FASS Staff Profile

DR T.C. CHANG (FULL: CHANG TOU CHUANG)

DEPARTMENT of GEOGRAPHY

Appointment:
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Office:
AS2 04-16
Email:
geoctc@nus.edu.sg
Tel:
6516-6808
Fax:
6777-3091
Homepage:
http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/geoctc/
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Brief Introduction

T.C. Chang is a social-cultural geographer with research interests in tourism and urbanisation in Asia. His specific research interests include: arts, culture and hertage in cities; urban tourism; gentrification and urban redvelopment; and tourism development in Asia and Critical Asian Tourism Studies (CATS). He received his Ph.D. from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) in 1997 and has been an Associate Professor at NUS since 2003.  A/P Chang was Deputy Head of the Department of Geography (2006-2007); Assistant Dean (Alumni Relations, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS; 2008-2010), and Vice Dean (External Relations and Student Life, June 2010-December 2015). He was also Deputy Director of NUS Global Relations Office (April 2017 - July 2018).  He was awarded the NUS Oustanding Educator Award 2006, the FacultyTeaching Excellence Awards in 2007/08, 2019/20, and 2021/22, and was placed in the Annual Teaching Excellence Award Honour Roll in March 2023. He is the author of Joo Chiat: A Living Legacy (with Lily Kong; National Archives of Singapore 2001), and the co-editor of two books on Asian tourism -- Interconnected Worlds: Tourism in Southeast Asia (with Peggy Teo and Ho K.C; Routledge, 2001) and Asia On Tour. Exploring the Rise of Asian Tourism (with Tim Winter and Peggy Teo, Routledge, 2009).


Teaching Areas

At NUS, I have been priviledged to teach a total of EIGHT COURSES:

  • GE1101E/GEK1001 Geographical Journeys: Exploring World Environments [January 1997 -- present]
  • GE2218 Leisure, Recreation and Tourism [1997 -- 2008; 2020]
  • GE3219 Globalization and Asian Cities [2018]
  • GE3230 Field Studies in Southeast Asia (Tourism) [2005 -- 2006]
  • GE3226 Tourism Development [2017 -- present]
  • GE4218 Interpreting Tourism Cultures and Landscapes [2004; 2021 -- present]
  • GEK2001/GEK2101 Changing Landscapes of Singapore [2012]
  • GET1001 Seeing the World Through Maps [2017 -- 2020]

Current Research

Research Projects (Funded):

  • Value Co-Creation for Developing Creative Tourism in Yod-Phulangka, Thailand (2023-2024; with Thitirat Panbamrungkij, of Chulalongkorn University). Funding from Chulalongkorn University (approx. S$19,5000).  
  • Writing on the wall’: Graffiti art in a graffiti-free city (2015-2016). Funding from FASS Dean's Office HDRSS (approx. S$3,060).
  • Images of Place: From Tourism Arts to Street Art in Singapore (2014-2015). Funding from HDRSS (approx. S$5,500).
  • Singapore's Connections with Asia and the World (2010-2012; with Michelle Lazar, English Language and Literature, NUS) Funding from HDRSS (S$60,000)
  • Experiential Economies of Singapore (2010-2011; with Choi Kyung-Eun, Seoul National University). Funding from HDRSS (amount unknown).
  • Boutique Hotels in Malaysia and Singapore: Heritage Conservation and Urban Identity (2006-2009; with Peggy Teo, Geography, NUS). Funding from FASS research (approx. S$16,000).
  • Place, Memory and Identity in "New Asia" (2004-2005; with Diana Sinn, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong). Funding from Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) (approx. S$15,000).
  • The Singapore River as a Globalising Landscape (2000-2003; with Shirlena Huang & Victor Savage, Geography, NUS). Funding from FASS research (S$16,850).
  • Tourism Unlimited: Singapore as a Tourism Capital (1998-2000; with K. Raguraman of Geography, NUS and Linda Low of Business Policy, NUS). Funding from Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) (approx. S$32,000).

 

Invited Keynote Speeches (Overseas only) and Fully Funded Invitations to Conference, Workshops, Symposiums and Seminars (Overseas only)

  • T.C. Chang (June 2023), ‘Value co-creation for developing creative tourism in Yod-Phulangka’, Reinventing University by Research Network Platform, 27-28 June 2023, organised by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (Invited panelist, funded by organiser).

  • T.C. Chang (May 2023), ‘Creative placemaking: community involvement and responses’, Creative Placemaking Forum, 29 May 2023, organised by Burapha University, Bangsaen, Thailand.

  • T.C. Chang (February 2023), ‘Creative tourism in Asia: a critical perspective’, keynote speaker; and ‘Costs and challenges in creative tourism: critical reflections’, presented at Creative Tourism Forum, 28 February 2023, organised by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • T.C. Chang (May 2022), ‘Asianizing sustainable tourism’, keynote address, APacCHRIE Conference 2022 (Asia Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education), 23-25 May 2022, organised by ApacCHRIE and Sunway University, Malaysia. (Online)

  • T.C. Chang (September 2021), ‘Asianizing the field: questioning critical tourism studies in Asia’, keynote address, Recentering Tourism Geographies in the ‘Asian Century’ symposium, 15 September 2021, organised by Critical Tourism Studies - Asia Pacific chapter, and Center for Tourism Research at Wakayama University, Japan. (Online)

  • T.C. Chang (June 2020). ‘Insularities in tourism studies: between Eurocentrism and Asia-centrism’, keynote address, 6th EATSA Conference 2020 (Euro-Asian Tourism Studies Association), 15-18 June 2020, organised by Euro-Asian Tourism Studies Association, Dijon, France. (Online)

  • T.C. Chang (December 2019), 'Community art and creative placemaking in Singapore', seminar presentation at the Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong [Invited & funded seminar]

  • T.C. Chang (October 2019), ‘Critical tourism studies and implications for teaching, learning and research in Asia’, presented at Tourism Research and Education Forum of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau & ASEAN, 31 October – 1 November 2019, Guangzhou, China [Invited & funded speaker]

  • T.C. Chang (May 2019), ‘Sustainable Development Goals and the city: implications for urban tourism’, the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism, organised by the Department of Geography and Resource Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 16-17 May 2019 [Invited Keynote Speaker]

  • T.C. Chang (September 2018), 'Community art as everyday heritage in Singapore', 16th Malaysia-Singapore Forum 2018, organised by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, 20-21 September 2018 [Funded speaker]

  • T.C. Chang (May 2017), 'Tourism evolution as spatial revolution: Singapore Tourism, 1980s-2020s', the 6th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism, organised by the Department of Geography and Resource Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 25-26 May 2017 [Invited Keynote Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (June 2016), 'Critical Tourism Studies in Asia: issues and questions', 4th International Conference on Geological, Geographical, Aerospace and Earth Sciences 2016 (4th AeroEarth 2016), organised by IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Bali, Indonesia, 4-5 June 2016 [Invited Keynote Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (May 2016), 'making and (un)making tourism places: is there an Asian approach?', The 20th International Geographical Conference of Tawan, organised by National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, 20-22 May 2016 [Invited Keynote Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (May 2015), Tourism and place (un)making: an Asian perspective, presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Tourism and Resilient Communities, organised by the Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 6-8 May 2015 [Invited Keynote Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (February 2015), ‘Public art in Singapore: publicness, artfulness, creativeness’, Mind Meet or Panel Discussion on ‘Public Space and Aesthetics: Heritage in Continuous Motion’, invited by organisers of Pune Biennale 2015 (College of Architecture Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, India), 7 February 2015. [Invited Panelist/Speaker and Invited Jurist for Pune Biennale 2015]
  • T.C. Chang (November 2014), ‘Tourism in new Asia: Implications for research’, presented at ‘International Conference on Tourism Science and Forum of Deans of Chinese Tourism Schools’, held in Guangzhou (China), organized by School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen University (main organizer), 15-17 November 2014. [Invited Keynote Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (September 2014), ‘Asian approaches to tourism knowledge creation: A social sciences perspective’, presented at ‘The International Conference on Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism and Hospitality 2014 (SERVE 2014)’, invited/organized by SERVE 2014 (for more information: http://research.binus.ac.id/intelligent-and-advance-system/), held in Jakarta (Indonesia), 27-28 September 2014. [Invited Keynote Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (August 2014), ‘Asia on tour: Asian tourism boom, a boon for Asian tourism research?’, presented at ‘International Conference on Tourism and Development: Growth and Diversity’, invited/organized by Centre for Tourism Studies and Academic Services, Department of Tourism, Chiang Mai University, held in Chiang Mai (Thailand), 29-30 August 2014. [Invited Keynote Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (June 2014), ‘Arts spaces and creative cities: understanding contemporary urban geography’ and ‘Emerging Asian tourism: understanding contemporary tourism geography’, presented at Training Workshop for Social and Cultural Geography 2014, invited/organised by South China Normal University and Xi’an International Studies University, held in Xi’an (China), 26-30 June 2014. [Invited & funded trainer]
  • T.C. Chang ( March 2012), ‘New uses need old buildings: experiential economies and adaptive reuse in urban Singapore’, Conference on ‘Towards an Emerging Geography of Gentrification in the Global South’ organised by King’s College London and London School of Economics, held in London (UK), 23-24 March 2012. [Invited & funder Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (December 2011), ‘Place-making in Singapore’s waterfront’, ‘2011 The Waterfront City of Tamsui Culture’, organised by New Taipei City Government, held in Tamsui (Taiwan), 16-18 December 2011. [Invited & funded spaker]
  • T.C. Chang (July 2011), ‘Islamic tourism in Singapore: an emerging market’, World Islamic Tourism Conference 2011, organised by International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS), held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 12-13 July 2011, [Invited Keynote Speaker]
  • T.C. Chang (February 2011), ‘The creative neighbourhood: housing local arts in global Singapore’, presented at ‘International Conference on Healthy Cities: Perspectives on Asian Concerns’, invited/organized by B.N. College of Architecture, held in Pune (India), 3-5 February 2011 [Invited Keynote Speaker]

Publications

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED

  • Kong L. and Chang T.C. (2001), Joo Chiat: A Living Legacy, Singapore: National Archives of Singapore and Joo Chiat Citizens’ Consultative Committee. (152 pages)

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  • Chang, T.C. (accepted, July 2023), ‘Placemaking and tourism’, in Encyclopedia of Tourism (Online), edited by J. Jafari and H., Xiao, Springer, New York (2nd Edition).

    Chang, T.C. (accepted, July 2023), ‘Place making and unmaking in tourism’, Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies, edited by J. Wilson and D. Müller, Routledge, London and New York. (2nd edition).

    Zhang, J.J. and Chang, T.C. (accepted, May 2023), ‘Travel and tourism’, Introducing Human Geographies, edited by P. Cloke, K. Dombroski, M. Goodwin, J. Qian and A. Williams, Routledge, London and New York. (4th edition).

    Chang, T.C. (2022), ‘‘Asianizing the field’: questioning Critical Tourism Studies in Asia,’ in Recentering Tourism Geographies in the ‘Asian Century’, edited by H.L. Sin, M. Mostafanezhad and J.M. Cheer, Routledge, London and New York, Chapter 4. (Note: this book is a compilation of a Special Issue of Tourism Geographies, 2022, volume 24, no.2)

    Chang, T.C. (2019), ‘Sustaining Singapore tourism through the years: policy, people, place’, in Sustainable Tourism in Asia: People and Places, edited by L.M. Marafa and C.S. Chan, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 188-199.

    Chang, T.C. (2019), ‘Arts housing’, in A History of Arts and Cultural Policy in Singapore, edited by T. Chong, NUS Press, Singapore, 429-445.

    Chang, T.C. and Pang, J. (2018), ‘Between universal spaces and unique places: heritage in Universal Studios Singapore’, in Theming Asia. Culture, Nature and Heritage in a Transforming Environment, edited by M. Erb and C.E. Ong, Routledge, London and New York, 66-84. (Note: this book is a compilation of a Special Issue of Tourism Geographies, 2017, volume 19, no.2)  

    Goh D. and Chang, T.C. (2018), ‘Homes on transition: youths’ experiences in Singapore’s rental housing’, in Dynamics of Community Formation. Developing Identity and Notions of Home, edited by R.W. Compton, H.H. Leung and Y. Robles, Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature), New York, 81-98.

    Chang, T.C. (2017), ‘Cultural heritage’, The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, edited by D. Richardson, N. Castree, M.F. Goodchild, A. Kobayashi, W. Liu and  R.A. Marston, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester (UK) and Hoboken (New Jersey).

    Chang, T.C. (2017), ‘Singapore tourism’, The Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Asia, edited by C.M. Hall and S. Page, Routledge, London and New York, 139-148.

    Chang, T.C. (2015), ‘Housing the arts in a developmental state: Renaissance City Singapore’, in Making Cultural Cities in Asia. Mobility, Assemblage, and the Politics of Aspirational Urbanism, edited by J. Wang, T. Oakes and Y. Yang, Taylor and Francis, Milton Park and New York, 98-113.

    Chang, T.C. and Huang S. (2014), ‘Urban tourism and the experience economy’, in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Tourism, edited by A. Lew, C.M. Hall and A.M. Williams, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester (UK), 220-229. .

    Chang, T.C. (2013), ‘Spaces, places and landscapes for the arts’, in Changing Landscapes of Singapore. Old Tensions, New Discoveries, edited by E. Ho, C.Y. Woon and K. Ramdas, NUS Press, Singapore, 218-236.

    Chang, T.C. (2012), ‘Making and unmaking places in tourism geographies’, in The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies, edited by J. Wilson, Routledge, London and New York, 133-138.

    Yeoh, B.S.A. and Chang, T.C. (2012), ‘Globalising Singapore: debating transnational flows in the city’, in The Urban Sociology Reader (2nd edition), edited by J. Lin and C. Mele, Routledge, London and New York, 316-322.

    Chang, T.C., J. Goss and C. Yano (2010), ‘Traveling cultures: tourism and the virtual classroom in Hawai’i and Singapore’, in Remaking Area Studies. Teaching and Learning Across Asia and the Pacific, edited by T. Wesley-Smith and J. Goss, University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu, 146-163.

    P. Teo and Chang, T.C. (2008) ‘Singapore’s post-colonial landscape: boutique hotels as agents’, in Asia On Tour. Exploring the Rise of Asian Tourism, edited by T. Winter,

    P. Teo and T.C. Chang, Routledge, London and New York, 81-96.

    Chang, T.C., (2006), ‘Singapore: the case of a reluctantly small city-island-nation’, in Small Cities: Urban Experience Beyond the Metropolis, edited by D. Bell and M. Jayne, Routledge, London, 59-73.

    Chang, T.C. and S. Huang (2005), “‘New Asia–Singapore’. A concoction of tourism, place and image”, in Seductions of Place: Geographical Perspectives on Globalization and Touristed Landscapes, edited by C. Cartier and A. Lew, Routledge, London and New York, 260-275.

    Chang, T.C. and S. Huang, (2004), ‘rban tourism: between the global and the local’, in A Companion to Tourism, edited by A. Lew, M.C. Hall and A. Williams, Blackwell, Oxford, 223-234.

    Huang, S. and Chang, T.C., (2003), ‘Selective disclosure: romancing the Singapore River’, in Theorizing the Southeast Asian City as Text: Urban Landscapes, Cultural Documents and Interpretative Experiences, edited by R.B.H. Goh and B.S.A. Yeoh, World Scientific, Singapore, 73-108.

    Yeoh, B.S.A. and Chang, T.C. (2003), ‘“The rise of the merlion“: Monument and myth in the making of the Singapore story’, in Theorizing the Southeast Asian City as Text: Urban Landscapes, Cultural Documents, and Interpretative Experiences, edited by R.B.H. Goh and B.S.A. Yeoh, World Scientific, Singapore, 29-50.

    Chang, T.C., (2002), ‘The business of pleasure: Singapore as a tourism business centre’, in Tourism Management and Policy: Perspectives From Singapore, edited by E.S. Tan, B.S.A. Yeoh and J. Wang, World Scientific, Singapore, 182-206.

    Chang, T.C. and K. Raguraman, (2001), ‘Singapore tourism: capital ambitions, regional connections’, in Interconnected Worlds: Southeast Asian Tourism in the 21st Century, edited by P. Teo, T.C. Chang and K.C. Ho, Routledge, London and New York, 43-60.

    Teo, P., Chang, T. C. and Ho, K. C. (2001), ‘Introduction: globalisation and interconnectedness in Southeast Asian tourism’, in Interconnected Worlds: Southeast Asian Tourism in the 21st Century, edited by P. Teo, T.C. Chang and K.C. Ho, Routledge, London and New York, 1-12.

    Teo, P. and Chang, T.C. (2000), ‘Singapore: tourism development in a planned context’, in Tourism in South and Southeast Asia: Issues and Cases, edited by C.M. Hall and S. Page, Routledge, London and New York, 117-128.

    Chang, T.C. (1995), ‘The ‘expatriatisation’ of Holland Village’, in Portraits of Places: History, Community and Identity in Singapore, edited by B.S.A. Yeoh, and L. Kong, Times Editions, Singapore, 143-157.

EDITORIAL WORK ON BOOKS

  • Winter, T., Teo, P. and Chang T.C. (editors) (2009), Asia On Tour. Exploring the Rise of Asian Tourism, London and New York: Routledge. (360 pages)

    Teo, P., Chang, T.C. and Ho K.C. (editors) (2001), Interconnected Worlds: Tourism in Southeast Asia, London and New York: Routledge. (346 pages).

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

  • Chang, T.C. (2022), 'Insularities: Anglo- and Asia-centrism in tourism', Annals of Tourism Research, 90(11), ARTN 103261. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.10326.

    Chang, T.C. and Toh, S. (2022), ‘No taste like home: geographies of private home dining’, Social and Cultural Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2022.2084147

    Chang, T.C. (2022), ‘Van Gogh in the neighborhood: creative placemaking and community art in Singapore’, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112(5), 1500-1517. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2021.1977108

    Ning, Y. and Chang, T.C. (2022), ‘Production and consumption of gentrification aesthetics in Shanghai’s M50’, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 47(1), 184-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12482

    Chang, T.C. and Oh, F. (2022), ‘Discovering the ‘heart’ in heartland tourism’, Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 104(2), 75-92. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/04353684.2021.1929383

    Chan, C.S., Chang, T.C. and Y. Liu (2022), ‘Investigating creative experiences and environmental perception of creative tourism: the case of PMQ (Police Married Quarters) in Hong Kong’, Journal of China Tourism Research, 18(2), 223–244. https://doi.org/10.1080/19388160.2020.1812459

    Sidaway, J.D., Chang, T.C., Feng, C.C., Lu X.X. and Yeung G. (2022), ‘Editorial: Diverse tropical geographies’, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 43(1), 3-6.

    Fan, F.H.H. Chang, T.C. and Ng S.L. (2021), ‘The Batek's dilemma on indigenous tourism’, Annals of Tourism Research, 83(13), ARTN 102948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.102948

    Chang, T.C. (2021), ‘Asianizing the field’: questioning Critical Tourism Studies in Asia, Tourism Geographies, 24(2), 725-742. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2019.1674370

    Chang, T.C. and Mah, O.B.P. (2021), ‘Beyond child’s play: heritage as process in Singapore’s playgrounds’, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 27(5), 500-516.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2020.1821236

    Sidaway, J.D., Bunnell, T., Chang, T.C., Feng, C.C., Lu X.X. and Yeung G. (2021), ‘Editorial: Decolonial tropical geographies?’, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 42(1), 3-7.

    Wang, J., Chang, T.C. and O’Connor, J. (2020), ‘Subcultures as urban chic: the worlding Asian cities’, City, Culture and Society, 20(March), 100330 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2019.100330

    Chang, T.C. (2020), ‘Wall dressed up: graffiti and street art in Singapore’, City, Culture and Society, 20(March), 100329 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2019.100329

    Chen, J.F. and Chang, T.C. (2020), ‘Touring as labour: mobilities and everyday experience of tour guides’, Tourism Geographies, 22(4-5), 813-831, https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2019.1674370

    Sidaway, J.D., Bunnell, T., Chang, T.C., Feng, C.C., Lu X.X. and Yeung G. (2020), ‘Editorial: Tropical shifts’, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 41(1), 3-5.

    Chang, T.C. (2019), ‘Writing on the wall: street art in graffiti-free Singapore’, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 43(6), 1046-1063, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.12653

    Bunnell, T., Chang, T.C., Feng, C.C., Lu X.X. and Yeung G. (2019), ‘Editorial announcements and updates’, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 40(1), 3-4.

    Chang, T.C. (2017), ‘Heritage boutique hotels as 'experienscapes': three views from Singapore’, Asian Journal of Tourism Research, 2(1), 50-76.

    Chang, T.C. and Pang, J. (2017), ‘Between universal spaces and unique places: heritage in Universal Studios Singapore’, Tourism Geographies, 19(2), 208-226.

    Chang, T.C. (2016) ‘‘New uses need old buildings’: Gentrification aesthetics and the arts in Singapore’, Urban Studies, 53(3), 524-539.

    Chang, T.C. (2016), ‘Tourism unbounded: mobilities and border crossings in Singapore’, Asian Journal of Tourism Research, 1(1), 99-124.

    Chang, T.C. (2015), ‘The Asian wave and critical tourism scholarship’, International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 11(1), 83-101.

    Chen, J.F. and Chang, T.C. (2015), ‘Mobilising tourism research in emerging world regions: contributions and advances’, Current Issues in Tourism, 18(1), 57–61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2014.932337

    Chang, T.C. (2014), ‘Historic neighbourhood as arts space: the Little India experience’, Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 96(4), 313–327.

    Hay, I., Bartlett-Trafford, J., Chang, T.C., Neale, P. and Szili, G. (2013), ‘Letter to a new university teacher’ – reflections, applications and extensions, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(4), 578-594. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2013.828276

    Chang, T.C. and Huang, S. (2011), ‘Reclaiming the city: waterfront development in Singapore’, Urban Studies, 48(10), 2085-2100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098010382677

    Chang, T.C. (2010), ‘Bungalows, mansions and shophouses: encounters in architourism’, Geoforum, 41, 963-971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.07.003

    Chang, T.C. and Teo, P. (2009), ‘The shophouse hotel: vernacular heritage in a creative city’, Urban Studies, 46(2), 341-367. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098008099358

    Chang, T.C. (2008) ‘Art and soul: powerful and powerless art in Singapore’, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 40(8), 1921-1943. https://doi.org/10.1068/a39240

    Chang, T.C. and Huang, S. (2008), ‘Geographies of everywhere and nowhere: place-(un)making in a world city’, International Development Planning Review, 30(3), 227-247.

    Chang, T.C. and Huang, S. (2005), ‘Recreating place, replacing memory: creative destruction at the Singapore River’, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 46(3), 267-280.

    Chang, T.C. (2005), ‘Place, memory and identity: imaging ‘New Asia’’, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 46(3), 247-253.

    Savage, V., Huang, S. and Chang, T.C. (2004). ‘The Singapore River thematic zone: sustainable tourism in an urban context’, The Geographical Journal, 170(3), 212–225.

    Chang, T.C., Huang, S. and Savage, V. (2004), ‘On the waterfront: globalization and urbanization in Singapore’, Urban Geography, 25(5), 413-436.

    Chang, T.C. (2004) ‘Transborder tourism, borderless classroom: reflections on a Hawaii-Singapore experience’, International Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 28(2), 179-195. 

    Chang, T.C. and Lim S.Y. (2004) ‘Geographical imaginations of “New Asia-Singapore”’, Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 86(3), 164-184.

    Chang, T.C. and W.K. Lee (2003), ‘Renaissance city Singapore: a study of arts spaces’, Area, 35(2), 128-141.

    Chang, T.C. (2000), ‘Configuring new tourism space: exploring Singapore’s regional tourism forays’, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 33(9), 1597-1619. https://doi.org/10.1068/a33197

    Chang, T.C. (2000), ‘Renaissance revisited: Singapore as a global city for the arts’, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 24(4), 818-831.

    Chang, T.C. (2000), ‘Singapore’s Little India: a tourist attraction as a contested landscape’, Urban Studies, 37(2), 343-366.

    Chang, T.C. (2000), ‘Theming cities, taming places: insights from Singapore’, Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 82(1), 35–54.

    Yeoh, B.S.A. and Chang, T.C. (2000), ‘Globalising Singapore: debating transnational flows in the city’, Urban Studies, 38(7), 1025-1044.

    Lew A.A. and Chang, T.C. (1999), ‘Where the world meets: regionalism and globalization in Singapore’s convention industry’, Journal of Convention and Exhibition Management, 1(4), 17-36.

    Chang, T.C. (1999), ‘Local uniqueness in a global village: heritage tourism in Singapore’, The Professional Geographer, 51(1), 91-103.

    Chang, T.C. and Yeoh, B.S.A. (1999), ‘New Asia-Singapore: communicating local cultures through global tourism’, Geoforum, 30(2), 101-115.

    Chang, T.C. (1998), ‘Regionalism and tourism: exploring integral links in Singapore', Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 39(1), 73-94.

    Teo, P. and Chang, T.C. (1998) ‘Critical issues in a critical era: tourism in Southeast Asia’, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 19(2), 119-129.

    Chang, T.C., (1997) ‘Heritage as a tourism commodity: traversing the tourist-local divide', Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 18(1), 46-68.

    Chang, T.C. (1997), ‘From “Instant Asia” to “Multi-faceted Jewel”: urban imaging strategies and tourism development in Singapore’, Urban Geography, 18(6), 542-562.

    Chang, T.C., Milne, S., Fallon, D. and Pohlmann, C. (1996), ‘Urban heritage tourism: the global-local divide', Annals of Tourism Research, 23(2), 284-305.

    Yeoh B.S.A. and Chang, T.C. (1995), ‘The challenge of postmodern scholarship within geography’, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 10(1), 116-130.

Other Information

Awards and Citations (Research)

  • 1999: Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies (FURS) 1st Prize for best essay on urban and regional themes by young authors. The international competition is organized by Foundazione Bignaschi (Milan, Italy) and is open to all young scholars (less than 35 years).  
  • 1998: Shortlisted finalist for Best PhD thesis for Warren Nystrom Dissertation Award 1998 (organised by Association of American Geographers in Boston, USA)
  • 1996: Best student essay awards for 'Cultural Geography', 'Urban Geography' and 'Recreation, Tourism and Leisure' specialty group competitions (awarded by Association of American Geographers in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
  • 1995: Best student essay award for 'Recreation, Tourism and Leisure' specialty group competition (awarded by Association of American Geographers in Chicago, USA) 

 

Awards and Citations (Teaching and Education)

  • ATEA (Annual Teaching Excellence Award( Honour Roll (awarded in March 2023)
  • NUS  Annual Teaching Excellence Awards, FASS (2001, 2002, 2007/08, 2019/2020, 201/22)
  • NUS Excellent Teachers citations - Top 100 Teachers in NUS (2001/02, 2002/03)
  • Faculty (FASS) nomination for Outstanding Educator Award (2001, 2006)
  • Faculty (FASS) Excellent Teacher Award (2005)
  • NUS Outstanding Educator Award 2006 - see http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/tawards/oea_winners.htm for more information on this award
  • FASS Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2007/08, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22)
  • NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (2008)
  • Service to Education Award, Ministry of Education (for serving on the School Advisory Board of Bowen Secondary School) (2015)
  • Ministry of Education Long Service Award (30 years; awarded in November 2019)

Administrative Leadership (Department of Geography only)

  • Lecturer Advisor, NUS Geographical Society (1998-present)
  • Chair, SPH Geography Challenge (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 in-charge)
  • Chair, Public Relations Committee (2004 – 2011)
  • Co-chair, Teaching Strategies Subcommittee (2005 – 2012)
  • Deputy Head, Department (Jan 2006 – Dec 2007)
  • Chair, Student and External Relations Committee (SERC) (2012 – 2015; 2019 -- present)

 

Administrative Leadership (FASS & University Level)

  • Teacher Mentor, Raffles Institution Mentorship Scheme for Secondary 3 students (2001 & 2002) 

  • FASS Peer Reviewer in Teaching (2002-present)

  • Chair, Seminar Committee of the Geography Teachers Association of Singapore (2002/03, 2004 - 2006)

  • Convenor, NUS Centennial Global Education Convention 2005, organized by International Relations Office, NUS (18-20 July 2005) 

  • FASS Ambassador, Junior College Outreach (2005-present)

  • Member, FASS Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee (2006 - 2008)

  • Chair, FASS Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee (2008 - 2015)

  • Member, NUS-University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Joint Degree Program Committee (2006 - present)

  • Member, NUS High School Accreditation Committee (2006 and 2008) and Chair (Humanities, NUS High School Accreditation Committee; 2012).

  • Member, University Town Committee (2007 - 2008)

  • Member, FASS Faculty Stones Project ie. sculptures for Alumni House (2007 - Feb 2009)

  • Assistant Dean, External Relations, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (July 2008 - 2010)

  • Vice Dean, External Relations and Student Life, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2010 - December 2015)

  • Member, FASS Financial Aid, Bursary and Scholarship (FABS) Committee (July 2008 - present)

  • Faculty Associate Director (FASS), Office of Alumni Relations (July 2008 - present)

  • Festival Outreach Committee, NUS Arts Festival 2009 (NUS Centre for the Arts) (2009)

  • Member, Common NUS Identity Task Group (Dec 2008)

  • Chair, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Programme 2009/10 (HSSRP) Organising Committee (2009)

  • Member, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Programme (HSSRP) Steering Committee (Jan 2010 - 2012)

  • Member, NUS Student Life Taskforce (Jan 2010) 

  • Member, 'Tender Selection Panel (Precinct Master Plan 2') (Feb 2010), and Tender Assessment Panel for 'Student Life and Residential Life' (Feb 2010)

  • Mentor, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Programme 2010/11 (HSSRP) (Feb 2010-April 2011)

  • Member, Selection Committee for NUSS Medal for Outstanding Achievement (2009/10 -- 2015)

  • Mentor Supervisor, Ministry of Education's HSSR and H3 Programme (Jan 2013 -- May 2015)

  • Chair, FASS 85th Anniversary Dinner Organising Committee (2014)

  • Chair, FASS STARS Awards Presentation and Lohei Dinner Organising Committee (2014 -- 2015)

  • Chair, FASS Teaching Resource Committee (FTRC) (2013 - 2015)

  • Member, FASS Curriculum Review Committee regarding 'Core Curriculum'  (2015)

Administrative Leadership (External)

  • Member, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Architectural Heritage Awards Assessment Committee 2022-2024 (URA, Singapore)
  • Member, National Collection Advisory Panel (NCAP) 2019 – 2024 (National Heritage Board, Singapore)
  • Member, National Arts Council (NAC) Advisory Panel 2014-2016 (NAC, Singapore)
  • Co-Chair, National Geography Competitions Steering Committee, Ministry of Education (2012-2015; 2019-present)
  • Vice-Chair, School Advisory Committee of Bowen Secondary School (2010 – 2015)
  • Mentor Supervisor, Humanities and Social Sciences Research  and H3 Programme, Ministry of Education (2013 – 2015; Jan – May 2022)
  • Member, National Arts Council (NAC) Research Advisory Panel (2014 – 2016)
  • Mentor, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Programme 2010/11, Ministry of Education (2010 – 2011)
  • Teacher Mentor, Raffles Institution Mentorship Scheme for Secondary 3 students, Raffles Institution (2001 – 2002)
  • Chair, Seminar Committee, Geography Teachers Association of Singapore (2002 – 2003; 2004 – 2006)

Sabbatical (THANK YOU ALL for a wonderful time at......):

  • University of Hawai'i at Manoa, East-West Center (August-December 2003)
  • Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI) (February-April 2004)
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography and Resource Management (April-May 2016)
  • Surrey University, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (August-September 2016)
  • Durham University, Deparment of Geography (September-October 2016)
  • London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment (September-November 2023)
  • University of Melbourne, Department of Geography (February-March 2024)

 


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