After reading the article, I think more on the relationship between “space” and “place”. I believe that space is meaningless without any stories in it; while a space with stories become a place. A space can be anywhere, in any location, but a place can only be where you define it. In other words, in the same location, it can be different places for different people. Take Central as an example, for many Hong Kong people, it is a CBD, and it is a place where people work; however, in the same location, for the foreign domestic helper, it is a “park” where they can meet each other and take a leisure time. Same for infrastructures, such as bridges, MTR stations, bus stops, etc., as long as they have a meaning in it , they can also be a place. Many people have neglected a fact that they can be a place as these infrastructures are just a very small part in our daily life. They are so ordinary that we don’t even take notice on them, but when we start to observe more in our daily life, we can then become aware of the stories happening in these infrastructures. To reflect more on how infrastructures are used in movies, infrastructures like trams and trains are always used as a place where characters connect and where the stories begins. Movies turn these ordinary spaces into a meaningful place with stories.
To conclude, I believe that whenever people interact, making memories and experiences, a place is then created.
Yu Yuet Chi,3035789966
It is true that observation is important to understand space and place. Why is it important, as commoners, to observe? What ability do we have when we are able to identify a place?