Joseph KK Ho's work diary

Brief notes on housing studies , 2015 On homelessness  1 On homeless 2 Social housing (Latin America) Social housing (general) Gender, family and work On gender Notion of gender On elderly On ethnic minority Social exclusion Social exclusion and housing policy Community support Social class Social cohesion Social justice

Assignments info: " We have clarified this question with UK at the earlier time, and finalized assignments of “ Housing Difference and Diversity ” have been uploaded on Moodle for your checking. For your easy reference, the two assignments are those set out in the module guide – Assignment One:       an individual presentation or 'show and tell' on housing exclusion Assignment Two:       an essay on women and access to housing The separate assignment one is the Class Discussion, it has been renamed “Class Discussion” on Moodle. And the separate assignment two is same as assignment two set in the module guide. Just a friendly reminder; for the Class Discussion, the reading of Joan Smith (2005) Housing, Gender & Social Policy. In Somerville, P. & N. Springings (eds.) Housing & Social Policy. London Routledge is available in our library. Should you have any queri...

Teaching plan – Housing Difference and Diversity, 2015: Jan - April Prepared by Joseph Ho Lecture section Topics References 1 Jan, 29 ·        Introduction of the subject ·        Briefing on assignment 1 Ng. 2014. (newspaper article) 2 Feb. 5 ·        Social housing and Affordable housing – UK context ·        Facebook folder on social housing ·        Balchin and Rhoden: Ch. 11: Affordability ·        Chung. 2014. (newspaper article) ·        UK lecture 1 readings 3 Feb 12 ·        Social housing and Affordable housing – HK context ·        Facebook group on Housing Studies (JKKH) 4 Feb 26 ...

About assignment 1: Housing Imaginations, 2015 The first assessment is a presentation *You should select an ‘artifact’ which serves as an example of one or several of these key themes. *The term ‘geographical imagination’ encompasses a variety of meanings, including individual mental images and socially produced discourses about cultures, spaces, and differences.  *We can apply housing imaginaries to housing in order to thing about the various ‘housing imaginaries’ that exist and the different representations of place and the “other” in relations to housing.  *We might think about the ways in which social housing in represented in the media, books, art, film…. *How is it discussed by politicians and policy makers? *What are it’s “ socially produced discourses” *You can chose anything relating to ‘housing imaginaries’ or the place and space of housing. *Your artifact could be a piece of music, a book, a paining, a newspaper article or anything else. *Your f...

Housing Imaginations – Teaching Plan 2015 Hong Kong version (Joseph, Kim-keung Ho) Session # Topics 1 (Jan 28, 2015) ·        Introduction to Housing Imaginations ·        Briefing on assignment 1 Readings: subject syllabus and assignments 1 and 2 docs; Gregory (1994) 2 (Feb 4, 2015) ·        The meanings of place I (Hong Kong context) Reading: Cresswell (2009) 3 (Feb 11, 2015) ·        The meanings of place II (Hong Kong context) Reading: Ho (2014c) 4 (Feb 25, 2015) ·        The meanings of space (Hong Kong context) Reading: Elden (2009) and Kitchin (2009) 5 (Mar 4, 2015) ·        The meanings of home (Hong Kong context) Readings: Easthope (2004) and Ho (2014b) 6 (Ma...