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Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals

Malaysia and Singapore are neighbouring countries which were one country in 1963-1965 but they have vastly different legal frameworks that governs murals. This study compares the image of multiculturalism constructed in murals located in Malaysia and Singapore using a social semiotic analysis to fin...

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Main Authors: Ong, Teresa Wai See, Ting, Su Hie
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics (MAAL) 2024
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P Philology. Linguistics
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spelling my.unimas.ir-471722025-01-02T01:09:46Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47172/ Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals Ong, Teresa Wai See Ting, Su Hie P Philology. Linguistics Malaysia and Singapore are neighbouring countries which were one country in 1963-1965 but they have vastly different legal frameworks that governs murals. This study compares the image of multiculturalism constructed in murals located in Malaysia and Singapore using a social semiotic analysis to find out whether they portray government-sanctioned messages. The study involved the analysis of six murals, three from Malaysia and three from Singapore. The murals were photographed from October 2022 to December 2022. Kress and van Leuween’s (2021) social semiotic visual analysis was adopted to interpret the representational, interactive, and compositional meanings in the murals. The three murals from Malaysian draw attention to diversity of occupations and ethnic groups. There is a contemporary focus featuring young people in “Faces of Future Generation” and “Kini Lebih Gempak”, and a historical focus on past trading activities in “The Mercers”. In Singapore, “National day celebration 2022” focusses on the present while “Cantonese opera” and “Singapore Hawker Heritage” focus on the past heritage. The Malaysian murals reflect ethnic diversity whereas the Singapore murals has an obvious Chinese presence despite the inclusion of various ethnic groups. The findings indicate that the murals helped to propagate government endorsed messages on national integration and unity. Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics (MAAL) 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47172/1/2024_Ong_Ting_murals_ASEANJAL_3%281%29_60_79.pdf Ong, Teresa Wai See and Ting, Su Hie (2024) Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals. ASEAN Journal of Applied Linguistics, 3 (1). pp. 60-79. ISSN 3009-0539 https://ejournal.maal.org.my/asjal/article/view/19
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Ong, Teresa Wai See
Ting, Su Hie
Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals
description Malaysia and Singapore are neighbouring countries which were one country in 1963-1965 but they have vastly different legal frameworks that governs murals. This study compares the image of multiculturalism constructed in murals located in Malaysia and Singapore using a social semiotic analysis to find out whether they portray government-sanctioned messages. The study involved the analysis of six murals, three from Malaysia and three from Singapore. The murals were photographed from October 2022 to December 2022. Kress and van Leuween’s (2021) social semiotic visual analysis was adopted to interpret the representational, interactive, and compositional meanings in the murals. The three murals from Malaysian draw attention to diversity of occupations and ethnic groups. There is a contemporary focus featuring young people in “Faces of Future Generation” and “Kini Lebih Gempak”, and a historical focus on past trading activities in “The Mercers”. In Singapore, “National day celebration 2022” focusses on the present while “Cantonese opera” and “Singapore Hawker Heritage” focus on the past heritage. The Malaysian murals reflect ethnic diversity whereas the Singapore murals has an obvious Chinese presence despite the inclusion of various ethnic groups. The findings indicate that the murals helped to propagate government endorsed messages on national integration and unity.
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author Ong, Teresa Wai See
Ting, Su Hie
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title Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals
title_short Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals
title_full Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals
title_fullStr Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals
title_full_unstemmed Portraying multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore through murals
title_sort portraying multiculturalism in malaysia and singapore through murals
publisher Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics (MAAL)
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