004VOLUME10/ISSUE4/AUGUST2022ProvincializingTransnationalLandscapehttps://doi.org/10.15302/J-LAF-1-010026EDITEDBYTinaTIAN,WANGYingABSTRACTProvincializingtransnationallandscapeisattractingincreasingattentionfrominternationalacademiawiththeriseoftransnationallandscapepracticeandtheshiftoftheacademicresearchparadigm.Itcallsforustomovebeyondthenationalpolitical,economic,social,andculturalboundariestoexaminetheprovincializationmechanisms,processes,andinfluenceoftransnationallandscapeactivities.ItisparticularlyimportantforChinatoexploretheprovincializingtransnationallandscape.ItwillcontributetoexaminingChina’shistoricallocal-globalinteractionsoverthelandscape,andprovidingalensof“theOther”tostudytheregionallandscapecharacteristicsinChina.Significantly,itwillnotonlydeepentheunderstandingofthedevelopmentoftheresearchonlandscape,cultural,andcommunicationhistoriesinChinaandbeyond,butalsopromoteChina’stransnationaleconomiccooperationframeworks,suchastheBeltandRoadInitiativeandtheGuangdong-HongKong-MacaoGreaterBayArea,tobettertellChina’sstoryandlettheworldbetterunderstandChina.KEYWORDSTransnationalLandscape;Provincialization;ResearchParadigm;LandscapeRepresentation;ChinaZHANGYichi*PaulMellonCentreforStudiesinBritishArt,London,WC1B3JA,UK*CORRESPONDINGAUTHORAddress:Stavangergata46A,0467Oslo,NorwayEmail:yichizhangzyc@gmail.comRECEIVEDDATE2022-11-05ABritisharchitectandIoncestrolledalongWuDaDao(FiveGreatAvenues)inTianjin,China,aresidentialareabuiltbyBritisharrivalsintheearly20thcentury.WhilestandinginfrontoftheseEuropean-stylehouses,thearchitectexclaimedthattheareaislikeanelegantBritishgentlemanbutwithaChineseaccent!SimilarfeelingsofdéjàvuhadalsoemergedinfrontofmewhenIwalkedontheLiepuAlejaBrīvībasbulvārisinRiga,Latvia,ortheBenjaminFranklinParkwayinPhiladelphia,USA.Althoughthesedesignedlandscapesarelocatedindifferentcitiesandevencountries,theirconstructionsareallunderthelightoftheAvenuedesChamps-ÉlyséesofParis,France,andpresentdistinctivelocalizedcharacteristics.Whatpro...
