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Presented at the forum on 2009 Year in Review, organised by The Online Citizen, 29 December 2009
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2000
Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast …, 1998
The conceptualisation of Malay identity in Southeast Asia is contextual and dependent on a national as well as community definition. In Singapore, being Malay has largely been determined by both the racial category determined by the state and individual identification with the Malay-Muslim community. The suffix ‘Muslim’ reflects the absence of a religious definition for ‘Malay’, thereby requiring the use of the term Malay-Muslim to denote members of the community who are Malays and/or Muslims. However, there exist ambiguities with regard to how the non-Malay Muslims identify with the Malay-Muslim community. The Persatuan Persuratan Pemuda Pemudi Melayu (4PM) is a Malay-Muslim organization established in 1948. Currently designated as a Volunteer Welfare Organisation (VWO), 4PM has established a focus on youth and community development. Since Singapore’s independence, 4PM has been responding and involving itself in the national agenda, especially with regards to the development of the Malay-Muslim community. This paper aims to share the realistic conception of Malay-Muslim identity of a Malay organisation that was established before the independence of Singapore as well as the models of youth development that it has adopted.
As we celebrate 50 years of Singapore's independence this year, much attention has been given to what has been achieved since our separation from Malaysia in 1965. While Singapore's independence is a logical and relatable point in history, could SG50 inadvertently erase other histories that can help shape our national identit(ies) a public policy? I'm not suggesting that SG50 is insignificant. In terms of national identity, the SG50 celebrations — alongside former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's passing and memo — draw important attention to a group regarded to have made Singapore what it is today: The Pioneer Generation. This generation of Singaporeans is portrayed to h been tenacious, hardworking and resilient, and to have suffered the tumultuous early years to achieve the comforts we now enjoy. Leading them was Mr Lee, wid acknowledged as a man of vision, passion and extreme dedication and pragmatism. These traits are undisputedly positive, and highlighting them implies present generations are encouraged to adopt these qualities in taking the country forward. However, such a singular interpretation of history has its limitations. The emphasis on the " 50 " in " SG50 " serves as a pertinent reminder of how Singapore has reached its first golden jubilee against all odds. Various government-fun programmes have highlighted specific remembrance of events that occurred post-1965, inadvertently implying that Singapore has only 50 years of history. Likewise, the recent passing of Mr Lee unleashed a slew of tributes bestowing on him accolades for being the " founding father " or " founder of modern Singapore ". Th problematic when one considers that he is not the sole proprietor of these titles. What we risk losing sight of when focusing the spotlight on the last 50 years is our rich and colourful heritage that reaches back hundreds of years. It is important to clear about when our history began. This is because the historical narrative that is accepted into common discourse determines the way in which we construe our natio identity and craft public policy. Richard Evan's In Defense of History defines the purpose of history as " finding out about the past as something to cherish and preserve, and the only proper foundation a true understanding and appreciation of institutions of state and society in present. " The future and the direction we see ourselves heading towards is forecasted from present, which is in turn constructed upon the past. Thus, the building blocks chosen to set this foundation are crucial to our national identity. Forgotten histories
Who is the new intellectual, or what is this new intellectualism in Singapore all about? What has leftist history got to do with the fate of nation building and the Esplanade? This study seeks to uncover the fate of local intellectualism through tracing the trajectory of national policies in relation to history, culture and arts. Through in-depth conversations with twelve local intellectuals, this study will also give an insight into the challenges of working in the local context from past to present – and the surprising genesis of a new group of intellectuals engaging in artistic and cultural production today. In using a Marxist paradigm, this study brings in both the Gramscian and Saidian models of intellectualism as a framework for analysis. It will showcase the evolvement of the organic intellectual into a public intellectual, as well as introduce the new intellectual as a result of the commodification process; a consequence of the state going global. Finally, this study will answer if the new intellectual’s changing engagements with the state allows for greater agency and expression through the process of bi-directionality – the result of empowerment through commodification. This B.A thesis was awarded the NUS Chng Heng Lay Memorial Prize for Best Sociology Thesis (2011).
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Debate over the definitions and purposes of social studies has a long and contentious history (Nelson, 2001; Evans, 2004). None-the-less, despite the often ra ncorous debates, in many countries, including the United States and Australia, the task of preparing young peopl e to be citizens has specifically been focused in on social studies classrooms (Gonzales, Riedel, Avery & Sullivan,
International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 2019
Historia de Quito. Volumen II. Patrimonio cultural de la humanidad, 2023
Social Change in the Countryside of Eleventh-Century Byzantium, in Social Change in Town and Country in Eleventh-Century Byzantium, ed. J. Howard-Johnston (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020), 62–75
Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra, 2020
Cuadernos de Pensamiento (ISSN: 0214-0284), 1996
Molecular Genetics And Genomics, 1980
Indonesian Journal for Social Responsibility, 2023
Advances in Biological Sciences Research
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2008
Australian journal of basic and applied sciences, 2023
Geophysical Journal International, 1979
Jurnal MESIL (Mesin Elektro Sipil)
Seminars in ophthalmology, 2016