The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Development Bureau
Feature Talk
Details
Objective
The upcoming talk will delve into the use of digital humanities for studying Hong Kong's history. The speaker will showcase an ongoing project that investigates the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong (25/12/1941 - 30/8/1945) using a database and web map for spatial history. Through this project, historical materials and GIS are utilized to reconstruct Hong Kong during the Japanese Occupation, highlighting the practical applications of this approach in architectural heritage preservation and knowledge transfer. The talk will also demonstrate how spatial history can be used to study military history.
Intended Audience
Parties or individuals interested in spatial data
Activities
1. Feature Talk – "Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Investigate the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong"
2. Tour in Geospatial Lab, with showcases and demonstrations (Face-to-face session only)
| Date: |
23 December 2023 at 10:00 – 12:00 |
| Venue: |
Geospatial Lab (Units 915-918, 9/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon) or online |
| Guest Speaker: | Dr. Kwong Chi Man, Associate Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University |
| Language: |
Cantonese, supplemented by English presentation materials |
Introduction of Guest Speaker
Dr. Kwong Chi Man
Dr. Kwong Chi Man is an expert on Hong Kong and Asian military history and an Associate Professor at the Department of History at Hong Kong Baptist University, with a PhD from the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Backed by historical records in Australia, China, Japan, United States, and the United Kingdom, Dr. Kwong's studies tell the story of Hong Kong's changing strategic role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well as the people's experience. Dr. Kwong's conservation activities, with an emphasis on high culture, range from academic seminars, government projects, to digital interactive maps for creative commons. In order to maximize the research's impacts, he is also open to popular culture and industrial collaboration including but not limited to tourism, gaming and films.
Dr. Kwong Chi Man is an expert on Hong Kong and Asian military history and an Associate Professor at the Department of History at Hong Kong Baptist University, with a PhD from the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Backed by historical records in Australia, China, Japan, United States, and the United Kingdom, Dr. Kwong's studies tell the story of Hong Kong's changing strategic role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well as the people's experience. Dr. Kwong's conservation activities, with an emphasis on high culture, range from academic seminars, government projects, to digital interactive maps for creative commons. In order to maximize the research's impacts, he is also open to popular culture and industrial collaboration including but not limited to tourism, gaming and films.
Enquiries
Please contact the Geospatial Lab via 3708 7260, WhatsApp 9187 2916 or email services@csdigeolab.gov.hk
