Goh Song Wei 吴松蔚

Education:
B.A., National University of Singapore
M.A., National University of Singapore

Research Interests:
Overseas Chinese; History of entertainment and sonic culture in Singapore

Introduction:
Former full-time teaching assistant with NUS Chinese Studies, involved in editorial and research projects of local institutions, delivered guest and public talks on topics related to Singapore Chinese popular culture and music, papers published in English and Chinese academic journals.

Supervisor: A/P Wong Sin Kiong; Dr Tu Hang

Thesis title: Sonic Cultural History of the Singapore Chinese, 1945-1979 (Tentative)

From the 19th century, the multiple sounds of the opera and rituals conducted in different Sinitic languages had enriched the aural experiences of the Singapore Chinese. In the 1900s, the coming of the sound recording age, the emergence of the record industry and radio broadcasting, and the popularization of the amusement parks, profoundly altered the sonic environment in Singapore. Following the end of the Second World War, in the midst of the wave of anti-colonial movements and the drive to create a newly independent nation, the sonic culture in Singapore remained heterogenous and diverse, with constant negotiations of the various agencies, which was far more complicated than a linear development of homogenization and standardization of the Chinese sonic culture. (Tentative)