Li Ho Yin, Leo. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2010-2011, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / ABSTRACT --- p.3 / INTRODUCTION --- p.5 / Issues & Context / Statement of Intent / Overall Context / PART 1 --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 1 : --- Identity --- p.9 / Hong Kong Identity / Self Esteem / Chapter Chapter 2 : --- Collective Memory --- p.11 / Memories and Human / Collecthe Memory / Collective Episodic Memory / Collective Semantic Memory / Collective Procedural Memory / Collective Anaemias / Architecture & Memory Recalling / Chapter Chapter 3 : --- Meaning within Architecture --- p.13 / Architecture & Memory Recalling / Chapter Chapter 4 : --- Kowloon Walled City --- p.14 / Background History / Form of City / Facade / Street / Roof scape / PART 2 --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 5 : --- Museum of absent memory --- p.17 / Re- imprint the memory / Project description / Conclusion / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.20

As a result of colonialism indigenous peoples have been marginalised within their own customary territories. In an analysis of the politics of cultural recognition Tully (1995) proposes the reconceptualisation of the 'common ground': sites, including public museums, within which different cultures negotiate their relationships within the modern nation-state, where the rights of indigenous peoples can be recognised on the basis of the principles of mutual recognition, continuity and consent. This thesis examines the impact of the politics of indigenous recognition on the evolving relationships between Mäori and museums, focusing on Mäori participation in the governance of regional charitable trust museums in New Zealand.The international context is explored through an investigation of indigenous strategies of resistance to museum practices at the international, national and local levels. The national context within which Mäori resistance to museum practices has evolved, and subsequent changes in practice are then outlined.Two case studies of regional charitable trust museums, which began to renegotiate Mäori participation in their governance structures in the late 1990s, are examined. The different governance models adopted by Whanganui Regional Museum, Whanganui, and Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne, both effected major shifts from the historical pattern of limited Mäori participation in the museums to the representation of all tangata whenua iwi on the new trust boards. The governance negotiation processes and the responses of interested parties are analysed. The case studies demonstrate the importance of understanding the historical context within which public institutions are embedded and the forces that lead to contemporary adjustments in power relationships.Both new governance models have resulted in genuine power sharing partnerships between tangata whenua and the museums. Finally, the extent to which the two institutions have subsequently moved towards becoming 'common ground' where the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples can be realised is analysed.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Texas Christian University, 2006. / Title from dissertation title page (viewed Feb. 8, 2007). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes special report entitled: Lighting in sports museum : a question about when, where and how much. Includes bibliographical references (leaves.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes special study report entitled: Fashion and the building skin. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes special report study entitled: Pedestrian, time and space. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special report study entitled: Environmental strategies of ar chitecture in Hong Kong. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes special report study entitled: Exhibits design for junks in museum. Includes bibliographical references.

Marketing theory has traditionally sought explanation of commodity consumption based upon psychological and economic assumptions of needs, utility and exchange value, a paradigm of understanding that is becoming increasingly problematic. An alternative perspective of commodity consumption is presented, drawing on contemporary social and cultural theory where the commodity form constitutes a cultural and social logic; a discourse of communication which consumers use to mediate and participate in daily life. Instead of defining commodities in terms of use value and economic value, the commodity is seen in terms of a specific subject-object relation experienced in late capitalism, manifest as sign value and sign exchange. Taking the case of the museum, a context that it increasingly applying the terminology of the market, consumer and commodity; a qualitative research project is undertaken to asses the credibility of the cultural theoretical approach. It is proposed that the museum functions as a site of commodification, presenting history and culture as a set of commodities for visitors consumption. Whilst sign value is a useful concept in explaining commodity consumption, it is suggested a clear distinction between use value, exchange value and sign value is unworkable in practice and that utility and exchange value can be most accurately represented as cultural conditions rather than economic ones. The study suggests that consumption should be conceptualised as a constructive, active and productive process which involves the consumer in a continual exchange, use and manipulation of signs. The role of marketing is thus most appropriately thought of as a facilitative capacity rather as a provisional or directive force that mediates consumption behaviour.