The Power of Everyday Networks in Nation-Building: The Case of Inter-Ethnic Friendships in Singapore

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI:10.1017/trn.2023.9

Vincent Chua, E. Tan, M. Mathews

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Abstract

While scholars commonly see nation-building as a modernist project or a cultural assertion, we suggest that a “third way” is equally important. Analysing data from a representative survey of 2,001 Singaporean residents collected in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we demonstrate that everyday social networks have been key to creating and maintaining Singaporean nationalism. We make the point that despite ambitious plans at transforming society, modernist projects must rely upon organic, routinised, and quotidian mechanisms such as friendship-making within and between ethnic groups for national cohesion to materialise.

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日常网络在国家建设中的力量:以新加坡种族间友谊为例

虽然学者们通常将国家建设视为现代主义项目或文化主张，但我们认为“第三条道路”同样重要。我们分析了2020年在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间对2001名新加坡居民进行的一项代表性调查的数据，结果表明，日常社交网络是创造和维持新加坡民族主义的关键。我们认为，尽管改造社会的计划雄心勃勃，但现代主义项目必须依赖于有机的、常规的、日常的机制，如族群内部和族群之间的友谊建立，以实现民族凝聚力。

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia AREA STUDIES-

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