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| Title: | Stilt Housing in Tai O Village : results from an ethnographic cultural heritage study | Authors: | Elkin, D Leung, CY Wang, XN Wernli, M |
Issue Date: | 2024 | Abstract: | Slides from a public lecture about GRF Project 15600621 delivered on December 2, 2024. | Description: | Stilt houses themselves are internationally significant examples of vernacular architecture built by members of the Tanka ethnic group. They support Tai O's tangible and intangible cultural assets, remnants of which have persisted since the late Qing Dynasty. Tai O and Lantau Island, where it is situated, are incorporated in the recent regional development strategy outlined in the Sustainable Lantau Blueprint and promoted as ecotourism attractions in Hong Kong. In this presentation, speakers will present findings from their research in digital cultural heritage and housing ethnography, focused on social and spatial patterns in stilt housing districts in Tai O Village, Hong Kong. Spanning almost three years, the project samples 20 examples of stilt housing in Tai O, with a total of 24 informants interviewed, 20 houses scanned with a 3D scanner, and content from 20 interviews summarized. Findings from the research provide insight into unique spatial patterns in Tai O Village's stilt housing districts and close relationships between these spatial patterns, the village's social structure, and personally and historically contingent decision-making on the part of families living in Tai O's stilt houses. Other findings from the project also illustrate how digital surveying tools can support digital cultural heritage conservation in sensitive areas and in conjunction with ethnographic techniques. (source of information: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/sd/news-and-events/events/2024/12/2-eid-lecture-on-stilt-housing-in-tai-o/) |
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