Precincts, Participation, and Placemaking: New Ways to Measure Cultural Impact

Placemaking is a central policy theme for arts and cultural programming all over the world, including Singapore. Precincts such as the Civic District, Bayfront, and Bras Basah.Bugis have together seen billion-dollar redevelopment and refurbishment efforts, resulting in new artistic styles and increased cultural participation. But there is no sustained study on how their cultural impacts have supported place-based belonging and identities. This public seminar by the Cultural Research Centre brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to discuss new methods (quantitative, qualitative and computational) for evaluating the cultural impacts of placemaking and participation.

This event is hosted, convened and co-funded by the Cultural Research Centre, a new research incubator in the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore. To contact the Cultural Research Centre, please email: culturalresearch@nus.edu.sg.

Speakers:

Prof. Audrey Yue

Director of Cultural Research Centre and Head of the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore

Prof. Andy Pratt

Professor of Cultural Economy of City, University of London
Opening Keynote – From Spaces to Places: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Precincts

Prof. Jane Jacobs

Professor of Urban Studies, Yale-NUS College
Patterns and Pedagogies of Placemaking

A/P Chang Jiat-Hwee

Professor at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore,
The (trans)Formations of Architectural and Urban Environments: Notes from Two Histories of the Present

Asst. Prof. Hoe Su Fern

Professor of Arts and Culture Management and Arts & Culture Management Coordinator at the Singapore Management University
Beyond Spectacular Display: The Redistributive Potentials of Placemaking in Singapore

A/P Bige Tuncer

Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design at Singapore University of Technology and Design
Placemaking with the Support of Multi Modal Information and Visualisation

A/P Lilian Chee

Professor at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore
Architecture Inside Out: Intersections with Art and Film

Ludovica Tomarchio

PhD Candidate at the Singapore University of Technology and Design
Exploring Shifts in Art Production and Consumption in Cities through Social Media

Dr. Sharon Chang

Senior Deputy Director (Research) at the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Singapore
Closing Keynote