UBC-NUS Transpacific Urban Landscape and Cultural Identity Summer Field Study Program 2009: May 2009

UBC-NUS Transpacific Urban landscape and Cultural Identity
Field Study Program

Cultural Identity in the Shaping of Urban Landscapes and Economies:
Urban Ethnic Spaces in Vancouver and Singapore

May 11-June 12 2009

Course description

This class is a unique field study that brings a group of students from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) University Scholars Program to Vancouver, and an equal number of students from the University of British Columbia to Singapore in May and June 2009. The purpose of the exchange is to compare the ways in which the urban landscape of each city has been shaped by migration flows, culture and by planning and policy that creates "ethnic" spaces such as "Chinatowns" and other demarcated enclaves. Students will be expected to study intensively the history of each city’s ethnic spaces and urban cultural economies before the field study portion, and to host the students from the other city.

Students will receive UBC credit for HIST 482 (3 credits).

Instructors
Dr. Henry Yu, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia
Dr. Belinda Yuen, Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore

Teaching Assistant
Mark Lawrence Santiago, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography, UBC

Prerequisites

Although no formal prerequisites are required, it is highly recommended that students have taken upper-year coursework in history, urban studies and research methods. Students who have an academic background in transpacific migration and oral history will be well prepared for this course. Students without the requisite academic background can prepare for the course by reading selections from the attached Reading List. Most importantly, students will be expected to be independent learners who are also capable of group work. The majority of class time will be spent outside of the classroom, exploring the regions visited.

Some of the topics/themes to be covered throughout the course:

1) The history and context of Chinese and other Asian migrations to Southeast Asia and North America
2) The effects of racial segregation and discrimination on Chinese in Southeast Asia and North America
3) Patterns of small business operation among overseas Chinese
4) Identity formation in migrants and their descendents
5) The effects of legislation & immigration policy on migration & settlement patterns
6) Artistic and creative production in Asian migrant communities
7) Migrant networks and linkages between migration sites in the Pacific region
8) The impact of urban planning on Asian migrant communities in North America and Southeast Asia
9) Culture-led urban regeneration of cities
10) The formation of educational networks among the overseas Chinese

Learning Objectives

1) Working collaboratively in small teams to achieve group objectives
2) Setting goals for the acquisition and creation of knowledge and creating practical methods for obtaining these goals
3) Honing skills for presenting research via film and internet
4) Translating course output into publishable material (i.e. through NUS’ Prism or independent student-led publication)

Course Format

The course will be comprised of a combination of morning lectures, afternoon excursions and evening discussions. The majority of the course will be spent outside the classroom. Students will be responsible for visiting assigned locations within each city and preparing group presentations which link the morning lectures to their observations. A number of guest speakers and group field trips will assist students in providing context to their observations.

Class Hours

Daily Class Schedule and Venue at UBC: 10am-12nn, St. John’s College Lecture Hall

Detailed Class Schedule (as of May 7, 2009):

Schedule Activities
May 11-13 Course Introduction
UBC students read on and discuss articles on Vancouver’s Chinatown
UBC students decide on groupings: 4 groups
Group Leaders assign group-based readings and tasks
May 14 UBC students attend Chinatown Conference
May 15
May 16-17 Free weekend
18-May Victoria Day: UBC closed
May 19-22 UBC students work with respective leaders and groups
23 May NUS students fly to Vancouver
23 May NUS students arrive in Vancouver
24 May Free day
25 May First day of joint classes for NUS and UBC students at UBC;
welcome dinner at UBC
May 26-29 Joint classes at UBC
26 May Special Guest Lecturer: Jessica Chen
27 May Special Guest Lecturer: Inge Roecker (TBC)
28 May Day-trip to Seattle
May 30-31 Field trips and group work in Vancouver
1 Jun Last day of joint classes in Vancouver
2 Jun Group travels to Singapore
4 Jun Group arrives in Singapore
In Singapore, we will visit a range of institutions that are implicitly and/or explicitly involved in the urban conservation of Chinatown
5 Jun

1st day of joint classes at NUS
Study visit to Babahouse, Chinatown (1 hour)
Welcome lunch hosted by USP
Field trip to Chinese Heritage Centre, Chinatown; Peranakan museum and group project work
6 Jun
10am-12:30pm Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore City Gallery, special lecture and discussion with Director, Conservation & Development Service (1.5 hours)
7 Jun
Travel to Malacca (stay overnight), explore Malacca’s historic places eg Jonkers Street, St Paul’s Hill, A’Famosa, Stadthuys, Baba and Nonya heritage museum, dinner and presentation at Portuguese Square, meeting with Melaka Heritage Trust

8 Jun

Malacca, Visit MBMB & Perzim, meet officials for briefing, MHT brief-up, Malacca’s world heritage site submission; restoration of Chinese temple, visit eg Sam Po Kong temple, Cheng Hoon Teng temple, churches and other historical places and group project work
late afternoon travel to Singapore
9 Jun
Joint classes at NUS; group project work
Special lecture by Singapore Tourism Board on its economic development strategy for Chinatown and meeting Singapore Chinatown business association (TBC)

10 Jun

Joint classes at NUS; group project work
am: Little India guided walk
visit Malay heritage centre
2.30pm: special lecture/discussion with Ong Teong Pin, architect-planner-owner of conservation buildings in Chinatown, heritage walk at Chinatown, Singapore River with Ong Teong Pin
11 Jun Joint classes at NUS; putting the final touch to the group project
12 Jun Last day of joint classes in Singapore; group project presentation
13 Jun UBC Group travels to Vancouver

Assignments & Evaluation

Students will be responsible for completing the following assignments and marks will be distributed as follows:

60% of the final mark will be given by the instructors:
• Weekly Journal (30%): Students must complete weekly journal entries during the course, a maximum of 4 journal entries per each week of the course. These journal entries should reflect your insights about the readings, observations during the group field trips and your travels around each city. You may complete these in a notebook, or electronically via an online blog. If you choose to use a notebook, please type up your entries upon completion of the course for final submission (or otherwise ensure that the entries are legible). Photographs are encouraged! Each entry count as 5% of the course, and the text component should be no more than 500 words (a total of 2000 words). Note: UBC students lead discussions and do a written and oral report on assigned readings as a stand-in for the first weekly journal assignment.
• Final Paper (30%): Students must complete a final reflection paper at the end of the course. This paper will be due on June 21, 2009 and should be emailed to henrysnyu@gmail.com and mlawrsantiago@gmail.com. The paper should be no more than 1000 words and should involve critical reflection on your observations during the course.

40% of the final mark will be given by the group leaders and your peers:

Group Project Assignment (40%): due 12 June 2009
This assignment is designed and led by UBC graduate students

Your role: Students will be divided into 4 groups to be led by 4 graduate students from the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning and Architecture. These graduate students will lead the undergraduates on specific projects they designed to complement the themes of the course. The undergraduates will become “team members” and will be taught specific technical skills and given particular tasks by the graduate students. Part of the objectives of this project is for each group to create knowledge as well as give creative suggestions for each city being studied (Vancouver and Singapore) on how to improve each city’s urban planning policies as well as cultural economies.

You are to work on one of the group projects, corresponding with Individual Assignment 1.

The final presentation: The final presentation of the projects will be held at NUS on 12 June 2009 before a panel of experts. Each group should prepare a 20-minute presentation. The panel of experts will comprise UBC and NUS instructors as well as urban planning experts from Vancouver and Singapore.

Assessment: There are 3 components in the assessment:
1. Peer review (individual basis) (30%)
2. Assessment (individual basis) by UBC Teaching Assistant and graduate students (30%)
3. Assessment (group basis) by faculty (40%).
Thus, the 40% will comprise 12% for (1), 12% for (2) and 16% for (3) above.

REQUIRED READINGS

May 11

Imogene Lim, Pacific Entry, Pacific Century: Chinatowns and Chinese Canadian History
Ed Wickberg, Chinatown in Six Ways

May 12

Hayne Wai, Vancouver Chinatown: 1960-1980, A Community Perspective
Henry Yu, Introductions, Amerasia, BC Studies

May 26
From Jessica Chen

May 27
From Inge Roecker

DESCRIPTIONS OF GROUP PROJECTS

(1) ANDREANNE DOYON
The redevelopment and marketing of cultural/ethnic districts
This workshop group will examine and compare the redevelopment and gentrification through an urban planning and marketing approach of cultural/ethnic districts in both Vancouver, BC and Singapore. Such neighbourhoods include Chinatown, Little India, Arab Street, and Old Japan Town. Students will learn to conduct analysis of the planning process, the property development and the marketing and advertising. We will be looking into the decision-making process and the policies involved with the redevelopment of these districts of the governments involved. We will investigate the property development in the different districts and conduct market analysis of development with regards to type of development (residential or commercial), type of occupancy, massing, price, location, etc. For the marketing approach, we will be interested in how these districts are being portrayed and marketed, who is the intended target audience -- from the perspective of the developers, the government and the general perception of the gentrification of specific districts. Readings for this group project will focus on planning policy, market analysis and more broadly, on the changes involved with redevelopments of cultural/ethnic districts.
Final project
Students will work in small groups and will be asked to research corresponding cultural/ethnic districts (i.e. Chinatown in Singapore and Vancouver) of their choice and produce a comparative analysis of the redevelopment and marketing of their chosen locations following the format above – planning process, property development and marketing. The students will also provide a short piece on whether they believe the redevelopments to be successful or not. The analysis will be completed with reference from class readings, field trips and individual research.
The analysis will be presented orally on 12 June 2009 and also in a written report (3000 words).
Core Readings:

Chang, T.C., Milne, Simon, Fallon, Dale, Pohlmann, Corinne (1996) “Urban Heritage Tourism: The Global-Local Nexus” Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 23(2): 284-305.
Hutton, Thomas (2004) “The New Economy of the inner city” Cities, Vol. 21(2): 89–108.
Lee Uyesugi, Joyce, Shipley, Robert (2005) “Visioning diversity: Planning Vancouver's multicultural communities” International Planning Studies Vol. 10(3–4): 305–322.
“Beyond Vancouverism” Courier, August 22, 2008.

Suggested Readings:

Ley, David (2003) “Artists, Aestheticisation and the Field of Gentrification” Urban Studies Vol. 40(12): 2527-2544.
Price, Gordon, “Vancouverism” Price Tags No. 64, April 12, 2004.
Shively, Carissa (2007) “Understanding the NIMBY and LULU Phenomena: Reassessing Our Knowledge Base and Informing Future Research” Journal of Planning Literature, Vol. 21(3): 255-266.
Wong, Kai Wen and Bunnell, Tim (2006) “`New economy' discourse and spaces in Singapore: a case study of one-north” Environment and Planning A, Vol. 38: 69-83.

(2) ELLEN LARCOMBE
Using maps to explore the elements that define and celebrate Vancouver’s ethnic districts

This workshop group will engage with mapping as a method to explore and understand the elements that define and celebrate urban ethnic districts. With reference to ethnic communities in Vancouver, such as Chinatown, Old Japan town, and Little India, students will be asked to consider and then record in map form what tangible (ex. buildings) and intangible (ex. sacred spaces) elements of these places define them as culturally and ethnically unique. Students will be introduced to the discipline of Cartography and to methods of mapping, including the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Readings for this course module will focus on the cultural geography of cities and the benefits and challenges that come with the use of mapping as a research method and practice-based tool.

Final Project
Students will be asked to research an ethnic community of their choice (eg. Chinatown) and create a map that shows, from their perspective, the elements that define the unique ethnic character and significance of this place. Students will be asked to provide a written analysis that accompanies the map, explaining their cartographic decisions as well as the meaning of their map with reference to knowledge gained through class readings and individual research.

The analysis will be presented orally on 12 June 2009 and also in a written report (3000 words).
Core Readings:

Dent, Borden. (1999) Cartography: Thematic Map Design. WCB/McGrawHill, pages.1-24

Hultman, J (2007) Through the Protocol: Culture, Magic and GIS in the creation of Regional Attractiveness. Tourism Geographies. 9(3):318-336.

Perkins, C (2007) Community Mapping. The Cartographic Journal, 45(2): 127-137

Harley, J B (1989) Deconstructing the Map. Cartographia. 26(2):1-20.

Suggested Readings:

Knapp, G and Herlihy, P (2002) Chapter 8: Mapping the Landscape of Identity in G Knapp (ed) Latin America in the 21st Century. University of Texas Press.

MacKian, S (2004) Mapping reflexive communities: visualizing the geographies of emotion. Social and Cultural Geography. 5(4):615- 631.

Oliveira, V and Pinho, P (2009) Cartographic Analysis in Urban Morphology. Environment and Planning B Vol 36: 107-127.

Parker, B (2006) Constructing Community through Maps? Power and Praxis in Community Mapping. The Professional Geographer, 58(4): 470-484.

Selman, P (2004) Community Participation in the Planning and Management of Cultural Landscapes. Journal of Environment Planning and Management. 473: 365-392.

(3) FARZINE MACRAE
An examination of the use of documentary film in ethnographic research and planning practice
This research group will examine the role of documentary and narrative film in ethnographic research, and for the purpose of planning practice. The cultural policies of relevant state and non-state agencies will be discussed alongside issues of race, ethnicity, representation and identity. Particular attention will be given to how these issues may relate to the character and planning of the Chinatown districts of Singapore and Vancouver.
Final project
This group will collaborate on the creation of a video that will attempt to capture the essence of these complex issues as they are lived and experienced within the ethnic districts of these two cities. Much of the focus of this research group will be on video production and script writing techniques. Production will take place in both Vancouver and Singapore. Experience with video production would be an asset. This visual project is intended to introduce students to the basic techniques of video production and editing. The aim is to learn about issues of visual representation in urban planning and ethnographic research that should critically inform your understanding of the theoretical topics dealt with in the course.
The analysis will be presented orally on 12 June 2009 and also in a written report (3000 words).
Core Readings:
MacDougall, David (1978) "Ethnographic Film: Failure and Promise." Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 7: 405-425.

Sandercock, et al. "Multimedia and Planning: Introduction" Planning Theory & Practice, Vol. 8, No. 1, 89–114, March 2007

Beattie, Keith (2004) “Constructing and Contesting Otherness.” Documentary Screens. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 44-62.
Suggested Readings:
Wong, Cindy Hing-Yuk and Gary W. McDonogh (2001) "The Mediated Metropolis: Anthropological Issues in Cities and Mass Communication." American Anthropologist, Vol. 103(1): 96-111.
SCARP Video Manual
Das, Trisha. "How to Write a Documentary Script." ND.
Kong, Lily (2000) Cultural policy in Singapore: Negotiating economic and socio-cultural agendas. Geoforum: Special issue on Culture, economy, policy Vol. 31(4): 409-424.

(4) JULIAN WANG
Iconography elements and spatial conditions of Chinatown

This workshop uses photographs and 3D models to explore the iconography elements and spatial conditions of Chinatown. The research group will examine the cultural identity expressed in architectural exterior form and interior spaces. The study will be a comparative look into heritage houses/ethnic restaurants, shop houses and ethnographic museums spaces in Singapore and Vancouver. In Vancouver, we will look at buildings in Chinatown shopping mall and ethnic enclaves. The group will have a closer look into buildings details, signage, spatial orders and typology that make up the overall urban fabric. Aspects of design, rehabilitation and renovation of these spaces will be topic of interest. We will look at some of the conversions and examples of how heritage spaces are revived. Issues of vibrancy and creative city as future directions of these ethnic neighborhoods will be examined. The methods will consist of using photographical survey of architecture and short video fly through of these spaces. Deliverables will include 2D representational graphics and 3D model animation in digital visualization. Due to limit of time, we will use photographs and videos but sketches of these architecture form and spaces are encouraged.

Final project

Students will be asked to find a street of Chinatown and a specific building of focus to study. The iconography will be the façade study that defines the characteristic of Chinatown. The 3D model will have section cuts and models that will define the spatial movement of the space. Students will be asked to create a sketch up model and create a 2D illustration of plans sections and isometrics. Readings and a short written analysis is required.

The analysis will be presented orally on 12 June 2009 and also in a written report (3000 words).

Core Readings:

Mitchell, Don (2000) Cultural geography: a critical introduction. Wiley-Blackwell, page 104 -109
Roecker Inge, McKinnon Kelty Miyoshi. (2006) Urban acupuncture : a methodology for the sustainable rehabilitation of ’society buildings’ in Vancouver’s Chinatown into contemporary housing. Ottawa, Ont : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Yan, Andrew (2000) "Revitalization Challenges in Vancouver 's Chinatown ", Vancouver : Carnegie Action Project. May. Page 3-8

Suggested Readings:

Anderson, K J. (1991) Vancouver’s Chinatown: Radical discourse in Canada 1875-1980. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, Chapter 1-2
Lai, D.C. (1988) Chinatowns: towns within cities in Canada. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, Chapter 1-2
Low, Sui Pheng and Wong, Serena (1997) “Post-construction analysis of the Chinatown pilot conservation project in Singapore”. Facilities. Vol.15:12-17.
Wai, H.Y. (1999) Vancouver Chinatown 1960-1980: A community Perspective. Seattle University of Washington. Chapter 1-2
Additional readings:
http://www.centrea.org/media/pdf/ShowroomSymposium(June08).pdf

http://courses.washington.edu/cosi/sdearborn.pdf

http://courses.washington.edu/cosi/chinatown.pdf http://www.spa.ucla.edu/up/students/ayan/slidesinternet.swf
http://www.seevancouverheritage.com/ct/ct01/ct01.htm
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/chinatown/program/cultural.htm

http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/chinatown/pdfs/housing_study.pdf

OTHER REMARKS

• Students are recommended to bring their own laptops in the trips
• We will seek out an “editorial team” of 8 students (4 from UBC and 4 from NUS) who will work with a professional editor for the publication output.

PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHY

General Readings on Overseas Chinese

Ang, Ien. On Not Speaking Chinese: Living Between Asia and the West (London: Routledge, 2001).

Cushman, Jennifer and Wang Gungwu (eds). Changing Identities of the Southeast Asian Chinese since World War II. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1988.

Khu, Josephine M.T., ed. Cultural Curiosity: Thirteen Stories about the Search for Chinese Roots (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001).

Pan, Lynn. Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese diaspora. Kodansha International, 1994, available at the U of T bookstore

Pan, Lynn (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the Chinese Overseas, (Singapore: Archipelago Press and Landmark Books, 1998).

Hamilton, Gary “Ethnicity and Regionalism: Some Factors Influencing Chinese Identities in Southeast Asia,” Ethnicity 4 (1977), 337-51

Skinner, G. William, “Creolized Chinese Societies in Southeast Asia,” in Anthony Reid, ed. Sojourners and Settlers: Histories of Southeast Asia and the Chinese (St Leonard, Australia: Allen and Unwin, 1996).

Trocki, Carl A., “Boundaries and Transgressions: Chinese Enterprise in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Southeast Asia,” in Aihwa Ong and Donald Nonini, Ungrounded Empires (New York: Routledge, 1997).

Trocki, Carl A, “Chinese pioneering in eighteenth-century Southeast Asia,” in Reid, A., ed. The last stand of Asian autonomies: responses to modernity in the diverse states of Southeast Asia and Korea, 1750-1900. London: Macmillan, 1997. Pp. 83-101.

Wang Gungwu. China and the Chinese Overseas. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1991.

Wang Gungwu, “Greater China and the Chinese Overseas,” China Quarterly 136 (1993), 926-948

Wang Gungwu. The Chinese Overseas: From Earthbound China to the quest for autonomy. Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press, 2000.

Tu Weiming, “Cultural China: The Periphery as the Center,” Daedalus 120 (1991), 1-32

Overseas Chinese in Canada

Anthony Chan, Gold Mountain: The Chinese in the New World (Vancouver: New Star Books, 1983).

Wei Djao, Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2003).

Evelyn Huang, Chinese Canadians: Voices from a Community (Vancouver and Toronto: Douglas and McIntyre, 1992).

David Chuenyan Lai, Chinatowns: Towns Within Cities in Canada (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1988).

David T.H. Lee [Li Donghai], Jianada Huaqiao Shi [History of the Overseas Chinese in Canada; in Chinese] (Taibei: Jianada Ziyou Chubanshe, 1967).

Josephine Lee, Imogene Lim and Yuko Matsukawa, Editors, Re-Collecting Early Asian America: Essays in Cultural History (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002).

Peter Li, Chinese in Canada, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998).

Ng Wing Chung, The Chinese in Vancouver: 1945-1980: The Pursuit of Power and Identity (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1999).

Patricia E. Roy, A White Man’s Province: British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914 (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1989).

Patricia E. Roy, The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man’s Province (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2003).

W. Peter Ward, White Canada Forever: Popular Attitudes and Public Policy Towards Orientals in British Columbia (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1978).

Edgar Wickberg, Harry Con, Ronald J. Con, Graham Johnson, and William E. Wilmott, Editors, From China to Canada: A History of the Chinese Communities in Canada (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982).

Yuen Fong Woon, The Excluded Wife (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 1998).

Paul Yee, Saltwater City: An Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1988).

Overseas Chinese and the Hong Kong / South China Region

Gary Hamilton, editor, Cosmopolitan Capitalists: Hong Kong and the Chinese Diaspora at the End of the Twentieth-Century (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999).

Madeline Hsu, Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and Migration Between the United States and South China, 1882-1943 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000) Best book for understanding 19th and early 20th century.

Louie, Andrea. Chineseness Across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and the United States (Durham, NC: Duke, 2004)

Ong, Aihwa. Flexible Citizenship: The Cultural Logics of Transnationality (Durham: Duke University Press, 1999).

Ong, Aihwa & Nonini, Donald, eds. Ungrounded Empires: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Transnationalism (New York: Routledge, 1997)

Overseas Chinese and History of Malaysia and Singapore

Andaya, Barbara Watson & Andaya, Leonard Y. A history of Malaysia. London: Macmillan, 1982.

Baker, Jim . Crossroads: a popular history of Malaysia & Singapore. Singapore: Times Books International, 1999.

Chew, Ernest C. T. & Lee, Edwin (eds). A history of Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Ee, Joyce, “Chinese migration to Singapore, 1896-1941,” Journal of Southeast Asian History, 2(1):33-51, 1961.

Kratoska, Paul H. The Japanese occupation of Malaya: a social and economic history. London: C. Hurst, 1998.

Lee Kam Hing. The Chinese in Malaysia. Malaysia; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Liu Hong & Wong Sin Kong . Singapore Chinese Society in Transition: Business, Politics & Socio-Economic Change. New York: Peter Lang, 2004.

Purcell, Victor . The Chinese in Malaya. London: Oxford University Press, 1948.

Purcell, Victor . The Chinese in modern Malaya. Singapore: Donald Moore, 1956.

Rudolph, Jürgen. Reconstructing identities : a social history of the Babas in Singapore. Aldershot ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, 1998.

Song Ong Siang. One Hundred Years’ History of the Chinese in Singapore. Singapore; New York: Oxford University Press, 1984 (Reprint, originally published in 1902).

Tregonning, K. G. A history of modern Malaysia and Singapore. Rev. ed. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1972.

Trocki, Carl A. Opium and empire: Chinese society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press, 1990.

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Turnbull, C. M. A short history of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Singapore: Graham Brash, 1981.

Wang Gungwu, “A Short History of the Nanyang Chinese,” in his Community and Nation (Kensington, Australia: Asian Studies Association of Australia, 1992).

Wang Gungwu. Only Connect! : Sino-Malay Encounters. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2003.

Yen Ching-hwang, “Overseas Chinese Nationalism in Singapore and Malaya, 1877-1912,” Modern Asian Studies 3 (1982), 397-425

Yen, Ching Hwang . A social history of the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya 1800-1911. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986.

Yen, Ching Hwang , “Class structure and social mobility in the Chinese community in Singapore and Malaya 1800-1911,” Modern Asian Studies, 21(3):417-445, 1987.

Yong, C. F, “Emergence of Chinese community leaders in Singapore 1890-1941,” Journal of the South Seas Society, 30(1/2):1-18, 1975.

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Introduction to urban development and culture
*Baum, S, Social transformations in the global city: Singapore, Urban Studies 36(7):1095-1117, 1999
Knox, P L and P J Taylor, World Cities in a World-system, Cambridge University Press, 1995, Chp 2, Appendix
Marcuse, P (2000) The Layered City In P Madsen, R Plunz (ed) The Urban Lifeworld: Formation, Perception, Representation, Routledge
*Sassen, S (2001) The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, Princeton University Press, Chp 2, 9
*UN-HABITAT State of the World’s Cities 2004/05: Globalisation and Urban Culture, Chp 1

Culture and the city: economic dimension; Cultural strategies for urban development
*Brisbane, M and J Wood, (1996) A Future for Our Past? Colchester: English Heritage, Chp on Conflicts in the heritage
Carter B and Grimwade, G (1997) Balancing Use and Preservation in Cultural Heritage Management, International Journal of Heritage Studies 3(1): 45-53
*Hall, P (2000) Creative cities and economic development, Urban Studies 37(4):639-649
*Jiven, G and P J Larkham, Sense of place, authenticity and character, J of Urban Design 8, 67-81, 2003
McEwan, C, J Pollard and N Henry (2005) The ‘global’ in the city economy: Multicultural economic development in Birmingham, International Journal of Urban and Regional Development 29(4):916-933
*Miles, S and R Paddison, (2005) Introduction: The rise and rise of culture-led urban regeneration, Urban Studies 42(5/6):833-839

Culture and the city: social dimension
Baum, S, Social transformations in the global city: Singapore, Urban Studies 36(7):1095-1117, 1999
*UN-HABITAT, State of the World’s Cities 2004/05: Globalisation and Urban Culture, Chp 1
*Graham, B, G J Ashworth and J E Turnbridge (2000) A Geography of Heritage: Power, Culture and Economy, Chp 2
Marcuse, P (2000) The Layered City In P Madsen, R Plunz (ed) The Urban Lifeworld: Formation, Perception, Representation, Routledge
Sassen, S (2001) The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, Princeton University Press, Chp 9

Culture and the city: environmental dimension
*Head, L (2000) Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change, Arnold, Chp 4, 6
Kennedy, N and N Kingcome (1998) ‘Disneyfication’ of Cornwall – Developing a Poldark Heritage Complex! International Journal of Heritage Studies 4(1): 45-59
Olds, K et al (ed) (1999) Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific: Contested Territories, Routledge, Chp 3

Singapore: its land, people and culture
*Perry, M, L Kong and B Yeoh (1997) Singapore: A developmental city-state, John Wiley, Chp1, 9
*Urban Redevelopment Authority Webpage - concept plan, master plan, central area planning
Wong, T C, B Yuen and C Goldblum (ed) Spatial Planning for a Sustainable Singapore, 2008, Chp 2

Singapore’s urban development plan
Motha, P and B Yuen, Singapore Real Property Guide, Singapore University Press, 1999, Chp 6-7
*Urban Redevelopment Authority Webpage - concept plan 2001, master plan 2008, central area planning
*Wong, T C, B Yuen and C Goldblum (ed) Spatial Planning for a Sustainable Singapore, 2008, Chp 3

Heritage conservation, urban identity and economy in Singapore
*Askew, M and W S Logan (ed) (1994) Cultural Identity and Urban Change in Southeast Asia: Interpretive Essays, Chp 8
Boey, Y M, Urban Conservation in Singapore in B Yuen (ed) Planning Singapore: From Plan to Implementation, Singapore Institute of Planners, 1998
*Yuen, B (2006) Reclaiming cultural heritage in Singapore, Urban Affairs Review 41(6): 830-854
Yuen, B and T H Ng (2001) Urban conservation in Singapore: tradition or tourist bane, Planning Practice and Research 16(1): 39-50

Case study of Singapore’s cultural districts and Vancouver Chinatown
Brisbane, M and J Wood, (1996) A Future for Our Past? Colchester: English Heritage, Chp on Interpreting the heritage
*Chinatown conservation manual and guidelines, URA website
City of Vancouver, Community Service, Planning: Current Planning: Heritage Conservation Program Information website
Graham, B, G J Ashworth and J E Turnbridge (2000) A Geography of Heritage: Power, Culture and Economy, Chp 9, 11
Schech, S and J Haggis (2000) Culture and Development: A critical introduction, Chp 7
*Stiftel, B, V Watson and H Acselrad (ed) (2004) Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning Vol 2, Routledge, Chp 2
More specific readings will be given

* recommended reading

UBC-NUS Transpacific Urban Landscape and Cultural Identity Summer Field Study Program 2009

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