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Tim So i'm thinking i should finally give this a go. As a cynic of Facebook and twitter i'm hoping this might be more valuable and interesting. Tim
Faculty Member, Institute for Culture and Society
Senior Research Fellow
Institute for Culture and Society
About
A sociologist by training, my research interests stem from a curiosity in the term ‘heritage’: how the concept is shaped epistemologically through certain knowledge practices; and how it figures in issues like nationalism, post-conflict recovery, sustainability, postcolonial identities and urban development. Much of my work focuses on the developing economies of Asia, with projects currently being pursued in Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Cambodia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
I am currently leading two Australian Research Council funded projects. The first 'Cultural Heritage in Conflict Transformation Societies', is a multi-countried study that considers the degree to which cultural heritage programmes successfully contribute to, or inhibit, broader processes of conflict transformation and post-conflict recovery, paying particular attention to the role played by cultural sector institutions, both domestic and international.
The second, 'Cool living heritage in Southeast Asia: sustainable alternatives to air-conditioned cities' is the second phase of SOCooLH (Sustaining Our Cool Living Heritage). With around 50% of the world’s carbon emissions currently coming from buildings, SOCooLH focuses in on the vast amounts of energy now being used to chill interior spaces across the Asia Pacific region. The project sets out to better understand the complex and inter-connected cultural, economic and physical transformations air-conditioning technologies have brought about. SOCooLH offers an alternative paradigm, that of a ‘cool living heritage’, encompassing a wide variety of architectural and cultural practices of a pre-air-conditioning era. Examining the possibilities and obstacles for reviving such a heritage, the project addresses the complex interconnections which enmesh technologies, their wider socio-political contexts and the cultural changes necessary for more sustainable lifestyles. This ARC project addresses such issues in the context of Malacca and Singapore, and is a collaborative research initiative with Dr Jiat Hwee Chang and AP Johannes Widodo, at NUS, Singapore.
In 2010-11, I led a 13 member team project on the Shanghai Expo. The project has generated a book, various journal articles, published photo essays and two video documentaries. 'Shanghai Expo: an international Forum on the Future of Cities' is due out in late 2012. See: http://shanghaiexpobook.net - Using the archives of the Getty Research Institute, I am now continuing this theme of research via a book on the history of World's Fairs.
To accompany the writing, I have developed a number of photographic essays. A selection are available at www.timwinter.net
