The Social Memories of a Voiddeck
“downstair” Directed By Diya Tan Produced By Quek Hui Min, Helmi Ali Director of Photography PK Tan This film was produced as a final-year project in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. All Rights Reserved 2008. downstair. A colloquial and affectionate term used by many when referring...
Singapore’s Ethnic Enclaves and Bauman’s ‘mixophobia’
Bangladeshi workers gathering in large numbers every weekend at Little India’s Lembu Square. (photo by: Sam Kang Li taken from: http://reclaimland.sg/rl/?p=108) Foreign workers enjoying a meal while watching an outdoor movie screening at Sungei Road ‘Thieves Market’. (photo by: Sam Kang Li taken from: http://reclaimland.sg/rl/?p=108) Singapore has for a long time, depended on vast numbers of migrant...