CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Tan, Tzy Jiun |
|---|---|
| Title | Red Is The Blood Of The People: Podcasting The Malayan Emergency |
| Summary | Red is the Blood of the People is a narrative podcast on marginalized stories of the Malayan Emergency (1948-1989). One of Britain’s “small wars,” the Malayan Emergency remains a controversial issue in public discourse, in part due to the chronopolitics of memory in Malaysia. The Emergency coincided with the global Cold War, but in the Asian context, one could argue that it was one of the more significant aftershocks of the Japanese Occupation during World War II. After Malaya gained independence in 1957, the guerrilla continued in hilly jungles of Malaya. The political elite who inherited the Peninsula also inherited an anti- communist stance. Ethno-nationalism, as well as the need to build a Malayan identity, continue to colour and censor public discourse on the event. As a public history project catering to those interested in the history of Malaysia, this podcast will span five episodes. In this paper, I provide a concise historical context of Malaya and the Emergency. To show the academic considerations taken in the process of script-writing, I trace the state of public memory of the event, as well as show how chronopolitics, prior and after the Emergency, affect present collective memory. I then turn to a discussion of History Podcasts as a genre. After reflecting on the problem of “narrative,” first posed by Hayden White, I review the sources used in the podcast. To conclude, I document the concept note and explain the next steps involved in producing the podcast. |
| Supervisor | Catarina Costa |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/tan_tzy-jiun.pdf |
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