The Culture Industry And The Future Of The Arts In Singapore
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16625391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J M Nathan, Joel Nathan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 1999 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 291-308 |
| Publication date | 1999-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Southeast Asian affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0377-5437 • E-ISSN: 1793-9135 |
| Publisher | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1355/seaa99q |
| OpenAlex | W1964915389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The call seemed timely, especially with the proliferating discussions on the com ing of the information-intensive, knowledge-based economy, and the increasing role that service-based enterprises will have in the economic arrangements in the Singapore of the future. Political speeches and discourse in the media had focused on how Singapore needs to make the leap from being one of the newly industrialized countries to a post-industrial economy, where a higher degree of knowledge, state-of-the-art technology, and a range of service industries will be the norm. In that economy, the speed of change acquires special importance, and so it would need workers who have critical and creative skills, are committed to the value of life-long learning, and are adaptable enough to meet the mercurial environment that would face them. Given Singapore's much-touted dearth of natural resources, and that the most valuable and renewable resource is its people, the quality of human resources would mean everything in such an economy. It thus makes pragmatic sense to invest in cultural development for the needs of business and commerce, on the assumption that, with general cultural development (in the sense of the practice and application of the arts), individual creativity would be cultivated and nurtured. The statements by the Prime Minister also gave promise to the belief held by some that the govern ment will continue to build and help develop the infrastructure for the arts that
Culture industry · Political science · The arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2020 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |