School / Extension Programmes
The 9th Inter-school Competition of Project Learning on Hong Kong's History and Culture
* Extension of the submission deadline and other arrangement (Click here for details)
Theme
Collective Memories – Hong Kong's Popular Culture after World War
II
Popular culture
refers to cultural phenomena that emerge – in the form of products,
lifestyles and trends – and
are well received by a majority of the general public. Reflecting social
contexts and exotic
cultures at different periods of time, the development of popular culture in
Hong Kong also
bears witness to the various characteristics of local society and the
changes it has undergone.
As the mass media flourished and the cultural industry thrived, films, TV
dramas, music, comics,
magazines and newspapers and even advertisements grew in popularity and now
form the collective
memories of generations of Hong Kong people. Students entering this
competition can choose one
form of Hong Kong's popular culture after World War II as their research
topic and investigate
its background and development, the social landscape and values it embodies
and how it has
helped shape Hong Kong today.
Category
A. Written Report
B. Multimedia Production
Division
Junior Division: S.1-S.3 Students
Senior Division: S.4-S.6 Students
Open to individual students or a team of not more
than five.
Prizes
Prizes for the Champion, 1st runner-up, 2nd
runner-up and Merit Award will be offered for each category. The winning team
will also be awarded a
trophy and book coupons.
Deadline for Application
16/12/2019 (Monday)
Deadline for Submission
23/5/2020 (Saturday)
Further extended to 12/9/2020
(Saturday)
Please click here to download the entry handout and application form.
Activities
The
following lecture and workshop will be run to tie in with the
competition in late
2019:
Date & Time
Topic
Speaker
Venue
Enrolment
26 / 10
(Sat)
3pm-5pm
Dr Ng Chun Hung
(Honorary Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong)
Dr Lei Chin Pang
(Assistant Professor of the Department of Communication, The University of Macau)
23 / 12
(Mon)
11am-12:30pm
2:30pm-4pm
Ms Emily YUEN
(Senior Assistant Archivist, Government Records Service)
13 Tsui Ping Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon.
40 places per session
Contents of the two sessions are identical. Teacher(s) in charge of the competing team should fill in the entry form.
*The Lecture and workshop will be conducted in Cantonese. Free admission.
