Cultural Heritage and Peripheral Spaces in Singapore

Description

This book documents through first-hand experience and academic research the historical, cultural and economic interactions affecting land use in Singapore. Offering a unique study of nostalgia in Singaporean heritage, it discusses the subjective nostalgic meanings and interpretations that users of peripheral, heritage and green spaces in Singapore create and maintain, through a combination of informal observations and interactions combined with research into local history and heritage. It addresses the subjective meaning-making processes of individuals within the larger theoretical frameworks that structure understandings of changing land use and economical changes which impact on contemporary cityscapes, centered around peripheral and de-privileged areas of Singapore’s economic development. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: A Personal Trekking History (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 1-33 Southern Singapore: The Constituency of Tanjong Pagar and the Surrounding Areas of Marina, Bayfront and Raffles Place in Southern Singapore (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 35-59 A Passion for Heritage and Nature: A Case Study of the Mature Tiong Bahru Estate and Surrounding Areas (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 61-95 The Pedagogical Contributions of the Peripheral Spaces of Walks: Fort Canning and Tiong Bahru (Adrian Kwek)....Pages 97-138 Peripheral Land No More? Fetishisms of Space and Case Studies of the Green Rail Corridor and Clementi Forest (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 139-171 Singapore’s Green Lungs: The Central Catchment Area and Its Peripheral Areas (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 173-198 Terminal End of Singapore’s North–South Hike: Fetishisms of Nostalgia and Rusticity in Northern Singapore (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 199-225 Journey to the West: Hiking Along the Peripheral Spaces of the Southern Ridges (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 227-253 Hiking the East Coast of Singapore (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 255-281 Conclusion (Tai Wei Lim)....Pages 283-295 Back Matter ....Pages 297-299