历史、传统、怀旧 ：牛车水的建构过程与地方意义= Place as process : the making of Chinatown and its implications in history, heritage and nostalgia

• Main Author: 廖玮珍 Leow, Wei Zhen
• Other Authors: Yow Cheun Hoe
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: Chinese
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48196
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

充满地方色彩的牛车水，在新加坡这个极为现代化的城市是少有的。地方的建构可视为一个持续不断的过程，规划一种空间，塑造某些景观，甚至从历史上和集体记忆中刻画出一部分，强化一个地方的建构体。而地方意义的形成也因社会、文化、经济和政治各种因素而建构出不同的面貌，它可以是一种精心策划出来的产物，亦或是一种生活方式的诠释。牛车水在时间的推移下不断地产生变化与再定义，被赋予了地方性的的代表和意义。本论文以牛车水的发展进程，主要以“历史”、“传统”及 “怀旧”三方面去深入探讨牛车水的建构过程与地方意义。同时，笔者也通过了问卷调查探讨牛车水居民和游客对这个地方的认知。居民方面，主要反映了对过往牛车水的怀旧情怀和地方情感。笔者也借由游客眼中的牛车水，观察政府机构在建构传统空间的效应，结果显示游客普遍认知牛车水为一个具代表性的华人文化空间。这一形象反映了政府机构在保存与强化牛车水的传统价值达到了一定的成效。Chinatown is a traditional locality rarely seen in rapidly modernized Singapore. The making of a place can be seen as an ongoing process enhanced by the setting, or the setting it attempts to project or being portrayed in history or being part of the collective memory. It involves social, cultural, economic and political factors to endow a venue with symbolic meaning, memory and significance. It could be built out of careful planning or be perceived as a way of living in daily life. Chinatown has experienced constant changes and redefinitions over time. This project is a study of Chinatown's development to explore its construction process and implications from the three aspects of “History”, “Heritage” and “Nostalgia”. A survey based on the residents and tourists in Chinatown is carried out to investigate the cognition and collective awareness of Chinatown. The residents reveal the nostalgia for old Chinatown and their local sentiment for the place. And in the eyes of the tourists, they see Chinatown as a symbolic place of the Chinese culture. The image of Chinatown reflects the effects of codification aimed at preserving or enhancing Chinatown and its traditions felt to be of value achieved by the government agencies.