Recollecting Identity: Food, Culture, Space and Place in the Street Markets of Hong Kong

Abstract

The research investigates the importance of culture and placemaking in defining food urbanism in Hong Kong with a culture at risk of disappearing. Considering current revitalization projects and the removal of local street markets, the research analyzes food urbanism through the lens of food and culture, in relationship to space and place. Focusing on the street markets and its disappearance over the years, the research looks at understanding food urbanism as a cultural structure. The project provides an insight to the establishment of street markets throughout history, placing importance on its relationship to the cultural and placemaking aspects of food urbanism.