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Canpolat, Yasemin (2024)

Art as an Expression of Collective Identity: Postcolonial Identities in Hong Kong

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)
During the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill protests, activists have created urban art as an expression of their political beliefs and collective identity. This research explores how urban art as a medium represents the postcolonial collective identity of the people of Hong Kong. This research will analyze selected urban art from the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests through the methodology of semiotic art analysis. The primary objective of this paper is to research the collective postcolonial identity experienced amongst the people of Hong Kong. Through the case study of Hong Kong, this paper demonstrates how postcolonial identities are expressed in the context of urban protest art. Moreover, this paper showcases the role of urban art in resisting colonial structures of power.
Hong Kong
Protest Art
Postcolonial Identity
Anti-Extradition Bill
Semiotic Analysis
Author
Canpolat, Yasemin
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
East Asia
Supervisors
Lai, P.C.
ECTS Credits
15
Language
en