Examining the past in the present : kampung memories and nostalgia in contemporary Singapore

• Main Author: Goh, Hui Ling
• Other Authors: Teo You Yenn
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55835
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research aims to study how nostalgic sentiments and the competing collective and personal memories facilitate the incorporation of the past into the present, as well as how knowledge of the past frames one’s identity. Taking the context of the kampung, this study examines the memories of Singap...