Southeast Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalising World

Southeast Asia has in recent years become a crossroads of cultures with high levels of ethnic pluralism, not only between countries, sub-regions and urban areas, but also at the local levels of community and neighbourhood. Illustrated by a series of international case studies, this book demonstrates how the forces of 'post-colonialism' in their various manifestations are accelerating social change and creating new and 'imagined' communities, some of which are potentially disruptive and which may well threaten the longer term sustainability of the region. Interdisciplinary in approach, this book brings together geographers, historians, anthropologists, architects, education specialists, planners and sociologists to make connections and new insights and to provide a truly comprehensive view of heritage, culture and identity in this dynamic region. Chapter 1 Diverging Identities in a Dynamic Region, Brian J. Shaw; Chapter 2 ‘Di waktu petang di Geylang Serai’ Geylang Serai: Maintaining Identity in a Globalised World, Rahil Ismail; Chapter 3 Paradise Lost? Islands, Global Tourism and Heritage Erasure in Malaysia and Singapore, Ooi Giok Ling, Brian J. Shaw; Chapter 4 ‘Being Rooted and Living Globally’: Singapore’s Educational Reform as Post-developmental Governance, Mark Baildon; Chapter 5 Morphogenesis and Hybridity of Southeast Asian Coastal Cities, Johannes Widodo; Chapter 6 Nation-building, Identity and War Commemoration Spaces in Malaysia and Singapore, Kevin Blackburn; Chapter 7 Being Javanese in a Changing Javanese City, Ambar Widiastuti; Chapter 8 Re-imagining Economic Development in a Post-colonial World: Towards Laos 2020, Michael Theno; Chapter 9 When was Burma? Military Rules since 1962, Nancy Hudson-Rodd;