Jeroen de Kloet
(Professor of Globalisation Studies and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) at the University of Amsterdam)
Jeroen de Kloet is Professor of Globalisation Studies and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) at the University of Amsterdam, and for the 2012 spring term a university fellow of Baptist University. He co-edited the volume Cosmopatriots – On Distant Belonging and Close Encounters (Rodopi 2007) and is the author of China with a Cut – Globalisation, Urban Youth and Popular Music (Amsterdam UP 2010, Chinese translation to appear in 2012). Forthcoming is a co-edited volume on Imaginations of the Chinese City (Amsterdam UP) as well as Sonic Multiplicities – Hong Kong Pop and the Global Circulation of Sound and Image (Intellect), a book co-authored with Yiu Fai Chow.
Duration: October 6-15, 2012
Research Topic: Constructive Contestation around Urban Heritage in Taipei: a New Approach for Asian Cities
Lecture Title: Creativity and Criticality in a Globalizing China
This research is part of a larger project that analyses urban knowledge and global cities in Asia. In order to grasp a comprehensive understanding and global vision of cities in Asia, it is also pertinent to include the cosmopolitan cities in Taiwan, with specific reference to the greater Taipei. By identifying and discussing the competing perspectives around heritage, and analyzing its processes of contestation, the proposed research aims to further the process of social empowerment in Taipei, and at the same time impart its lessons to neighboring countries.
The researcher will conduct extensive interviews with academics, officials, local community offices and the private sector as well as participate in academic forums and workshops that debate topics of urban city scapes. Being affiliated with the National Taiwan Normal University is particularly significant, because of its central location downtown Taipei and the layers of multiple heritage that characterize the university habitat.
In addition, the 17th century Dutch Formosa research cluster at the International Taiwan Studies Center (ITSC) complements the research project’s description whereas the Center’s research cluster on popular culture is particularly enriching and fulfilling in developing mutual expertise on popular culture research in East Asia.