新加坡华人的多元文化身份 : 以新加坡华族文化中心为例 = Multicultural identity of Singapore Chinese: a case study of Singapore Chinese cultural centre

• Main Author: 曾歆霓 Chan, Cheryl Shin Ni
• Other Authors: Quah Sy Ren
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::Language::Chinese
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171128
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

新加坡相对于全世界，是一个年幼的国家，它虽小却很繁荣。多元文化是它的一大特点，反映在社会、宗教、语言、饮食和节庆等各个方面。但多元文化在不同的国家都有着不同的诠释方式，而就如王赓武曾说过的，没有一个国家和新加坡一样。新加坡虽然以华人居多，却不曾忽略任何一个种族，每个种族都拥有属于自己的文化馆。然而，2017年刚开幕的新加坡华族文化中心却是新加坡迄今为止举办活动较为频繁且规模较大的文化中心。它看似为华族而设，为凸显新加坡华族文化，但它何时不在鼓励多元种族的合作与互动。该地方每当被提及时，不禁让人想起了有关于文化身份的问题，而人们往往也会以“华人性”（Chineseness）的角度来看待这个地方。因此，本文将试图以华人性以外的另一种视角——“多元文化”（Multiculturalism），去分析新加坡华族文化中心的意义以及政府与华社对于新加坡未来的展望。与此同时，检视政府如何建构新加坡华人的身份认同。 Unlike any other countries around the world, Singapore is a relatively young country which heavily emphaiszes on social cohesion through its multicultural practices and policies, together with its plan to preserve the heritage of the different races. This can be seen from the various heritage centres in Singapore managed by the National Heritage Board. Following the opening of China Cultural Centre in Singapore in 2015, Singapore also started its very own Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre which aims to promote the uniqueness of the local Chinese culture. Whenever this Centre was mentioned, one thing that comes to mind would be identity, which more often than not, people would relate it to Chineseness. Hence, this paper aims to dive into the centre’s events, collaborators, and shared spaces, to find out the true ideology of the place and find out what exactly is the cultural identity of the Chinese in Singapore.