Research on Macau Streets:Origins, Issues, and Academic Paths
Wu Xutong, Lin Guangzhi
Abstract:The streets of Macau have been one of the hot issues of research in recent years.They are closely related to Macau's urban history and culture, structure and architecture, context and memory, society and citizens, and are of great significance at local, ethnic, and global levels. Since 1980s, researches of this field have witnessed a great increase. Current scientific methods are likely to be inadequate because they have evolved in a tradition of solving single disciplinary problems. Therefore, collaboration between multiple disciplinary perspective needs to be strengthened, and moreover, relevant foreign data is also vital for current research. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a panoramic study of Macau, compiling archival materials on Macau streets and constructing a theoretical framework to enhance people's awareness of this aspect, thus to participate in the academic paradigms in Macau and urban studies. In return, it will finally enrich the theory of the studies in this field and provide references for human civilization interaction.
Key words: urban studies; Macau streets; Macau culture; academic review
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