Dear subscribers, friends and history enthusiasts We have update citizen historian for Dec 2007 / Jan 2008 with six new articles: ====================== A Singapore History Proposal Four are selected essays written for an assignment set for a Singapore Studies class in NUS – SSA2211 Evolution of a Global City-State (currently lectured by Chua Ai Lin… »
by Loh Kah Seng Calvin Low. 10-Stories: Queenstown Through the Years. Singapore: National Heritage Board, 2007. 173 pp. For scholars, history buffs and elderly Singaporeans seeking an ‘authentic’ slice of Singapore’s history in a time of social change and adaptation, 10-Stories is a welcome breath of fresh air. The National Heritage Board (NHB) coffee table… »
by Ho Chi Tim The sentiment I was left with after watching this thoughtful documentary-film, was that Tan Pin Pin tugged plenty on the emotional heart-strings: the Lady-Photographer who wished she was back in England after realising that Singapore was not very elder-friendly; the umpteenth time the Aging Anthropologist was let down by his memory… »
by Shiela Carelnina Winata When Singaporeans talk about Singapore history, too often what comes to mind is the Singapore Story taught in the education system through Social Studies lessons: the amazing development of a sleepy colonial outpost into a thriving nation, which has triumphed over many hardships. We start with Raffles’ landing in Singapore and… »
by Janice Tan Siew Hong Standing on a gangplank latched to one side of the pier is the lone figure of a girl. The Chinese junk that took her here has already left. They told her that this is Nanyang, the Chinese name for the Southern Ocean. It was Singapore, 1911. Her fellow passengers on… »
by Ivan Toh Chun Siong Singapore’s history, as it is “fashioned by the heroic vision of its founding fathersâ€, has produced an orthodox doctrine we know as the Singapore Story.[i]However, the Singapore story is problematic; embodying a “complexly nuanced historical…interpretation of the past that (was) manufactured for political reasons…a tactical selection of facts: those that… »
by Lim Shu Hui Dear Producer, The title of my proposed documentary is History: Singapo[RE]education. I would like to explain my title using my personal experience and knowledge of Singapore history syllabus. As a student of Singapore history, I have been exposed to a considerable variety of literature and other media forms about the said… »