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[Field-Homework 3]: Demolition city: Wah Fu Estate

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Introduction: In the progress of city development, demolition is inevitable. In March 2024, the Housing Authority had an announcement about the phrased clearance and redevelopment of Wah Fu Estate. This embarks the start of the demolition of old Wah Fu Estate. Being a teenager lived here for almost 2 decades, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the current situation of Wah Fu Estate through immersive videography and photography, and yet, highlight the changes that demolition had brough to the residents here. Description: Established in 20th century, Wah Fu Estate is a public housing estate located in Southern

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Cat Links Lecture 6: Housing Stories

Reading response 2-Communal After-Living: Asian Ghosts and the City

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Lee Tsz Chun 3036066373 This book explores the intersection of urban environments, Asian ghosts’ narratives, and some cultural belief in Asia. Asian culture had believed that ghosts and humans have always been a part of the universe. The article had highlighted an interesting point that Asian horror movie often happened in an apartment like Apt mentioned in it. The article contrasts them with the Western horror movie, stating the difference of living space Asian living place are often crowded and intensive, and people seldom had conversions with neighborhood. They represent the loneliness in Asian urban style and implies the cultural

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Cat Links Workshop 1: Building Sets, Spaces & the City + Costumes, Characters & Urban Situations

Workshop Exercise Issac Lee

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https://www.freepik.com/premium-photo/sad-woman-looking-your-boyfriend-walking-leave-life-her-vintage-styleheartbreak-woman-outdoor-concept_27722022.htm?epik=dj0yJnU9V09VeklCY3JsSDVTMkQtSDIzTzFDM3pFS0FuOTI1QzQmcD0wJm49MHItU05vUVVHcWhxckFfQ3E4NUlKQSZ0PUFBQUFBR1g2c3dn A couple had argument and the female was disappointed for the male’s action he did.

Cat Links Lecture 3: The Post-war Asian City as Set

[Reading Response] : Urban Cinema and the Cultural Identity of Hong Kong by Leung Ping-kwan

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This article mainly talks about the relationship between Hong Kong people identity and Hong Kong movies. He mentioned that some film theorists who thought local film and cinema were all fictitious (Clarke, 1997, as cited in Leung, 2000) . He agreed that film reproduced a fake space for viewers to enjoy but he also wanted to discuss the cultural side of the films. He thought Hong Kong movies were actually representing some real and authentic local cultures, or even forming some specific culture as well. The example that I would like to take out from this article is Chungking Express.

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Cat Links Fieldwork

Fieldwork

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YT: https://youtu.be/gmUIjnkm5bg L: I think that’s the start of our podcast. I’m Louis. I’m introducing myself. I: And I’m Isaac. L: So today we chose to talk about the little (authentic) restaurants. the little like small non-chain market, some things that’s sort of equivalent to a 7-Eleven. but like just ran by some guy. Probably not the most academic of languages, I’ll admit. L: We chose these sorts of things because they tend to go in new luxury developments.As the site we picked is expected to be replaced with new luxury developments that will not have these chains. They will

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