Harvard Seminar Room 1, Centenary Building, Sandy Bay Campus
Summary:Investigating the role of education in the context of urban development in Johor (Southern Malaysia).
Presenter(s):
- Dr Melissa YF Wong
This research investigates the role of education in the context of the urban development that is rapidly taking place, the justifications which will be outlined using descriptions of observed parallel large scale developments in present day Johor.
In a reinvention of the concept of town and gown, it will be argued that education in particular higher education acts in a central, supportive, contentious and currently weak role in promoting their brand of state-supported urban development.
The study also aims to expand the understanding of university-related spaces to include the spaces around a university’s delineated boundaries such as the business, industrial, recreational and living spaces around it.
Dr Melissa YF Wong is a Lecturer & Coordinator for the Diploma of Higher Education Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University.
