Keith Kay Hin Tan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6662261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith Kay Hin Tan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith Kay Hin |
| FAMILY NAME | Tan |
| SIGNATURE | TAN K K H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Taylor's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4757-0639 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sustainable Development Practices in Architectural Design for Cultural Inheritance in Chinese Cities
Cultural heritage plays a crucial role in urban regeneration and sustainable development. In recent years, Chinese cities have encountered mounting challenges in architectural sustainability, particularly in reconciling the demands of modernisation with the preservation of cultural heritage. This study aims to explore architectural design pathways that integrate sustainability with urban cultural inheritance to bridge this critical gap. Based on …
Forming collective identity at a Chinese-Malaysian new village
Stakeholders' perception on sustainability indicators for urban heritage sites in Kuala Lumpur and George Town, Malaysia
Purpose To manage heritage cities for locals' needs, a contextualized indicator to measure the sustainability of urban heritage is needed because it is often neglected. This study aims to identify the stakeholders’ perceptions on sustainability indicators of urban heritage sites in Kuala Lumpur and George Town, Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This study applied a qualitative method by interviewing stakeholders (governmental, experts and com…
The role of academic field-trip organizers as gatekeepers for emerging heritage sites in Malaysia
This article is the result of a multi-year study on the opinions of educators involved in organizing academic field trips to emerging heritage sites on the margins of the tourist gaze in Malaysia. Focusing on travellers from an architectural background, the study analyses the relative importance of tangible and intangible elements to the appreciation of heritage from a professional as well as personal point of view. By analysing the experiences o…
Contemporary Asian Artistic Expressions and Tourism
Designing for authenticity
Whereas the architecture of churches throughout most of Southeast Asia is typified by colonial or neocolonial typologies, the design of Catholic churches in Bali, especially since the 1970s, has been undergoing a profound localization. The brainchild of Indonesian architects, these churches combine the use of traditional and modern techniques with the labour of craftsmen who have for generations worked on the Hindu temples most tourists perceive …
A new statue to proclaim an old culture
Jointly-listed with George Town as a UNESCO world heritage site since 2008, Melaka is one of the few cities in Muslim-majority Malaysia where the public display of statues is not unusual. A replica of Rio De Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer built in the city’s Portuguese settlement in 2017 nevertheless caused controversy due to its subject matter. As the largest statue in tourist-dependent Melaka, its public acceptance is an important cultural and h…
"Hot Issue" Critical Review
This hot issue article examines the convergence in experience between the "developing" world's post-colonial experience during the 20th century and the "developed" world's liberal/progressive social agenda in the 21st century. In it, Tan and Mura highlight the role of the "culture wars" in creating new "minority" groups based not on ethnicity or social class but on social ideology, whose disagreements with dominant majority groups threatens to un…
Re-interpreting heritage
The role of public art in the heritage re-interpretation of colonial-era buildings in Asia is an under-researched area in tourism studies. Whereas the gentrification of public space and the opening up of stately architecture for public use is an established practice in Europe, the baggage of colonial history throughout much of developing Asia requires different strategies to engage the public with old buildings that have long-outlived their origi…
The tourist gaze
Since its original publication in 1990, ‘The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and travel in contemporary societies’ has managed to enter that select realm of scholarly publications whose titles have emerged a
The tourist gaze
Since its original publication in 1990, ‘The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and travel in contemporary societies’ has managed to enter that select realm of scholarly publications whose titles have emerged a
Designing for authenticity
Whereas the architecture of churches throughout most of Southeast Asia is typified by colonial or neocolonial typologies, the design of Catholic churches in Bali, especially since the 1970s, has been undergoing a profound localization. The brainchild of Indonesian architects, these churches combine the use of traditional and modern techniques with the labour of craftsmen who have for generations worked on the Hindu temples most tourists perceive …
A new statue to proclaim an old culture
Jointly-listed with George Town as a UNESCO world heritage site since 2008, Melaka is one of the few cities in Muslim-majority Malaysia where the public display of statues is not unusual. A replica of Rio De Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer built in the city’s Portuguese settlement in 2017 nevertheless caused controversy due to its subject matter. As the largest statue in tourist-dependent Melaka, its public acceptance is an important cultural and h…
Re-interpreting heritage
The role of public art in the heritage re-interpretation of colonial-era buildings in Asia is an under-researched area in tourism studies. Whereas the gentrification of public space and the opening up of stately architecture for public use is an established practice in Europe, the baggage of colonial history throughout much of developing Asia requires different strategies to engage the public with old buildings that have long-outlived their origi…
The tourist gaze
Since its original publication in 1990, ‘The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and travel in contemporary societies’ has managed to enter that select realm of scholarly publications whose titles have emerged a
"Hot Issue" Critical Review
This hot issue article examines the convergence in experience between the "developing" world's post-colonial experience during the 20th century and the "developed" world's liberal/progressive social agenda in the 21st century. In it, Tan and Mura highlight the role of the "culture wars" in creating new "minority" groups based not on ethnicity or social class but on social ideology, whose disagreements with dominant majority groups threatens to un…
Re-interpreting heritage
The role of public art in the heritage re-interpretation of colonial-era buildings in Asia is an under-researched area in tourism studies. Whereas the gentrification of public space and the opening up of stately architecture for public use is an established practice in Europe, the baggage of colonial history throughout much of developing Asia requires different strategies to engage the public with old buildings that have long-outlived their origi…
Contemporary Asian Artistic Expressions and Tourism
Designing for authenticity
Whereas the architecture of churches throughout most of Southeast Asia is typified by colonial or neocolonial typologies, the design of Catholic churches in Bali, especially since the 1970s, has been undergoing a profound localization. The brainchild of Indonesian architects, these churches combine the use of traditional and modern techniques with the labour of craftsmen who have for generations worked on the Hindu temples most tourists perceive …
A new statue to proclaim an old culture
Jointly-listed with George Town as a UNESCO world heritage site since 2008, Melaka is one of the few cities in Muslim-majority Malaysia where the public display of statues is not unusual. A replica of Rio De Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer built in the city’s Portuguese settlement in 2017 nevertheless caused controversy due to its subject matter. As the largest statue in tourist-dependent Melaka, its public acceptance is an important cultural and h…
The role of academic field-trip organizers as gatekeepers for emerging heritage sites in Malaysia
This article is the result of a multi-year study on the opinions of educators involved in organizing academic field trips to emerging heritage sites on the margins of the tourist gaze in Malaysia. Focusing on travellers from an architectural background, the study analyses the relative importance of tangible and intangible elements to the appreciation of heritage from a professional as well as personal point of view. By analysing the experiences o…
Stakeholders' perception on sustainability indicators for urban heritage sites in Kuala Lumpur and George Town, Malaysia
Purpose To manage heritage cities for locals' needs, a contextualized indicator to measure the sustainability of urban heritage is needed because it is often neglected. This study aims to identify the stakeholders’ perceptions on sustainability indicators of urban heritage sites in Kuala Lumpur and George Town, Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This study applied a qualitative method by interviewing stakeholders (governmental, experts and com…
Sustainable Development Practices in Architectural Design for Cultural Inheritance in Chinese Cities
Cultural heritage plays a crucial role in urban regeneration and sustainable development. In recent years, Chinese cities have encountered mounting challenges in architectural sustainability, particularly in reconciling the demands of modernisation with the preservation of cultural heritage. This study aims to explore architectural design pathways that integrate sustainability with urban cultural inheritance to bridge this critical gap. Based on …
Forming collective identity at a Chinese-Malaysian new village
Art (7 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Tourism (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Architecture (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works)