Clare Suet Ching Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3648465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clare Suet Ching Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clare Suet Ching |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN C S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Perfect Harmony Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7052-5414 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Capitalizing on Masculinity: Storytelling of Semai Hero Bah Luj in Revalorizing Male Identity and Subverting Hegemony
The Semai Indigenous concept of the ideal man has become entangled with constructions of masculinity steered by Malaysia’s processes of development, modernization, and colonialism. These hegemonic forces have contributed to the disempowerment of Semai men, evident in the erosion of their agency in determining traditional livelihoods, transmitting cultural knowledge, and exercising community leadership. They have also diminished the role of Semai …
Reclaiming positive masculinity among the Indigenous peoples of Malaysia
Folktales in Malaysia continue to provide storytellers with a dynamic foundation to renew, reinterpret, and transmit cultural values
Exploring the Tripartite Performance in the Musical Enculturation: An Ethnographic Study of Banyumasan Sinden
TThis study examines the musical enculturation of Banyumasan sinden across three performance genres: wayang kulit, lengger calung, and ebeg. Using Merriam’s tripartite model – musical concept, behavior, and sound – as the analytical framework, this research explores how different learning trajectories and social contexts shape the formation of musical identity. Employing an ethnographic approach, this study analyzes field data gathered through in…
The Development of the Modern Chinese Orchestra in Mainland China and the Chinese Diaspora: A Systematic Literature Review
This article examines the literature on the modern Chinese orchestra, tracing its origins in Mainland China and its evolution within the Chinese diaspora in regions such as Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. The study analyzed 57 Chinese and English publications from 1979 to 2024, sourced from leading databases including Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, and CNKI. The review underscores the modern Chinese orchestra’s pivotal role …
Songs to Revitalise Community Solidarity among the Indigenous Mah Meri of Malaysia
Mah Meri musicians in Malaysia are calling for a revitalisation of community solidarity by adding fragments of new song text to their traditional songs. Intrinsic to the new song texts are narratives of working together, sharing and unity in the community. Through a reexamination of my personal interviews and fieldnotes with these musicians over the past two decades, I posit that their new song texts address social issues that emerged as the vill…
Enabling Fair use of Ethnomusicology Data – Through Distributed Repositories, Linked Data and Music Information Retrieval
Recordings of musical practices are kept in various public institutions and private depositories around the world. They constitute valuable data for ethnomusicological research and are substantial for the world's musical heritage. At the moment, there are no commonly used systems and standards for organizing, describing or categorizing these data, which makes their use difficult. In this paper, we discuss the required steps to make them findable,…
Sustainability of indigenous folk tales, music and cultural heritage through innovation
Purpose The aim of producing Bah Luj Production, four folk tales books accompanied by a compact disc of its narration, dialogs and music is to revitalize the folk tales, music and cultural heritage of the indigenous Semai by condensing them into an innovative resource package, tailored to appeal to the current generation’s consumer interests and lifestyles. The targeted audiences for the product are Malaysians, in particular the Semai community, …
Standardizing and Exoticizing the Main Jo'oh: The Tourist Gaze and Identity Politics in the Music and Dance of the Indigenous Mah Meri of Malaysia
This article explores how the Mah Meri have standardized and exoticized the music and dance performance of the Main Jo'oh in response to the "tourist gaze" and identity politics in Malaysia. A comparison of the form, texture, melody, dance choreography, and costume of the Main Jo'oh in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries shows that the Mah Meri have transformed the Main Jo'oh in various ways, including (1) reducing the time and le…
Sustainability of indigenous folk tales, music and cultural heritage through innovation
Purpose The aim of producing Bah Luj Production, four folk tales books accompanied by a compact disc of its narration, dialogs and music is to revitalize the folk tales, music and cultural heritage of the indigenous Semai by condensing them into an innovative resource package, tailored to appeal to the current generation’s consumer interests and lifestyles. The targeted audiences for the product are Malaysians, in particular the Semai community, …
Standardizing and Exoticizing the Main Jo'oh: The Tourist Gaze and Identity Politics in the Music and Dance of the Indigenous Mah Meri of Malaysia
This article explores how the Mah Meri have standardized and exoticized the music and dance performance of the Main Jo'oh in response to the "tourist gaze" and identity politics in Malaysia. A comparison of the form, texture, melody, dance choreography, and costume of the Main Jo'oh in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries shows that the Mah Meri have transformed the Main Jo'oh in various ways, including (1) reducing the time and le…
Standardizing and Exoticizing the Main Jo'oh: The Tourist Gaze and Identity Politics in the Music and Dance of the Indigenous Mah Meri of Malaysia
This article explores how the Mah Meri have standardized and exoticized the music and dance performance of the Main Jo'oh in response to the "tourist gaze" and identity politics in Malaysia. A comparison of the form, texture, melody, dance choreography, and costume of the Main Jo'oh in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries shows that the Mah Meri have transformed the Main Jo'oh in various ways, including (1) reducing the time and le…
Sustainability of indigenous folk tales, music and cultural heritage through innovation
Purpose The aim of producing Bah Luj Production, four folk tales books accompanied by a compact disc of its narration, dialogs and music is to revitalize the folk tales, music and cultural heritage of the indigenous Semai by condensing them into an innovative resource package, tailored to appeal to the current generation’s consumer interests and lifestyles. The targeted audiences for the product are Malaysians, in particular the Semai community, …
Enabling Fair use of Ethnomusicology Data – Through Distributed Repositories, Linked Data and Music Information Retrieval
Recordings of musical practices are kept in various public institutions and private depositories around the world. They constitute valuable data for ethnomusicological research and are substantial for the world's musical heritage. At the moment, there are no commonly used systems and standards for organizing, describing or categorizing these data, which makes their use difficult. In this paper, we discuss the required steps to make them findable,…
Songs to Revitalise Community Solidarity among the Indigenous Mah Meri of Malaysia
Mah Meri musicians in Malaysia are calling for a revitalisation of community solidarity by adding fragments of new song text to their traditional songs. Intrinsic to the new song texts are narratives of working together, sharing and unity in the community. Through a reexamination of my personal interviews and fieldnotes with these musicians over the past two decades, I posit that their new song texts address social issues that emerged as the vill…
Exploring the Tripartite Performance in the Musical Enculturation: An Ethnographic Study of Banyumasan Sinden
TThis study examines the musical enculturation of Banyumasan sinden across three performance genres: wayang kulit, lengger calung, and ebeg. Using Merriam’s tripartite model – musical concept, behavior, and sound – as the analytical framework, this research explores how different learning trajectories and social contexts shape the formation of musical identity. Employing an ethnographic approach, this study analyzes field data gathered through in…
The Development of the Modern Chinese Orchestra in Mainland China and the Chinese Diaspora: A Systematic Literature Review
This article examines the literature on the modern Chinese orchestra, tracing its origins in Mainland China and its evolution within the Chinese diaspora in regions such as Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. The study analyzed 57 Chinese and English publications from 1979 to 2024, sourced from leading databases including Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, and CNKI. The review underscores the modern Chinese orchestra’s pivotal role …
Capitalizing on Masculinity: Storytelling of Semai Hero Bah Luj in Revalorizing Male Identity and Subverting Hegemony
The Semai Indigenous concept of the ideal man has become entangled with constructions of masculinity steered by Malaysia’s processes of development, modernization, and colonialism. These hegemonic forces have contributed to the disempowerment of Semai men, evident in the erosion of their agency in determining traditional livelihoods, transmitting cultural knowledge, and exercising community leadership. They have also diminished the role of Semai …
Reclaiming positive masculinity among the Indigenous peoples of Malaysia
Folktales in Malaysia continue to provide storytellers with a dynamic foundation to renew, reinterpret, and transmit cultural values
Indigenous (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Asian Studies and History (3 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)