Projecting nostalgia

Portrayal of memoryscapes in local cinema as place attachment for community‐driven redevelopment of Singapore landscapes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20153390
AutoresZi Gui Toh (0000-0001-9743-403X, Department of Architecture National University of Singapore Singapore, autor de correspondencia), Jessica Ann Diehl (0000-0003-2506-7765, Department of Architecture National University of Singapore Singapore)
Año2022
Volumen43
Número3
Páginas383-398
Fecha de publicación2022-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjtg.12441
OpenAlexW4287958837
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas22

‘Memoryscapes,’ the intangible expression of memories perceived through physical landscapes, are designed by the state to reinforce national identity in Singapore. However, state‐curated memoryscapes become contested when diverging and diverse memories of the people, which manifests as place attachment, are overlooked. The easy accessibility of content creation and consumption empowers people to bypass the perceived rigidity and performativity of top‐down community engagement to express their nuanced opinions on contentious memoryscapes through various media and artform. For example, local cinema that expresses the richness and complexity of place attachment. This research employs a ‘grounded theory’ approach, using local cinema as data to inductively construct a localized conception of place attachment. Findings reveal place attachment as an incremental range of behaviours with varying degrees of activity. With the emergence of a consultative government and progressive society in Singapore, this paper recommends community‐driven engagement in urban redevelopment to create authentic, localized landscapes

Aesthetics · Art · Civil engineering · Identity (music) · Media studies · Movie theater · Performativity · Place attachment · Place identity · Political science · Redevelopment · Sociology · State (computer science) · Urban planning · Visual arts · Gender Studies · Law · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Urban Planning and Governance