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Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 2
Title
Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 2: Clip 2
Keyword
economy, Water, Environmental Degradation, transnational trade
Date
2018-01-28
Description
Shazia Hafiz Ramji and Dr. Joanne Leow have a conversation about the ideas of bodies of water and human bodies, particularly regarding transportation and transnational flow. This progresses to a discussion about waterfront development and the way condo developers co-opt artistic / poetic language and use of imagery to sell properties.
Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 3
Title
Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 3: Clip 3
Keyword
economy, Water, Environmental Degradation
Date
2018-01-28
Description
In this clip, Shazia Hafiz Ramji delves deeper into her inspirations for Port of Being. She explains that "Flags of Convenience" are flags of poor countries flown on corporate shipping vessels that allow these corporate ships to avoid certain fees, depending on where they port. This is contrasted with the reality that immigrants from the countries of those convenience flags are not readily accepted or welcomed into Western countries. Ramji ends by discussing how Foucault's concept of heterotopia impacted her understandings of the issues she grapples with in Port of Being.
Clara Chow 2
Title
Clara Chow 2: Clip 2
Keyword
Anxiety, Architecture, Environmental Degradation, Official Narratives
Date
2018-02-23
Description
Clara Chow discusses how she resists official Singaporean narratives of progress through her writing and assuages personal anxieties about space / purpose / production through crocheting.