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Tong Wang is a recent MA graduate at the University of Chicago. He received a BA (with highest distinction) in Sociology from the University of Virginia in 2018, and an MA in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago in 2020. Since his MA graduation, he has worked for the Scenes (China) Academy, Chinese research network, and in collaboration with Scenes Project, international research network at the University of Chicago. He is also involved in several ongoing research projects for Graduate School of Education, Peking University. He is interested in urban sociology, cultural sociology, urban studies and education. He received Social Sciences Scholarship (two-thirds tuition) from the University of Chicago and Distinguished Majors Thesis Award from the University of Virginia.
There has been a cultural turn in urban development, as an increasing number of scholars are stressing the importance of culture in urban research and policy agendas. Specifically, the bohemian cultural scene could drive an integral cultural policy approach between the cultural scenes city and the creative city approach. Based on amenities data from 65 major Chinese cities, this paper investigates the relationship between bohemian cultural scenes and creative development of Chinese cities as well as regional differences using tree-based model, ordinary least squares (OLS) and truncated regression, and provides conceptual and quantitative support for a bohemian cultural scenes policy. Factor analysis suggests the bohemian cultural scene in Chinese cities consists of two dimensions: self-expression and charisma. According to regression results, bohemian scenes significantly promote urban creative development; specifically, charisma has a stronger impact on urban creativity than self-expression. There are also significant regional differences: northern and eastern cities should focus on the development of the charismatic dimension, creative subjects should adjust away from prudent industriousness and practice dynamic experimentalism; whereas southern cities should focus on the self-expressive dimension, and continue to promote tolerance, inclusivity and expressive practice. Finally, the bohemian scenes policy demands an integral policy approach sensitive to the existing socioeconomic context: policymakers should incorporate specific amenities into existing qualities of local spaces and cultural consumption to stimulate creative development.
Jun Wu; Hao Zheng; Tong Wang; Terry Clark. Bohemian Cultural Scenes and Creative Development of Chinese Cities: An Analysis of 65 Cities Using Cultural Amenity Data. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5260 .
AMA StyleJun Wu, Hao Zheng, Tong Wang, Terry Clark. Bohemian Cultural Scenes and Creative Development of Chinese Cities: An Analysis of 65 Cities Using Cultural Amenity Data. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):5260.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJun Wu; Hao Zheng; Tong Wang; Terry Clark. 2021. "Bohemian Cultural Scenes and Creative Development of Chinese Cities: An Analysis of 65 Cities Using Cultural Amenity Data." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5260.