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Phinder Dulai Clip 2
Title
Phinder Dulai Clip 2
Keyword
Ports, Geography, Multicultural, Space, Asian-Canadian, Movement, Globalization, Water, Transnational
Date
2019-06-06
Description
In this second clip to the interview, the conversation starts with a discussion of Vancouver as a multicultural place. In turn, this leads into the spaces of ports and ships and global infrastructure of such a space.
Kitsilano Beach Audio 2
Title
Kitsilano Beach Audio 2
Keyword
Water, Waves, Shore, Birds, Sounds
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Audio of the sound of the waves hitting the shore at Kitsilano Beach. Duration: 1:05
Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 1
Title
Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 1: Clip 1
Keyword
Poetic Intervention, Surveillance, Water
Date
2018-01-28
Description
In this clip, Shazia Hafiz Ramji discusses the circumstances of beginning to write Port of Being, her debut poetry collection and winner of the 2017 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. She recounts a story of seeing a child interact with a public transit cop and how she noticed the various forms of surveillance in such a public space. She also describes visiting the Teck Gallery, where she wrote most of the poems in her collection. At the time of this interview, Ramji's collection was not yet released.
Tower Beach Ambient Sounds
Title
Tower Beach Ambient Sounds
Keyword
Water, Waves, Shore, Sounds
Date
2018-02-02
Description
Audio of the sound of the waves hitting the shore at Tower Beach. Duration: 0:41
Victoria Harbour Audio 1
Title
Victoria Harbour Audio 1
Keyword
City, Sounds
Date
2018-03-10
Description
Audio of the ambient sounds at Victoria Harbour. Duration: 0:39
Wayde Compton Clip 3
Title
Wayde Compton Clip 3
Keyword
Ecosystem, Land, Law, Power, Language
Date
2018-01-23
Description
This section of the interview starts by discussing the way Compton integrates multiple genres into his works. The conversation then ties in the topic of genre theory with a discussion of discourse and language use.
Jordan Abel Interview 4
Title
Jordan Abel Interview 4: Clip 4
Keyword
Landscape / Skyline
Date
2018-01-19
Description
In this conclusion of Jordan Abel's interview, he restates the complexity of places like Vancouver, and acknowledges that a place can be simultaneously beautiful and devastating.
Dark Fluid Collective: Clip 2
Title
Dark Fluid Collective: Clip 2
Keyword
Sci-fi, Sea Levels, Climate Change, Hong Kong, Urban Renewal, Conservation, 2046, Water
Date
2018-03-15
Description
The previous discussion on the metaphor of water is continued in this clip. The interview then turns to comment on how water can lead to a conversation on political and social uncertainty—a theme that is very pressing in regards to the changing landscape of Hong Kong.
Leung Chi Wo 1: Clip 1
Title
Leung Chi Wo 1: Clip 1
Keyword
Narrative, Memory, History, Editied Truth, Power, Personal, Collective, Objects, nostalgia, Commercialization, Commodification
Date
2018-03-12
Description
In this audio recording, Leung Chi Wo addresses the complex relationship between history and memory in Hong Kong’s past. He acknowledges both the importance and the potential difficulty of object-based presentation, and discusses how he counteracts the problem of the commercialization or commodification of the nostalgia of such objects.
West Kowloon Audio 3
Title
West Kowloon Audio 3
Keyword
Water, City, Sounds
Date
2018-03-17
Description
Audio of the ambient sounds at West Kowloon, including people talking, a dog barking, and water sounds. Duration: 0:47