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Whose Cultural Memory? : Disruptive Tactics by the Creative Collectives in George Town, Malaysia

Habibi, Zaki LU orcid (2020) p.113-128
Abstract
This chapter examines everyday lived experiences of individuals and groups from various creative collectives in George Town, Malaysia. The process of these articulations is explored through their everyday dwelling in this city, especially in responding to the so-called official narrative of creative city within heritage context. This chapter aims to understand how the everyday tactics of creative collectives disrupt, or counteract, official narratives and top down creative branding of George Town as UNESCO World Heritage Site. The three analytical areas of which this alternative narrative is constructed are disrupting memories, politics of exclusion-inclusion, and formation of organic space. All these are articulated in their identities as... (More)
This chapter examines everyday lived experiences of individuals and groups from various creative collectives in George Town, Malaysia. The process of these articulations is explored through their everyday dwelling in this city, especially in responding to the so-called official narrative of creative city within heritage context. This chapter aims to understand how the everyday tactics of creative collectives disrupt, or counteract, official narratives and top down creative branding of George Town as UNESCO World Heritage Site. The three analytical areas of which this alternative narrative is constructed are disrupting memories, politics of exclusion-inclusion, and formation of organic space. All these are articulated in their identities as artists, craft persons, and creative collectives organically formed from below. (Less)
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publication status
published
subject
keywords
creative city, Asian studies, Southeast Asia, urban culture, urban creativity, cultural memory
host publication
Re-Imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia
editor
Gu, Xin ; Lim, Michael Kho and O'Connor, Justin
pages
16 pages
publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
external identifiers
  • scopus:85106312390
ISBN
978-3-030-46290-1
978-3-030-46291-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-46291-8
project
Mediated Urban Creativity in Southeast Asian Cities
language
English
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yes
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2fe73847-8b66-491a-9aea-90abd13c1ef9
date added to LUP
2020-11-29 16:29:38
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2024-06-29 01:24:29
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  author       = {{Habibi, Zaki}},
  booktitle    = {{Re-Imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia}},
  editor       = {{Gu, Xin and Lim, Michael Kho and O'Connor, Justin}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-030-46290-1}},
  keywords     = {{creative city; Asian studies; Southeast Asia; urban culture; urban creativity; cultural memory}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  pages        = {{113--128}},
  publisher    = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
  title        = {{Whose Cultural Memory? : Disruptive Tactics by the Creative Collectives in George Town, Malaysia}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46291-8}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-030-46291-8}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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