CCCH9016 Field Trip
CCCH9016 HK: Becoming a Chinese Global City
Field Trip Reflective Notes
Students are expected to be able to learn from observing daily phenomena. The main objectives of this exercise are asking you to a) identify socio-economic changes that your designated place for visit has undergone; b) identify the indicators of these changes; and c) a brief analysis of such changes and their social impacts. What you will see during your field trip can also be observed in other parts of urban Hong Kong and global cities elsewhere. This exercise is an attempt to improve your skills of field observation and to assist you in understanding social changes in our communities.
How would you characterize your field trip place? Describe some of its key features. (This is a general impression towards your field trip place.) Please also include when, where, and how you conduct your field trip.
Date: 10/03/2013 (Tue)
Time: 2:15pm – 4:30 pm
Locations: The Blue House cluster, the old Wanchai Market, Tai Yuen Street/ Cross Street, Lee Tung Street, Hopewell Center II & Hopewell Center
Way: We visited the above places along with a resident and commentator in Wanchai, who narrated to us the interesting stories, long histories and recent development of Wanchai.
Key features: My general impression of Wanchai is that it is special because it is different from its neighborhood like Central, Admiralty and Causeway Bay, which are flourishing concrete forests. When I walked around Wanchai from Stone Nullah Lane, Tai Yuen Street to Lee Tung Street, I felt astonished seeing that there exist two distinct kinds of buildings. One is antiquated eastern traditional architecture such as the Blue House cluster, which is all low dim narrow old tenement buildings. The other, however, is brand-new western modern architecture like Hopewell Centers. They conflict with each other, but coexist at the same time.
Do you see major socio-economic changes in the place you visited? If yes, what are they?
1. The
Field Trip Reflective Notes
Students are expected to be able to learn from observing daily phenomena. The main objectives of this exercise are asking you to a) identify socio-economic changes that your designated place for visit has undergone; b) identify the indicators of these changes; and c) a brief analysis of such changes and their social impacts. What you will see during your field trip can also be observed in other parts of urban Hong Kong and global cities elsewhere. This exercise is an attempt to improve your skills of field observation and to assist you in understanding social changes in our communities.
How would you characterize your field trip place? Describe some of its key features. (This is a general impression towards your field trip place.) Please also include when, where, and how you conduct your field trip.
Date: 10/03/2013 (Tue)
Time: 2:15pm – 4:30 pm
Locations: The Blue House cluster, the old Wanchai Market, Tai Yuen Street/ Cross Street, Lee Tung Street, Hopewell Center II & Hopewell Center
Way: We visited the above places along with a resident and commentator in Wanchai, who narrated to us the interesting stories, long histories and recent development of Wanchai.
Key features: My general impression of Wanchai is that it is special because it is different from its neighborhood like Central, Admiralty and Causeway Bay, which are flourishing concrete forests. When I walked around Wanchai from Stone Nullah Lane, Tai Yuen Street to Lee Tung Street, I felt astonished seeing that there exist two distinct kinds of buildings. One is antiquated eastern traditional architecture such as the Blue House cluster, which is all low dim narrow old tenement buildings. The other, however, is brand-new western modern architecture like Hopewell Centers. They conflict with each other, but coexist at the same time.
Do you see major socio-economic changes in the place you visited? If yes, what are they?
1. The