Critical distance versus critical proximity: A comparative perspective on built-from-scratch cities in Southeast Asia
Date: Thursday, 23 January 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (light refreshments served at 6:30 PM)
Location: Yale-NUS College Tan Chin Tuan Lecture Theatre (opposite the Yale-NUS College Hall)
About the speaker
Professor Tim Bunnell
Professor, Department of Geography, and Director of the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Tim Bunnell is Professor in the Department of Geography and Director of the Asia Research Institute (ARI), where he is also Leader of the Asian Urbanisms cluster. The primary focus of his research is urbanisation in Southeast Asia, examining both the transformation of cities in that region and urban connections with other parts of the world. Tim’s publications include From World City to the World in One City: Liverpool through Malay Lives (Wiley, 2016) and Urban Asias: Essays on Futurity Past and Present (Jovis, 2018; co-edited with Daniel P.S. Goh). His current research on the planning and development of Putrajaya forms part of a collaborative project titled “Capitals of the Future: Place, Power and Possibility in Southeast Asia” which is supported by a Tier 2 grant from the Ministry of Education’s Academic Research Fund.
The lecture is chaired by Associate Professor Rita Padawangi, College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Organised by Yale-NUS College, in partnership with the Young Urbanists of Southeast Asia.
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