Educational Toolkits

HOW TO DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE THE SPIRIT OF A PLACE IN OLD NEIGHBOURHOODS?

We map cultural and heritage assets and identify their social and economic value for local communities.

Heritage Sites Profiled

Stories Shared

Heritage Precincts Mapped

Civil Society Co-creators

#MAPMYNEIGHBOURHOOD SCHOOL PROJECT

Partner: Hong Kong Academy
Project: Facilitate an 8-week interdisciplinary learning project for a group of 15 students to map their own neighbourhood and reflect on their newfound sense of community
Result: Data published in the form of a mobile App with short stories and visuals, an illustrated map and a pop-up exhibition on the documentation process, which also featured as part of the City Programme at the annual Hong Kong Business of Design Week
Result:100 audience, capacitated 500 eyeballs

Partner: People On Board
Project: Created a fun and educational board game to communicate lesser-known stories of 4 local neighbourhoods in Hong Kong and encourage urban exploration
Result: 1 HK-themed board game created

Client: Development Bureau
Partner: The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists
Project: Facilitate two weekend cultural mapping workshops for secondary school students to identify and document tangible and intangible heritage in two neighbourhoods in Hong Kong
Result: One-month pop-up exhibition of neighbourhood stories in the form of photographs, illustrations, maps and video clips at PMQ, a leading cultural venue in Hong Kong

Client: Make a Difference
Project: 6-month mentorship of a student start-up in development of responsible community-based tourism product for the SE Asian market

Client: Walk DVRC
Partner: Shue Yan University
Project: 2-weekend extracurricular module to guide 20 university students in their journey to map 40 traditional businesses in the central part of Hong Kong’s CBD
Result: Illustrated map with 40 stories of DVRC Central

Partner: The Pre-collegiate Program of Yangon
Project: 2-week extracurricular module to guide 20 PCP students in identifying and documenting tangible and intangible heritage in six neighbourhoods along the circular railway line in Yangon (Hledan, Insein, Alhone, Kyeemindaing, Mahlwagone, Tadagale)
Result: iDiscover Yangon Circular Railway smartphone application and illustrated map

Partners: BPPI Indonesian Heritage Trust / Bali Kuna / Design School Kyoto University
Project: 1-week summer field school to facilitate curative process for a selected group of local students, journalists and heritage enthusiasts to identify and document tangible and intangible heritage in Nyuh Kuning, a typical village in Bali highlighting the UNESCO listed Subak irrigation system
Result: Walking itinerary in Nyuh Kuning in iDiscover – smartphone application and illustrated map

Partner: Institute for Tourism Studies
Project: 1-month extracurricular module for 40 graduate students in Heritage Management Degree Course at IFT to do a quick cultural mapping exercise in Taipa Village and St. Lazarus Quarter
Result: Walking itinerary in Taipa Village and St. Lazarus Quarter in iDiscover – smartphone application and illustrated map

Client: NUFFIC
Partners: BPPI Indonesian Heritage Trust, Bali Kuna, Udayana University
Project: Lead facilitator of 1-week curative process and training of trainers with 10 lecturers of local university and heritage NGO to identify and document tangible and intangible heritage in the spiritual capital of the island Bali
Result: Two walking itineraries Denpasar in iDiscover – smartphone application and illustrated map

Clients: West Island School, HK & Hanoi International School
Project: Design & execution of a 5-day urban explorers camp for 50 secondary school students on location in the French Quarter in Hanoi and Shatin in Hong Kong with the objective to explore & learn about local heritage and history