Defining Singapore Public Space: From Sanitization to Corporatization

Pomeroy, Jason

doi:10.1080/13574809.2011.571164

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“…In reading the supposed sterility of Singapore’s built environment through this lens (cf. Pomeroy, 2011), micro-geographies of conviviality are frequently overlooked, as are the ways in which space is appropriated by those who live there. The public spaces within Singapore’s high-rise public housing estates, which are home to more than 80% of Singaporeans, are spaces of everyday conviviality.…”

Section: Singapore and Sydneymentioning

confidence: 99%

Conviviality in everyday multiculturalism: Some brief comparisons between Singapore and Sydney

Wise

Velayutham

2013

European Journal of Cultural Studies

158

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This article considers the question of conviviality in everyday multiculturalism. It elaborates the concept of ‘convivial multiculture’ through case studies from Sydney and Singapore. In comparing these two contexts, the article considers what underpins conviviality across three themes: spatial ordering, where consideration is given to the role of built environment and material furnishings of place in shaping encounters with difference; connecting and bridging work, where we discuss the concept of ‘transversal enablers’, and intercultural gift exchange; and intercultural habitus, where disposition, habit and linguistic accommodation are discussed. It closes with some reflection upon larger forces that mediate local encounters, and the necessity to consider the full range of interactions, patterns, behaviours and meanings at work, and the interconnection between ‘happy’ and ‘hard’ forms of coexistence.

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Section: Singapore and Sydneymentioning

confidence: 99%

Conviviality in everyday multiculturalism: Some brief comparisons between Singapore and Sydney

Wise

Velayutham

2013

European Journal of Cultural Studies

158

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“…These groups vary across their different aims, aspirations, and interests, as well as by their occupying different positions and vying for capital in a changing urban space. As with other aspects of social and political life in Singapore (Chong 2010;Tan 2012;Teo 2010) and given the scarcity of land (Haila 2000;Mele 2017;Pomeroy 2011;Shatkin 2014;Yuen 2009), the Singapore government plays a managerial and regulatory role in its efforts to satisfy the twin objectives of nation building (e.g., community attachment and sense of belonging) and economic development in Kampong Glam. The following sections empirically address how heritageand creative economy-based urban development strategies are manifested socio-spatially in Kampong Glam.…”

Section: Heritage-and Creative Economy-based Urban Development Stratementioning

confidence: 99%

When Heritage Meets Creativity: A Tale of Two Urban Development Strategies in Kampong Glam, Singapore

Kumar

2020

City & Community

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In recent years, cities around the world have increasingly relied on culture‐based development strategies for the revitalization of urban areas, such as urban heritage and the development of a creative economy. Typically, either one of these practices is put in place; however, in Kampong Glam, Singapore, both heritage development and creative economy strategies have been adopted by the national government and local organizations. This paper studies the coincidence of the two main culture‐based urban development strategies and its implications in the same physical urban place. Drawing on geospatial mapping techniques and archival data, we aim to illustrate how the two cultural urban redevelopment strategies manifest and interact in urban space. We find that stakeholders draw on each strategy to counteract the excesses of the other, given their different aims and audiences, so as to regulate the interaction between the two and achieve balance among competing interests in the neighborhood.

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“…Even without the pandemic, the need for genuinely public spaces pervades many cities in Asia. Observing the situation in Thailand, Malaysia, and other nearby countries, Douglass et al consider shopping malls in Southeast Asia as "privately owned spaces seeking to maximise consumption while limiting all other forms of lifeworld expression" (Douglass et al, 2008;Pomeroy, 2011). Setha Low has warned about the privatisation of public space in New York and elsewhere, captured by developers and retailers that prey on consumer spending (Low, 2008).…”

Section: Towards Designing Public Spaces For Domesticationmentioning

confidence: 99%

2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

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Established on a well-consolidated global network of scholars and professionals, The Journal of Public Space is committed to expand current scholarship by offering a global perspective and providing the opportunity for unheard countries to speak up and to discuss neglected as well as emerging topics that are usually sidelined in mainstream knowledge. The Journal of Public Space is addressing social sciences and humanities as a major field, and is interested also in attracting scholars from several disciplines. It will perform as a scholarly journal but also as an interdisciplinary platform of discussion and exchange by scholars, professionals, organizations, artists, activists and citizens, whose activities are related to public space. The Journal of Public Space will be enriched by hosting papers on design projects, art performances and social practices, fostering civic engagement and non-expert knowledge.

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Defining Singapore Public Space: From Sanitization to Corporatization

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

Conviviality in everyday multiculturalism: Some brief comparisons between Singapore and Sydney

Conviviality in everyday multiculturalism: Some brief comparisons between Singapore and Sydney

When Heritage Meets Creativity: A Tale of Two Urban Development Strategies in Kampong Glam, Singapore

2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic

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