Prof. CHUNG Ming Yan Fanny

Introduction

Personal Website: https://www.fannychung.net/

Fanny M. Y. Chung is an Assistant Professor in Cultural Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Bristol (U.K.). Her scholarly interests are interdisciplinary, focusing on the interlinked areas of cultural management, musicology, and cultural studies. Her broader research interests include music and arts management, performing arts institutions, Cantonese opera and cultural heritage, arts education, arts and cultural festivals, and play studies and arts engagement.

Her monograph , entitled Music and Play in Early Childhood Education: Teaching Music in Hong Kong, China and the World, provides critical insights into the interplay of cultural policy and educational practices by elucidating the trajectory of early childhood music education system, explicitly problematizing the theoretical foundations of policies such as play-based learning (PBL) and values education in early childhood through music in Hong Kong, China and across the globe. Grounded from her extensive empirical-based research, the book makes a theoretical and practical contribution by offering a new conceptual model of music teacher education within a globally resonant framework.

Chung’s other recent publications look at cultural development related to Chinese theatre arts, outreach and audience-building in performing arts institutions, and music in early years. A recent journal article “Utilizing Technology as a Transmission Strategy in Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Case of Cantonese Opera” contributes to cultural heritage literature by shedding new light on audience reach, content enhancement, value creation, and funding strategies in the context of technology adoption. One journal article “Safeguarding Traditional Theatre Amid Trauma: Career Shock Among Cultural Heritage Professionals in Cantonese Opera” contributes to the literature on cultural transmission by examining the impact of social mobilization, paradigm shifts in tradition, and career crises on safeguarding Cantonese opera amidst trauma. Another recent journal article “Translating Culture-Bound Elements: A Case Study of Traditional Chinese Theatre in the Socio-Cultural Context of Hong Kong” examines the phenomenon of cultural heritage transmission through the lens of translation of Chinese theatre arts in the socio-cultural context of Hong Kong. The journal article “Developing Audiences Through Outreach and Education in the Major Performing Arts Institutions in Hong Kong: Towards a Conceptual Framework” uncovers the interplay of outreach and audience-building in non-profit performing arts institutions with the global cultural landscape. Another recent journal article “The Impact of Music Pedagogy Education on Early Childhood Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Teaching Music: A Study of Music Teacher Education Program” investigates how the development of teacher self-efficacy as theorized by the social cognitive model co-relates with the framework of music teacher education for formal institutional settings, in light of the local, national and international cultural and education policy.

Currently, Chung is working on three funded research projects, including the project on investigating the implementation of education policy in music awarded by General Research Grant (GRF) of Research Grant Council (RGC); the research project on examining the transmission of Cantonese opera amidst global health crisis awarded by the Lord Wilson Heritage Fund (LWHF) of the Hong Kong SAR government; and the research project exploring the mediation of traditions and globalized modernity through the lens of technology adoption in the preservation of Cantonese opera, awarded by the Research Direct Grant of Faculty of Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Apart from research, Chung greatly enjoys her teaching. She has been the awardee of “Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award” twice, in 2018 and 2021, by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received the University Grants Committee (UGC)’s Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) for her project “Promoting Peer Learning through Digital Exhibition for Cultural Management Programme”, aiming to facilitate a culturally-entrenched and stimulating learning environment with a peer-learning approach. Chung’s teaching accomplishments have been recognized by CUHK’s teacher training unit, the Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research (CLEAR). In 2022, she was invited by CLEAR to share her teaching experience and pedagogical strategies, which was published on Moodle as part of the university’s teacher training programme (Module: Fostering Student Engagement). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuXrF_iwuH4

Main Research Interests

• Music and arts management
• Performing arts institutions
• Cantonese opera and cultural heritage
• Arts education
• Arts and cultural festivals
• Play studies and arts engagement

Courses Taught

Fall Term (2023-24):
CUMT 1001  Introduction to Cultural Management
CUMT 2010 Music, Culture and Outreach

Research Grants

Competitive Grants

Publication Fund

Awards

Book Authored (referred)

Monograph

Research-based Books

Research-based Creative Books

Journal Articles

Refereed Journal

Professional Journals

Book Chapters

Non-referred Publication

Conference Paper (Refereed)

Exhibitions (Research-based)

Editorship and Journal Review

Invited Presentations/ Lectures/Knowledge Transfer Activities

Invited Presentations/ Lectures at Conferences, Workshops, Research Institutes and Universities (Selected)

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External Service