Draft:Urban Diary (Hong Kong)

Urban Diary
TypeWebsite
Owner(s)The Oval Partnership Ltd.
Editor-in-chiefDr. Chloe Lai
Founded2012
LanguageEnglish and Chinese
Websitehttps://www.urbandiarist.com/

Urban Diary is a non-profit organization in Hong Kong founded by The Oval Partnership. Urban Diary aims to record community stories and promote sustainable living by conducting interviews, historical research, and visual documentation to shape and restore the community's identity.

Objective

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The organization hosts various community exhibitions, screenings, and publishes books, using videos to document Hong Kong's community stories.[1] Its documentaries have been screened at the University of London, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Hong Kong. Its partners include Lantau Conservation Fund, the Architecture Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Wan Chai District Council, Southern District Council, the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Hong Kong, and Partnerships for Community Development.[2][3][4]

Activity

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In 2017, Aljazeera English interview described Urban Diary as a conservation group which "fights to save indigenous Hong Kong culture". In 2023, Urban Diary participated in the Singapore Night Festival organized by the National Heritage Board. The Ministry of Culture of Taiwan described Urban Diary's project as "a bridge between people and the community". In 2024, a China Central Television interview described Urban Diary's exhibition is a record of touching stories from local communities in Hong Kong.[5][6][7][8]

Publications

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Printed publications

  • Urban Diary: Sustainable Future Hong Kong Tales (2014)
  • Tales of Wan Chai: A Cultural Chronicle (2016) (Collaboration with Wan Chai District Council)[9]
  • Forgotten Lantau: Tales of Shui Hau (2018)
  • Wan Chai à la Carte (2021)
  • Tales of Yue Kwong Chuen (2022) (Collaboration with Southern District Council)[10]

Documentaries

  • Tai Hang Fire Dragon (2012)
  • The Fishermen’s Discourse (2013)
  • Grown in Hong Kong (2013)
  • Tales of Shum Shui Po (2014)
  • Lai Sun Store (2014)
  • Sau-ping: the storyteller (2014)
  • 30 Houses and the Hungry Ghost Festival (2015)
  • A Tale of Two Generations (2015)
  • The Wright Chronicle (2017)[11]
  • Rhymes of Shui Hau (2018)
  • Wan Chai Streetscape (2019)[12]
  • Tales of Yue Kwong Chuen (2022)
  • The Limbo of a Plastic Bottle (2022)[13]

Reference

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  1. ^ "Seeing the changes of Victoria Harbor from a father's 40 years of fishing experience. Making an illustrated guide to fish conservation. The "Urban Diary" exhibition leaves records for the community". Yahoo News Hong Kong. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. ^ HKSAR Development Bureau (2021-12-04), Lantau Conservation Fund approved 18 projects in the first round, retrieved 2024-07-30
  3. ^ "BLOG POST FROM FORMER SECRETARY FOR DEVELOPMENT, MR MICHAEL WONG". HKSAR Development Bureau. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  4. ^ "Film Screening & Discussion – "Rhymes of Shui Hau"". National University of Singapore. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  5. ^ Al Jazeera English (2017-09-07), Hong Kong: Conservation group fights to save indigenous culture, retrieved 2024-07-30
  6. ^ "CCTV: Exhibition held at Times Square in Causeway Bay, featuring 26 touching stories of Hong Kong communities". Yang Shi Pin (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  7. ^ "The Oval Partnership to Exhibit at Singapore Night Festival 2023". Yahoo Finance. 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture of Taiwan (2024-07-16). "How to develop a community expert. Project explores new ways of discovery".
  9. ^ "SING PAO DAILY NEWS: I am a cultural person from Wan Chai". 成報. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  10. ^ "Ming Pao Weekly Culture: Yue Kwong Village, which has stood for half a century before demolition, features people-oriented modernist architecture". 明周文化 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  11. ^ "Inmedia: "Urban Diary" interviews former Director of Works Bureau Michael Wright: To talk about locality, we must first understand the history of Hong Kong | 獨媒報導". Inmedia HK. 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  12. ^ "A descendant of the origin of the name of Heard Street comes out with his or her own experience". HK01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  13. ^ "Ta Kung Pao: The Limbo of a Plastic Bottle is a documentary of environmental stories that are relevant to daily life". Ta Kung Pao. Retrieved 2024-07-30.

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