Research Catalog

Title

Our place in time : exploring heritage and memory in Singapore.

Publication

Singapore : Singapore Heritage Society : Distributed by Select Books, c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Singapore Heritage Society
• Substation (Organization)

Description

ix, 216 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Subject

• National characteristics, Singaporean > Congresses
• Singapore > History > Study and teaching > Congresses
• Singapore > Civilization > Study and teaching > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• History

Note

• Essays presented as a conference organized by the Singapore Heritage Society and the Substation, September 17-18, 1994.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• One contribution in Chinese.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface / Kwok Kian-Woon and Kwa Chong Guan -- Introduction -- Our Place in Time: A Preliminary Reflection / Kwok Kian-Woon, Lily Kong, Kuo Pao Kun, Kwa Chong Guan, William Lim, Tan Beng Luan and Brenda Yeoh -- I. Remembering: My Country and My People / Lee Tzu Pheng; Forgetting to Remember / Janadas Devon; Commentary: A Malay Perspective / Raman Daud; Commentary: Our Place in Time -- Re-creating Ourselves and Our Selves / Koh Tai Ann; Remembering Ourselves / Kwa Chong Guan; Commentary / Hong Lysa -- II. Recreating: Tradition: Looking at the 'Other' side / Ismail Talib; Constituting and Re-constituting the Religious Domain in the Modern Nation State of Singapore / Vineeta Sinha; Making and Managing Tradition in Singapore: The National Day Parade / Ananda Rajah; Two Imaginings: The Past in Present Singapore / Alvin Tan Peng Hong -- III. Place-Making: The Notion of Place in the Construction of History, Nostalgia and Heritage / Brenda Yeoh and Lily Kong; Commentary / Wong Chong Thai Bobby; The Place of Nature in Singapore / Ho Hua Chew; Heritage and Planning / Malone Lee Lai Choo -- IV. Sharing: Searching for Our Place in Time / Frances Low Pooi Fong; Bridging the Gap between the Two Worlds: the English-educated and the Chinese-educated / Lau Wai Har; Multi-culturalism: Cultural Enablement and Inter-cultural Dialogue / Ho Chee Lick.

ISBN

9810412746

OCLC

• 42851201
• SCSB-11424665

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library