Cultural Studies Fundamentals 2010/2011Major Assignment Briefing

Identities of an Old Shop in Hong Kong

This is a 5-6 members group assignment. You are required to complete the following 4 steps and present a 10 minutes 20 pages power-point presentation to elaborate your findings.

Step 01: To visit a museum & finish an individual review

Select a culture/art exhibition and provide your opinion in a ppt presentation about its cultural dimensions. Describe the exhibition (dimensions of cultural studies & visual world), its history and cultural issues (context) that inspired the artist to made the works of art.
Worksheet is provided for your reference only in completing the review. Plagiarism is prohibited. It is essential that all work submitted is original and that no copyright has been infringed. If plagiarism is found, fail grade will be given.

Step 02: To appreciate an old shop Select an old shop from Hong Kong in Sham Shui Po / Cheung Sha Wan District, etc.; Describe the old shop by applying concepts / knowledge from Cultural Studies lessons especially the context studies.

Step 03: To research on the users behavior By using research method, describe the users behavior. People Objects History & Affections Background and Context

Who they are?

What are they doing there?

How do they interact with the living space?

Step 04: To identify the Social and Cultural Identities of the old shop Identify the identities that the users have given to the old shop; The identities should be supported by strong objective rationales from information of observation, Interview, research, and reading; but not personal opinions.

Assessment Criteria (90%) Museum Visit Review Tutorial 1 Reading Materials and Reference Tutorial 2 Research Analysis Tutorial 3 Identification of the Problem Presentation Presentation Quality and Skills Schedule and Submission Museum visit review Tutorial 1 Tutorial 2 Tutorial 3 Presentation Wk 7 Wk 4 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 / 12 30% 10% 10% 10% 30%