Public Lecture | The Casino at the Center of the World: Chinese Tourists at the Venetian Macau
Public Lecture | The Casino at the Center of the World: Chinese Tourists at the Venetian Macau
25
Nov
The Public Lecture “The Casino at the Center of the World: Chinese Tourists at the Venetian Macau ”, will take place on November 25 at Rui Cunha Foundation.
About the Talk:
The Venetian Macau Resort is one of the world’s largest buildings, and perhaps Macau’s most popular attraction, visited by more than half of the tens of millions of Chinese tourists who enter the city each year. The Venetian’s massive gambling revenues have been crucial to Macau’s post-colonial transformation into the most lucrative site of casino gaming in global history, and one of the wealthiest territories on the planet. This talk explores the Venetian’s function in Macau’s local regime of casino capitalism, and the city’s pedagogical role in shaping citizen-consumers for China’s reform-era economy.
About the Speaker:
Tim Simpson is associate professor in the department of communication, University of Macau, where he has worked since 2001. The focus of this presentation is his recent book, Betting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and China’s Consumer Revolution (University of Minnesota Press, 2023).
Details:
Date: Monday, 25 November 2024
Time: 19:00 – 20:00 (GMT+8)
Location: Rui Cunha Foundation – Av. da Praia Grande N° 749 , R/C, Macao
Language: English
Organised by USJ Research Laboratory for Cultural Sustainability, the Department of History and Heritage Studies – Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and Rui Cunha Foundation
Moderated by Prof. Denis Zuev
*This is a free event and open to the general public
