{"id":18008,"date":"2020-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2020\/04\/14\/choreographing-singapores-utopia-by-the-bay\/"},"modified":"2021-01-18T15:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T07:34:51","slug":"choreographing-singapores-utopia-by-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2020\/04\/14\/choreographing-singapores-utopia-by-the-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Choreographing Singapore\u2019s Utopia by the Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18009\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18009\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/night-skyline-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/night-skyline-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/night-skyline-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/night-skyline-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/night-skyline.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u2018Night Skyline\u2019 by Kelman Chiang from SRN\u2019s SG Photobank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On 18 April 2005, the Singapore government announced its plan to develop two casinos in Singapore, one on Sentosa island and the other in the district of Marina Bay. This controversial decision was made despite strong and persistent opposition from the public. In defense of its plan, the government hailed the move as one necessary to make Singapore a global city attractive to both visitors and citizens. Eventually, the casino, resort and mall comprising Marina Bay Sands opened successively in 2010 and today, the Marina Bay skyline has become the icon of modern Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2018Choreographing Singapore\u2019s Utopia by the Bay\u2019 (<em>Tourist Utopias: Offshore Islands, Enclave Spaces, and Mobile Imaginaries<\/em>, 2017), Associate Professor Daniel Goh (NUS Sociology) presents Marina Bay as a \u2018tourist utopia\u2019, a result of intentional spatial production by the government. A\/P Goh argues that this is an exemplification of an emergent form of state-driven liquid urbanism increasingly common in Asian cities today. The article provides incisively illustrates the government\u2019s \u2018choreographing\u2019 of the production of space within the urban theatre of Marina Bay\u2014rather than simply a technocratic process of urban planning and implementation.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, read the book chapter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielpsgoh.com\/uploads\/1\/5\/9\/1\/15912018\/utopia_marina_bay.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 April 2005, the Singapore government announced its plan to develop two casinos in Singapore, one on Sentosa island and the other in the district of Marina Bay. This controversial decision was made despite strong and persistent opposition from the public. 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