Made in Hong Kong:
Our City, Our Stories
Between September 2014 and April 2015, the Department of Visual Studies, Lingnan University has collaborated with the Hong Kong Maritime Museum and Globe Creative Ltd. to develop service-learning projects in two undergraduate courses, including “Collecting Chinese Art” and “Understanding Museums”. Students from each course assisted in different areas of curatorial and educational work for the special exhibition of Made in Hong Kong: Our City, Our Stories being held at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum from 6 March to 4 September 2015.
"Collecting Chinese Art”, Fall 2014
Project Outcomes
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New Displays and Education Services for the Made in Hong Kong Exhibition
• Interviews collected from each group of students are selected and edited for final inclusion in the exhibition.
• Students are given opportunities to assist in office work, school tours, family activities, art and crafts workshops, corporate events and other public programmes through the Volunteer Programme. -
Knowledge Transfer
• Selected students have shared their service-learning experience with a wide audience, including the exhibition sponsor and the curatorial team, through interviews and presentations.
• Textual and visual documentation of the whole service-learning process and project outcomes are presented in this webpage, conferences and other publications for educational purposes. -
Resume Development
• Students and alumni of Lingnan University have gained work experience at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum and Globe Creative Ltd. Some of them continue to volunteer for the Museum, while others have undertaken other internships and part-time jobs in related fields.
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Life-transforming Personal Development
• Students are benefitting from the teamwork experience, new exposure and enhanced transferrable skills. The Made in Hong Kong exhibition has deepened their understanding of the social, economic and cultural history of Hong Kong.
• Students are nurtured with a positive attitude towards art, museums and community engagement. Some of them have even considered this fruitful service-learning experience a milestone in their university life.
Course Instructors and Supporting Staff
Department of Visual Studies, Lingnan University
Prof. Michelle Huang, Assistant Professor
Dr Sarah Ng, Part-time Lecturer
Joyce Tong, Administrative Assistant
Kaye Wong, Senior Administrative Assistant
Felicia Zhu, MPhil student and Teaching Assistant
Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University
Chan Chui Ling, Visual Studies student and Teaching Assistant
Fanny Mak, Project Officer
Students
“Collecting Chinese Art”, Fall 2014
“Understanding Museums”, Fall 2014
“Understanding Museums”, Spring 2015
Acknowledgements
Service Agencies
Globe Creative Ltd.
Karen Chang, Director
Peter Cook, Creative Director
Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Tom Cheng, Assistant Education Officer
Caroline Lang, Head of Education & Public Programmes
Annette Lo, Education Programmes Coordinator
Jane Sze, Curator
Polly Wan, Head of Marketing
Richard Wesley, Director
HSBC
Connie Lee, News Manager, Communications (Asia)
Helen Swinnerton, Senior Manager, Asia Pacific Archives
Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd.
Dawn Cheng, Director
Stanley Hung, Cameraman
Conrad Yung, Producer