities sites in the new city center projects of Shenzhen, Shunde, and Dongguan demonstrate how the party-state prioritizes the planning and construction of cultural infrastructure facilities. Contemporary architectural designs for new cultural buildings represent the international aesthetic of reform while cultural facilities continue to house and display party-sanctioned culture and information for the people.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	AccScience Publishing
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100871
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.36922/jcau.1995
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	3301 Architecture
dc.subject.classification	3304 Urban and regional planning
dc.subject.classification	4702 Cultural studies
dc.title	Socialist urbanism and cultural infrastructure facilities in China: Cities of the Pearl River Delta and the Guangzhou cultural infrastructure facilities plan, 2003–07
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
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The construction of “cultural infrastructure facilities” (wenhua jichu sheshi) in China – auditoria, exhibition halls, libraries, museums, performance centers – for state administration of culture and information originated in the 1950s with Sino-Soviet exchange and has continued throughout the reform era. However, scholarship on urban development in China, embedded in discourses of capitalism and modern planning, generally does not recognize this category of infrastructure construction by contemporary city governments. To address the lacunae, this article analyzes the history of cultural infrastructure facilities in socialist urbanism, their transfer to the People’s Republic of China from the Soviet Union, the conditions of socialist realism, and the continuity of cultural infrastructure construction since the 1980s. Evidence from the Guangzhou Cultural Infrastructure Facilities Projects Plan (2003 – 07) and cultural facilities sites in the new city center projects of Shenzhen, Shunde, and Dongguan demonstrate how the party-state prioritizes the planning and construction of cultural infrastructure facilities. Contemporary architectural designs for new cultural buildings represent the international aesthetic of reform while cultural facilities continue to house and display party-sanctioned culture and information for the people.

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