Site Represents a site. End Date 1994 Contact ymw1@st-andrews.ac.uk Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Prim Media 1904 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kowloon Walled City Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource wanm Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 937 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,22.33202991446202,114.19036781817341; Description An account of the resource Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned settlement in British-occupied Hong Kong. It evolved from a Chinese military output during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) into a densely populated urban enclave due to ambiguous jurisdictional boundaries after the Second World War. Without effective governance from China or Britain, the Walled City developed organically, with buildings constructed without official permits and businesses operating independently. By the late 1980s, it housed over 50,000 in a labyrinthine network of high-rise buildings characterised by poverty and crime (Fraser & Cheuk-Yin Li, 2017). It was demolished in 1993. The Walled City is portrayed in various video games such as Stray (2022) and Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010). Moreover, online archives of photographs and illustrations along with 3D digital reconstructions and animations continue to preserve its unique cultural legacy for audiences worldwide. Awareness of the complexities of Kowloon Walled City provides lessons on urban living, community resilience, and the importance of sustainable city development - thus contributing to Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Specifically, Target 11.4 can be addressed by ensuring continued recognition and appreciation of the site’s historical significance Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 21/03/2024 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. Fraser, A., & Cheuk-Yin Li, E. (2017). The second life of Kowloon Walled City: Crime, media and cultural memory. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659017703681 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource The Song Dynasty (960-1279) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived is51102024 Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 04/19/2024 04:29:03 pm Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://cityofdarkness.co.uk/ Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Kowloon Walled City Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT demolished enclave immovable cultural heritage