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What Makes An Animal Singaporean?
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Singaporeans love animals, but only selectively. Otters, Ah Meng the orangutan, and Inuka the polar bear are among the beloved. Less favoured are monkeys in the Botanic Gardens, many of which were culled before WWII, and pesky Aedes mosquitoes. Environmental historian Timothy Barnard tells us how some of these migrant animals came to be here, how they’ve been treated, and what makes them Singaporean.
Timothy P. Barnard is an associate professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore, where he specialises in the environmental and cultural history of island Southeast Asia. He is the author of Imperial Creatures and Nature's Colony, and the editor of Nature Contained and Singaporean Creatures.
What Timothy Talked About
- 02:26 – Monkeys in the Botanic Gardens before WWII
- 07:15 – Understanding Singapore’s history through its animals
- 08:41 – What makes a creature Singaporean?
- 10:10 – How the Garden City concept shaped human-animal relationships in Singapore
- 12:34 – Why some recognisable Singaporean animals were left out of the book
- 14:31 – Otters as returning migrants
- 16:33 – Singaporeans’ fondness for the zoo and its creatures
- 20:31 – How Tim came to be interested in environmental history
- 23:37 – Challenges in teaching environmental history
- 26:01 – The animal he would like to interview
- 27:13 – The profession he would pick if he weren't a historian
Transcript and Resources
- Read the transcript: https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/podcast/what-makes-an-animal-singaporean-timothy-barnard/transcript/
- Check out the book: Singaporean Creatures: Histories of Humans and Other Animals in the Garden City.
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This episode of BiblioAsia+ was hosted by Jimmy Yap and produced by Soh Gek Han. Sound engineering was done by Doppler Soundlab. The background music "Di Tanjong Katong" was composed by Osman Ahmad and performed by Chords Haven. Special thanks to Tim for coming on the show.
BiblioAsia+ is a podcast about Singapore history by the National Library of Singapore.
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