Singapore ‘A Land Imagined’: Rising Seas, Land Reclamation and the Tropical Film-Noir City

Q1 Arts and Humanities
A. Lundberg, J. Peer
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Abstract

Sea level rise due to climate change is predicted to be higher in the Tropics. As a low-lying, highly urbanised island near the equator, Singapore is taking an active response to this problem, including through large land reclamation projects. Incorporating both environmental and aesthetic elements, these projects also serve to bolster Singapore’s reputation as a shining example of a global city, a leading arts centre in Southeast Asia, and an economic hub to the world. This paper draws attention to urban development through an ethnographic reading of Yeo Siew Hua’s film A Land Imagined. A Singaporean tropical-noir mystery thriller, the film follows the rhizomatic path of a police investigator and his partner as they attempt to solve the disappearance of two foreign labourers. Interwoven within the film is a critique of Singapore’s treatment of migrant workers as it constructs the imaginary of the ‘Singapore Dream’.
新加坡“想象中的土地”:海平面上升、填海造地与热带电影《黑城》
由于气候变化,北回归线的海平面上升预计会更高。作为赤道附近一个地势低洼、高度城市化的岛屿,新加坡正在积极应对这一问题,包括通过大型填海造地项目。这些项目融合了环境和美学元素,也有助于提升新加坡作为全球城市、东南亚领先艺术中心和世界经济中心的光辉典范的声誉。本文通过对杨秀华电影《想象的土地》的民族志解读,引起人们对城市发展的关注。这是一部新加坡热带黑色悬疑惊悚片,讲述了一名警察调查员和他的搭档试图侦破两名外籍劳工失踪案的曲折历程。电影中穿插着对新加坡对待移民工人的批评,因为它构建了“新加坡梦”的想象。
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eTropic Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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