敘事衝突的視覺化：論九龍寨城公園作為對抗記憶之場

Visualising Contestation of Storytelling: Kowloon Walled City Park as a Site of Counter-Memory

Based on the case of Kowloon Walled City Park (KWC Park) in Hong Kong, this essay examines the practice of counter-remembering from a spatial perspective. The Park was initially designed by the colonial government as a garden to supress memories of an urban slum and subsequently redesignated as a site of collective memory by the new government and institutions. Meanwhile, the park prompted the community to question the existing memory narrative and rethink their relationship with the city's past. KWC Park became a site for counter-memory, presenting the authorised historical discourse while simultaneously creating space for the performance of counter-remembering and its recognition by society. This case study demonstrates that by visualising the dynamic of social remembering, a site of counter-memory can illuminate the marginal voices and inspire the society and authorities.