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t contemporary, diverse
co-exist, overlapping in
es, emerging and receding
progressive utopian
f the Singapore
ental project. In the
of visible difference in
emporary landscape, there
eneity in the sense of
l. Jurong East does not
orld apart from Pasir Ris
versa and this can be
much of neighbourhood
e. The types of memories
l emerge with the
ity of landscape
rience would be an
ing phenomenon to chart
uture.
hy of
of
on
ition.
Embedded and
Undulating Memories
Within this topography are
embedded memories such as the oral
history recordings in the national
archives, published memoirs and
autobiographies — and undulating
memories that are situational,
on-going, unfinished or hovering
between secrecy and disclosure.
Embedded memories are new documents
of the past. Undulating memories
derive from transience such as the
transnational memories of migratory
labour — from close relationships
such as the transmission of
inter-generational memories between
grandparents and grandchildren
particularly grandmothers and
granddaughters, from compartmentalisation such as ethnic memories,
diaspora memories, sexual minority
memories, prison memories including
clemency appeals and ‘underground’
memories of police informers, or
decontextualised such as artefact
memories as seen through private
collectors’ eyes or showcased in
museum exhibitions.