How can you avoid eating GMO foods in a city like Hong Kong?
Noodle-ing around the internet recently, I stumbled upon a youtube video about GMO foods. It was rather shocking with regard to the potential for health problems. I was also shocked to learn that baby...
View ArticleAn inside view: Backgardens, Greystones, Sheffield
Back gardens of terraced houses in Sheffield, 2013 Despite being bombed in World War 2 (what some refer to as the Sheffield Blitz), Sheffield has retained large areas that are built up with terraced...
View ArticleSpacing juxtipositions
Jordan road runs along the edge of Mong Kok. As one progresses down the street towering behind is the ICC building, which completed in 2010 is the worlds fifth tallest building and bosts a hotel that...
View ArticleGendered income inequality and the precariousness of street trading
In the HK census there is an occupation category designated as street traders. The fact that there is a specific category tells us something about the state of being in Hong Kong. The census tells us...
View ArticleThe Colour of Everyday Life
I’ve posted about the wet markets in Hong Kong before. These urban spaces can be colourful and lively, such as the market in Shatin pictured above, or they can be dead spaces lacking colour. Certainly...
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