Abstract
Hong Kong has an autonomous anthropology with close ties to Anglo-American traditions. The city has seen anthropology grow since the 1980s, partly as a result of the overall growth in tertiary education, but also because of Hong Kong’s shift from manufacturing to a global city focused on financial services. Its unusual history and autonomous institutions make it a separate example of anthropology in Asia. Teaching and research have focused on Chinese cultures, but increasingly include other parts of Asia. Hong Kong has served as a node in the anthropology of East Asia. Many features of anthropology in Hong Kong are driven by the neoliberal administrative system known as audit culture. Hong Kong’s concentration of expertise on Chinese cultures may increasingly attract students for specialized studies if it can maintain its academic openness and freedom, features that have made it a global city.
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