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Cat Links 2021 Blog, Lecture 2 Filming the Modern Asian City

Reading Response: Ackbar Abbas

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The reading is mainly about the relationship between the architecture in Hong Kong and disappearance, which is quite thought-provoking. Disappearance here refers to the vanishing cultural identity towards the place you live in. Tai Kwun in Central is a typical example, which was turned from a police station and jail to an arts center. What we should focus on is not the preservation of the physical appearance of the building, but the colonial history behind the building, which records the transformation of Hong Kong from a small fishing village to an international metropolis. Due to limited space in Hong Kong,

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Cat Links 2021 Blog, Lecture 2 Filming the Modern Asian City

Reading Response: Ackbar Abbas

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Upon reflection, the reading is an exceptionally well-articulated, realistic portrayal of local cultural identity when things which hold dear to us disappear within our lives. In my opinion, the quote “unfamiliar in the familiar, that is, the unfamiliar that is half-seen or seen subliminally behind the seen/scene of the familiar” sums up this paradoxical idea, revealing this sense of emptiness and hollowness despite being in an environment that one is comfortable with. One prominent example I can deeply relate to was when Kowloon Walled City was converted into an urban park in 1987, with people who were previously living there

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