While in Hong Kong yesterday, I had the golden opportunity to see Blade Runner 2049 directed by Denis Villeneuve, the long-awaited sequel to the original masterpiece directed by Ridley Scott, which came out in theaters back in 1982. The IFC Mall in central Hong Kong was the perfect place to see the sequel. In resonance with some major themes in the movie which I will discuss in this entry, one can look out from the rooftop garden of the mall upon a postcolonial futuristic Asian metropolis full of neon and desire, a tourist’s fantasy dreamworld that in reality is undergoing a major identity crisis as the local population transitions from one colonial master to another. 

The title of this entry is more than just my own poor attempt at a pun—it is meant to emphasize how the EARCOS conference grounds us in the practices, principles, and realities of governing over the complex entities of international schools, especially within the context of the world region that this conference seeks to represent.