Tai Wei Lim

Cultural Heritage and Peripheral Spaces in Singapore (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Reconstructs the de-privileged spatial components of Singapore history through collecting and interpreting visual images

Examines the idea of recollections about Singapore's nation-building phase and local community histories

Utilizes intensive visualization of photographs to develop the idea of historical space conceptually

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811047473
• Artikelnr.: 53032293

Autorenporträt

Dr Tai Wei Lim is Senior Lecturer at UniSIM and Adjunct Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He holds a PhD from Cornell University, US.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A personal trekking history.- Southern Singapore: The constituency of Tanjong Pagar and its surrounding areas of Marina, Bayfront and Raffles Place in southern Singapore.- Fetishism for Heritage and Nature: A case study of the mature Tiong Bahru estate and surrounding areas.- The Pedagogical Contributions of the Peripheral Spaces of Walks: Fort Canning and Tiong Bahru.- Peripheral land no more?: Fetishisms of space and the cases studies of Green Rail Corridor and Clementi Forest.- Singapore's green lungs: The Central Catchment area and their peripheral areas.- Terminal End of Singapore's North-South Hike: Fetishisms of Nostalgic and Rusticity in Northern Singapore.- Journey to the West: Hiking along the peripheral spaces of Southern Ridges.- Hiking the East Coast of Singapore.- Concluding Chapter.