文化经济地理学:概念、理论和实践

Abstract

Recently, cultural economic geography has emerged under the context of the rise of both the 'new economy' and 'new' economic geographies. Aiming at reviewing the existing literature and synthesizing a systematic theoretical framework for re-thinking the 'economy' as a cultural system and social process, this paper firstly clarifies the evolving relationships between economy and culture, paying specific attention to the theoretical transition from a dichotomy of culture-economy towards theories of co-evolution and co-constitution. Focusing on the cultural dimensions of economic behaviors and practices, this paper subsequently illustrates the effects of economic actors’ cultural meanings and social interactions on the economy, arguing for the social and cultural embeddedness of economic practices and diversity of incentives in everyday economic life. Furthermore, concentrating on the mutually-constitutive relationships between economy and place, this paper reveals the mutual construction between economic activities and the social and cultural layers of the places. We pay attention both to place where they are produced and consumed. Finally, this paper summarizes the theoretical framework and discusses its implications for the investigation of economic geographical issues in Chinese context