GEK2001/SSA2202 Changing Landscape of Singapore Tutorial 1

Real Landscape Has a physical presence, is concrete and material Created by humans or as part of nature Is something you can experience with your senses Example: Singapore

Has a physical presence, is concrete and material

Created by humans or as part of nature

Is something you can experience with your senses

Example: Singapore

Imaginary Landscape Exist in the mind Part of social imagination Created in myths, legends, fiction, represented in paintings Example: The little red dot

Exist in the mind

Part of social imagination

Created in myths, legends, fiction, represented in paintings

Example: The little red dot

Landscape of Spectacle Meant to impress by the sheer size or distinction The visual is more important than actual substantive activity Example: The Singapore Flyer

Meant to impress by the sheer size or distinction

The visual is more important than actual substantive activity

Example: The Singapore Flyer

Ordinary Landscape A landscape that is familiar Encountered daily Meaningful to ordinary people who live there Associated with people Not just gazed at, but lived in Example: Void deck “mama” shop

A landscape that is familiar

Encountered daily

Meaningful to ordinary people who live there

Associated with people

Not just gazed at, but lived in

Example: Void deck “mama” shop

Dominant Landscape Landscape of the majority culture Inclusion versus Exclusion Example: HDB Estates 86% (majority) of Singaporeans live in HDB flats

Landscape of the majority culture

Inclusion versus Exclusion

Example: HDB Estates

86% (majority) of Singaporeans live in HDB flats

Alternative Landscape Landscape of exclusion created by the minority culture and marginalized groups Example: Ang Siang Hill

Landscape of exclusion created by the minority culture and marginalized groups

Example: Ang Siang Hill

The power of landscape Landscape can legitimize Naturalize values and ideologies that structure way of life Example: Singapore’s Port

Landscape can legitimize

Naturalize values and ideologies that structure way of life

Example: Singapore’s Port

Landscapes of Power Produced by dominant groups Reveal or reflect the power of those who constructed, defined and maintained the landscape Example: Supreme Court

Produced by dominant groups

Reveal or reflect the power of those who constructed, defined and maintained the landscape

Example: Supreme Court

Landscape of Resistance Landscape that expresses those who resist power or dominant ideology Example: Potong Pasir

Landscape that expresses those who resist power or dominant ideology

Example: Potong Pasir

Contested Landscape Landscape that is contested between dominant and minority, alternative groups Example: Chinatown

Landscape that is contested between dominant and minority, alternative groups

Example: Chinatown

Landscape as a lens to study society Landscapes can be read for clues which indicate prevailing ideas, values, social meanings and ideologies Countries’ global interactions will also be reflected in the landscape through responses on local scale Example: Marina Barrage Environmental Possibilism, Water Resource Politics, Water security and vulnerability response

Landscapes can be read for clues which indicate prevailing ideas, values, social meanings and ideologies

Countries’ global interactions will also be reflected in the landscape through responses on local scale

Example: Marina Barrage

Environmental Possibilism, Water Resource Politics, Water security and vulnerability response

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