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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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This reading proposed three themes: the living and dead cohabiting, how ghosts and the living associate with social disconnection in times of rapid urbanization and the criticization of prosperous rich developed cities. The second point intrigued me as I drew connections with previous readings regarding public housings and loneliness between individuals. The writer argues that living environment contributes to social isolation, which is reflected in productions featuring ghosts haunting tenants and expressing their dissatisfactions towards the living. In Asian horror films, the low to middle income class is focused when presenting this idea. As governments try to occupy as many

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Cat Links Lecture 6: Housing Stories

Moving House Reflection – HAW Jane

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As the population of Singapore grows, gaining an ownership of a grave will be more difficult. Families of the deceased would be forced to relocate the remains somewhere else. Some might be unsatisfied with this as they think the land used for leisure purposes can be used for the dead, but other may think that relocating the dead near their loved ones is fortunate

Cat Links Workshop 2: Dreamland Film Screening + Director's Chat

Question for Director Chen

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Throughout the film, I noticed that whenever songs are being played, the lyrics would also appear on the screen like in karaoke. Is there a particular reason for this choice? Also, whenever the scene conveys the couple together, there would be objects such as blurred lights or poles blocking part of the view. Is this done deliberately, and if so, is there a certain meaning behind it? Haw Jane UID: 3036241088

Cat Links Fieldwork

[Fieldwork Report] Haw Jane & Chan Sze Ying

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Transcript: The Jardine House, although now one of the shorter buildings among the numerous landmarks in Central, was the tallest building in Asia when it was completed in 1972, demonstrating Hong Kong’s burgeoning status as a financial center. As the city continues to evolve, there is a possibility that Jardine House’s architectural style may be reconstructed, mirroring its history of periodic updates, including a significant expansion with the addition of a new 26-story tower in the 1970s, and an interior upgrade in 2018. In the next decade, the building may be revamped for a modern look and increased height, blending

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

[Reading Response] Noirs: The City, the Woman and Other Spaces

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This reading examines key themes within Hong Kong’s cinema in the 1960s, specifically social inequality, female identity and modernization. These issues were reflected within genres such as noir thrillers and melodramas which were prevalent at the time. In the 1960s, the female working class escalated, which was displayed in the fact that increasing female protagonists in films were used to appeal to female audiences. What drew my attention was the ‘doubleness’ of female identity. In the 1960s, several films exhibited the idea that single working woman could only be rescued from her impoverished status by marrying a wealthy man. Other

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