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[Field-Homework 3] Public City: Kwun Tong Promenade, Kwun Tong, Kowloon

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Link: https://youtu.be/12l5RHibn-E   Public City: Kwun Tong Promenade, Kwun Tong, Kowloon   Introduction    In Hong Kong, this crowded urban city, most of us are usually comfortable in a private space. Whereas we do not know how to make ourselves comfortable in a public space. Therefore, I believe that a public area such as the promenade is important in encouraging tolerance of citizens.    In this essay, the rationale behind my video setting in Kwun Tong Promenade will be explained,  and discuss how this promenade located in Hoi Bun Road facilitates the social tolerance of citizens. Furthermore, why should we

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[Reading response] Walking in the City, and Spatial Stories, De Certeau, M. (1984).

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3036065783 Tse Tak Chi The difference between “space” and “place” is depends on the dynamic and static feature of the described term. In my perspective, “space” is a dynamic idea while “place” is static. As “space” is “composed of intersections of mobile elements” (p.117). Thus, “space” is impossible to be static, as interactions and interconnectivity is essential in this situation. In films, a space is mostly created by characters, or between objects and objects. The ‘stickiness’ between every symbolic or non-symbolic beings is always existed. Whereas “place” can be very static, it can be a construct without any interactions. For

Continue reading[Reading response] Walking in the City, and Spatial Stories, De Certeau, M. (1984).