Cultural Awareness is the foundation of our understanding of where we are and facilitates our communication with each other. Our ability to find our own position in relation to others in the context of cultural values, beliefs and perceptions is essential to establishing this awareness, which grounds our sensibility for various creative activities.

This course is custom-made for foreign students to explore issues and meanings of cultural diversity and integration in the Hong Kong context, taking the opportunity of being in a different cultural setting, which also provides a sufficient distance to rediscover and contemplate one’s own position in his/her home country. As this is an independent study course by nature, students shall propose an area and a plan for observation and comparative study based on their creative/professional interest. Students are expected to document their cultural experience in Hong Kong and to develop insights from their findings.