1. what is the statistical data on population density per meter square?
how does hong kong and seoul compare with one another?
2. a very brief introduction on the history of urban development in hong kong and seoul.
3. what type of housing are most students living in? high rise apartment towers, low rise apartment buildings, single homes, etc. what is the ideal home to live in?
4. which class do you categorize yourself belonging to? [working class, middle class, wealthy class]
5. what are some of the major concerns about living in a city? as a teenager, what do you worry about?
1. 서울의 평방미터당 인구밀도는? 홍콩과 서울을 비교해보면?
2. 홍콩과 서울의 간략한 도시개발의 역사.
3. 대부분의 학생들은 어떤 주택에서 살고 있나. 고층 아파트, 저층 아파트(빌라), 단독주택, etc. 학생들이 생각하는 이상적인 주거공간은?
4. 자신의 사회적 계급은 무엇이라고 생각하나. [노동자 계급, 중산층, 부유층]
5. 도시에서의 삶에 있어서 주요한 고민은 어떤 것이 있을까. 10대로서 어떤 고민이 있는가.
these specific questions, the haja students have begun to ask themselves:
do we have a responsibility towards society and city? by what reason?
what do we as individuals wish to keep/sustain/save? (within the city and etc)
where does the thought of wanting to save something come from?
by placing our values on eco-friendly life, we can perhaps 'make' the responsiblity to save something.
우리는 지금 우리가 살고 있는 사회, 그리고 도시에 대한 책임이 있는가? 어떤 이유에서?
개인으로서 우리가 지키고 싶은 것은 무엇이 있는가? (도시안에서, etc)
무언가를 지키고 싶다는 생각은 어디서부터 오는가?
생태적인 삶에 가치를 둠으로써 무언가를 지켜야 한다는 책임을 '만들'수 있을지도 모른다.
key psychology words-
innate human traits / human tendencies
empathy
psychopath
natural / artificial
인간의 본성 / 경향
감정이입 / 공감능력
사이코패스
자연적인 / 인공적인
LASTLY: i think it would interesting and fun if HKSC students prepare some questions they have specifically for HPS students and vice versa.
ie- what is the general feeling of teenagers living in seoul? do they want to stay in seoul or move out of the city or country? to more basics, what is unique or trendy now among seoul urban youth culture?
마지막으로: 홍콩학생들과 하자작업장학교 학생들이 서로에게 궁금한 질문들을 만들어보면 좋겠다.
예) 서울에서 10대로 산다는 것은?(어떤 조건이 있고 어떤 느낌을 받는지) 앞으로 계속 서울에서 살고 싶은지, 서울 떠나서 다른 도시로 가고 싶은지, 나라를 떠나고 싶은지. 조금 더 기본적인 질문으로는, 서울만이 가지고 있는 청소년 문화, 유행은 어떤 것인지.
'We have been made and remade without knowing exactly why, how, and to what end.
Can we better exercise this right to the city? But whose right and whose city?
Could we not construct a socially just city? But what is social justice?
Is justice simply whatever the ruling class wants it to be?'
DAVID HARVEY, URBAN THEORIST
지금까지 우리는 정확한 이유와, 방식과 목적을 알지도 못한 채 (도시를/우리 자신을) 형성하고, 다시 재구성하기를 반복했다.
지금 우리가 가지고 있는 이 권한으로 조금 더 좋은 방향으로 도시를 활용할 수 없을까? 허나 여기서 말하는 권리는 누구의 권리이며, 누구의 도시인가?
사회적으로 정당한 도시를 건설 할 수는 없는 걸까? 허나 사회적 정당성은 무엇인가?
정당성은 단순히 지배계급에 속해있는 이들이 원하고, 주도하는 것일까?
- 데이비드 하비, 도시 이론가
‘The city is our supreme attempt to reshape the world after our hearts desire.
By reshaping that world, we have in a way reshaped ourselves.’
ROBERT PARK, URBAN THEORIST
도시는 우리의 욕구를 중심으로 세상을 바꾸려고 한 시도의 산물이다.
따라서 세상을 변화시키는 과정에서 한편으로 우리는 우리 자신을 변화시키고 있는 것이다.
- 로버트 파크, 도시 이론가
'save my city, save myself'
change my city, change myself'
'love my city, love myself'
the city is a reflection of ourselves
human memory as metaphor for the city-
ie. do not erase my history, my identity, starve me, do no uproot me, violate me,
human body as metaphor for the city-
ie. city arteries clogged / polluted, blood circulation poor, burnt out / exhausted by work-money culture, scarred by so much development, too many toxins in my diet from genetically modified/ pesticides in my food
'나의 도시를 지킨다. 나 자신을 지킨다.'
'나의 도시를 변화시킨다. 나 자신을 변화시킨다.'
'나의 도시를 사랑한다. 나 자신을 사랑한다.'
도시의 모습은 우리 자신의 모습을 반영한다
- 도시를 인간의 기억으로 비유한 글
예) 나의 역사를, 나의 정체성을, 지우지 말 것, 굶기지 않을 것, 뿌리채 뽑거나, 폭력을 행하거나, 더럽히지 말 것.
- 도시를 인간의 신체로 비유한 글
예) 도시의 동맥이 막히다 / 오염, 혈액순환 안됨, 쇠약해짐 / 과도한 일-돈 문화에 지쳐 쓰러짐, 급속한 발전으로 인한 흉터,
유전자 조작 식품으로부터 흡수되는 독 / 농약이 묻은 먹거리
THE CORPORATION
also, there is a film that I thought would be great if students could watch before our video conference and be able to discuss. It is a brief history into the origins of transnational corporations and how they are becoming more powerful then governments/ nations. and the affects it has on our communities and on our environment. it is also inspirational as it gives examples of those who are resisting, agitating, and finding alternatives.
The theme of 'Creativity in the time of global change / economic crisis is very broad and can lead to many types of discussion and analysis. Below are some links I found for students to look into depending on their interest.
HABITAT INT'L COALITION
Right to the City
'Cities are potentially territories with plenty of economical, environmental, political, and cultural diversity and wealthiness. They represent much more than physical space distinguished by a higher density of people. The urban life style influences the way we connect with others and the city around us. Cities are far from offering equal conditions and opportunities to its inhabitants. The majority of the urban population is prevented from or limited to fulfilling their elementary needs because of their economic, social, cultural, ethnic, gender, and age. This situation leads us to the challenge of building a sustainable model of society and urban life, which would be based on the principles of solidarity, freedom, equity, dignity and social justice.'
NEW SILK ROADS
urban research lab looking specifically at new asian cities along the ancient silk roads
SHRINKING CITIES
http://www.shrinkingcities.com/index.php?L=1
THE ABANDONED HOUSE by kyong park
URBAN ACT condenses the idea of a certain type of activism, of a way of acting and organising actions, which is probably a common thread for all the contributors. This ACT/ing can take different forms: from radical opposition and criticism to a more constructive and propositional acting, embedded in everyday life. It challenges both academic, professional, artistic, and political practice; it addresses the creativity and criticality
of a new approach to the city. This approach is necessarily differentiated and reflects a multiplicity of viewpoints and ways of doing. The practices presented here include artist groups, media activists, cultural workers, software designers, architects, students, researchers, neighbourhood organisations, city dwellers.
URBAN ACT PROJECTS 1-6
downloadable pdfs on all projects:
Work AC: 49 Cities @ STOREFRONT FOR ART & ARCHITECTURE, NYC
"Throughout history, architects and planners have dreamed of ‘better’ and different cities – more controllable, more defensible, more efficient, more monumental, more organic, taller, denser, sparser or greener. With every plan, radical visions were proposed, ones that embodied not only the desires but also, and more often, the fears and anxieties of their time."
Recognizing the recurrent nature of our environmental preoccupations and their impact in shaping utopias of the past, 49 cities inscribes our time within a larger historical context, rereading seminal projects and visionary cities of the past through an ecological lens of the present that goes beyond their declared ideology to compare and contrast their hypothetical ecological footprint.
49 cities is a call to re-engage cities as the site of radical thinking and experimentation, moving beyond ‘green building’ towards an embrace of ideas, scale, vision and common sense combined with delirious imagination in the pursuit of empowering questioning and re-invention." -Amale Andraos, Dan Wood http://www.storefrontnews.org/exhib_dete.php?exID=149
ENDA [ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD]
Changing the way we see the city and city-life
The "city" is a strategic site for change - a place of innovations, power, autonomy, diversity, inter-mixing and an opening on the world. But it is just as much a place of exclusion, poverty, violence and danger as it is of potential. What is more, through a tight network of economic and communicational exchange, a new "world economy" is developing out of the relations between the major metropolises in the South and the North. The struggle for the city is essential, but only on condition that it learns to progress from each individual area to the city as a whole, that it helps to produce new regulatory systems and that it joins the poor in their fight to be part of the city.
We must start thinking of the city as a rapidly evolving historic and symbolic totality, and at the same time as a diverse group of actors working in much larger systems: ecological spaces (the city is itself a group of overlapping ecosystems), rural spaces, regional spaces, international spaces.
The city needs urgent action, aimed primarily at the most deprived areas (which in turn calls for an accurate evaluation of urban poverty), based on a city "model" in which the different actors and actions could be integrated with a view to long term change.
http://www.enda.sn/english/urban.htm
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