A Beijing Anecdote: Folly as Commentary for Social Values, Space and Time
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Title
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A Beijing Anecdote: Folly as Commentary for Social Values, Space and Time
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Description
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“Social value posters + folly” is to Beijing what “Duck” is to Las Vegas.
In the role-shifting era in Beijing, cultural revival creates a new focus on citizens’ mentality and engagement in everyday civic life. Public space marked out by social value posters, a national concept promoted by the government since 2006, becomes the non-consuming stage. It is both for the middle-ground communication between citizens and government and as the projection of individual’s pleasurable imagination. In the city where miniature and craftsmanship are long-term tradition, folly is introduced as commentary. It stands as a Trojan Horse but in the metaphoric pleasure garden.
In this graphic novel, it is an anecdote documenting the real-time; it is an encyclopedia for urban toys; it is an amusement guidebook for all people.
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Creator
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Chen, Qi
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Contributor
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Rowe, Peter G
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Date
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2023-05-18T04:06:49Z
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2023
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2023-05-17
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2023-05
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2023-05-18T04:06:49Z
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Type
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Thesis or Dissertation
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text
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Format
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application/pdf
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application/pdf
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Identifier
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Chen, Qi. 2023. A Beijing Anecdote: Folly as Commentary for Social Values, Space and Time. Master's thesis, Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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30521537
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https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37375211
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Language
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en