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Title: Asian Civilisations Museum 2: Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: Water, Architecture, Culture, economy
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Looking down the river. The Asian Civilisations Museum in on the left, three tall buildings on the right, and the Marina Bay Sands visible in the background.

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.

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.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 29
Keyword: Growth, Education, boundary, economy
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: A blue wall introducing a section of the gallery about the "changes to Singapore's coastline" titled "The Growth of our Port."

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