[Reading Response2] Katarzyna Ancuta: ‘Communal After-Living: Asian Ghosts and the City’
This reading is mainly looking into three themes: co-living for the ghosts and living, loneliness and isolation, and the ghosts as a representation of failed economic dreams. What captivates me the most, is the relationship between the city, public housing and ghosts. Public housing often appears in blocks of concrete filled with small windows, catering to low-to-medium income level citizens. There’s a quote that resonates with me, “ The loneliness of apartment ghosts mirrors the loneliness of humans.” I noticed its lack of maintenance, such as peeling walls and gloomy staircases, would always give me chills. Adult residents, burdened