Po-Hsun WANG – författare

This book, drawing on the “Hengqin-Macao Integration: Training Program for Urban Public Art and Cultural Tourism Talents,” explores the innovative applications of public art within cultural tourism and its impact on sustainable urban development. Taking the 25th anniversary of Macao’s return as a key moment, the book focuses on the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, aiming to promote regional integration and establish an international cultural tourism landmark through the synergy of art and tourism. From an interdisciplinary perspective, it constructs a theoretical and practical framework for the integration of urban public art and cultural tourism, highlights the central role of Chinese cultural heritage in urban development, and analyzes the history, cultural characteristics, and integration strategies of Hengqin-Macao cooperation. At the theoretical level, the book examines the relationship between urban space and environmental aesthetics, proposing new design concepts for urban renewal. Using Hengqin-Macao as a case study, it elaborates on the artistic expression of urban space and its role in brand building. At the practical level, it reviews how public art shapes urban spirit, demonstrates its value in cultural expression and tourism experience through diverse art forms, and synthesizes innovative methods of public art design by drawing on both domestic and international cases. The book further investigates the development trends of immersive cultural tourism, analyzing the features of different immersive experiences. Combining policy and practice in Hengqin-Macao, it proposes design and innovation methods for cultural tourism projects. The research employs fieldwork, case studies, and project practice to ensure both scientific rigor and practical applicability. With a clear structure-covering the introduction, urban culture and tourism development, urban space and environmental aesthetics, public art and cultural expression, integration of urban culture and tourism, the Hengqin-Macao Forum with empirical studies, and design outcomes—the book offers a comprehensive exploration of art-tourism integration. By establishing a systematic theoretical framework, advancing innovative perspectives, and producing demonstrative projects, the book provides strong support for Hengqin-Macao integration. It makes a significant contribution to enhancing urban cultural soft power, upgrading the tourism industry, and advancing cultural inheritance and innovation.

This book elucidates findings from an anthropological study that analyzes the patterns of Taiwan's Atayal tribe’s fabric in their ethnic dress codes. By analyzing the changes and development of the patterns over time, the authors draw fascinating conclusions regarding the geographical migration and intermarriage practices between indigenous minority groups in Taiwan’s history. The book brings new insights within East Asian linguistic anthropology in theorizing about the origins of legends and broader patterns of ethnic migration, integrating the characteristics and relationships among Atayal fabrics, and interpreting these relationships in connection with the flow of sub-ethnic groups. In doing so, the book provides rich empirical evidence for anthropologists and migration scholars to better understand the movement of ethnic groups in Taiwan, while also establishing a model for how studying textile design can be employed to establish such linkages. The book shows that the composition and changes of ethnic minority patterns have their own internal logic and causes. By studying this, the authors demonstrate how such work might translate intangible and tangible culture into explicit and shareable knowledge and provide a compass for other anthropologists and researchers in the fields of visual and linguistic anthropology, migration studies, and ethnic and indigenous cultures, in Asia and beyond.