Reconstructs the de-privileged spatial components of Singapore history through collecting and interpreting visual images
Examines the idea of recollections about Singapore's nation-building phase and local community histories
Utilizes intensive visualization of photographs to develop the idea of historical space conceptually

Autorentext

Dr Tai Wei Lim is Senior Lecturer at UniSIM and Adjunct Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He holds a PhD from Cornell University, US.

Inhalt
Introduction: A personal trekking history.- Southern Singapore: The constituency of Tanjong Pagar and its surrounding areas of Marina, Bayfront and Raffles Place in southern Singapore.- Fetishism for Heritage and Nature: A case study of the mature Tiong Bahru estate and surrounding areas.- The Pedagogical Contributions of the Peripheral Spaces of Walks: Fort Canning and Tiong Bahru.- Peripheral land no more?: Fetishisms of space and the cases studies of Green Rail Corridor and Clementi Forest.- Singapore's green lungs: The Central Catchment area and their peripheral areas.- Terminal End of Singapore's North-South Hike: Fetishisms of Nostalgic and Rusticity in Northern Singapore.- Journey to the West: Hiking along the peripheral spaces of Southern Ridges.- Hiking the East Coast of Singapore.- Concluding Chapter.