About the Project

Digital Cultural Heritage Asia started in 2022 with the creation of a first digital copy of the Muslim cemetery Kubor Kassim in Singapore, thanks to the support of Singapore Management University and a Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1 grant.


Dr David Ocón, an Assistant Professor (Practice) at Singapore Management University's School of Social Sciences, spearheads the project with the support of several instrumental individuals: Nurul Izzati binte Ibrahim O Mahat (research assistant), Cai Yinzhou (research adviser), Wan Zhong Hao (technology adviser), Bridget Lee Xin Yu (interactive map designer), and Aliyah Jamil (website development).


Special thanks to Izzati and Zhong Hao for the photography and videography produced for this project.

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Resources and Links

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  2. Being Centre. (2019, August 7). You are with whom you love. Today was a beautiful day as our Wednesday morning Dhuha class goes for our monthly Ziyarah to two of the beloved of Allah’s swt Maqam in Singapore. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/553964324618413/posts/3018656184815869/?sfnsn=mo

  3. Berita Harian. (1977, September 14). Amal sempena Ramadan. Berita Harian, 2.

  4. Berita Harian. (1986a, June 22). 'Gerakan bersih' bermula di Kubor Kassim. Berita Harian.

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  6. Hamzah, F. (2000, August 27). Tanah perkuburan jadi tempat berteduh. Berita Harian.

  7. Kassim Mosque. (2022). History. Kassim Mosque. https://www.kassimmosque.com/copy-of-about

  8. Kong, L. (2002). In Search of Permanent Homes: Singapore’s House Churches and the Politics of Space. Urban Studies (Edinburgh, Scotland), 39(9), 1577. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980220151664

  9. Lee, K. L., & National Library Board. (1972). Kallang Road, Muslim cemetery: General view. PictureSG. https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/pictures/Details/3adc023e-2618-4c15-b465-7af82d57e49a

  10. Lim, Y. (1994, August 20). Home by the buried. The New Paper.

  11. Secretariat of Chinese Affairs. (1946). Malay Seamen Association. National Archives of Singapore. https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/government_records/record-details/2b52b885-97ac-11e9-9972-001a4a5ba61b

  12. Ministry of National Development. (1958, January 4). 1958 Master Plan: Town Map Sheet 1/193. National Archives of Singapore. https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/maps_building_plans/record-details/de38a566-115c-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad

  13. Mohsen, S. (1986, March 27). Pokok tua di Kubur Kassim akan ditebang. Berita Harian. https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/issue/beritaharian19860327-1

  14. NHB. (2016). Bedok Heritage Trail. National Heritage Board. https://www.roots.gov.sg/~/media/Roots/Files/bedok-trail/bedok-trail-roots.pdf?la=en

  15. NHB. (2021, November). Production still, Sumpah Pontianak. Roots. https://www.roots.gov.sg/stories-landing/stories/the-singapore-story-through-60-objects/community-and-faith/production-still/story

  16. Remember Singapore. (2019, September 1). Past and Present Cemeteries of Singapore (Part 2) – Malay/Muslim Burial Grounds. Remember Singapore. https://remembersingapore.org/2019/09/01/singapore-past-present-cemeteries-part-2/

  17. Remember Singapore. (2020, November 23). Pachitan – A Vanished Javanese Name in Singapore. Remember Singapore. https://remembersingapore.org/2016/02/26/kampong-pachitan-vanished-javanese-name/

  18. Rojak Librarian. (2014, August 3). Our Bricks Estate: Exhibition and Talk at esplanade. Our Bricks Estate. https://mymindisrojak.blogspot.com/2014/08/our-bricks-estate.html

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  20. Singapore Survey Department. (1930, ca). Singapore Improvement Trust—Kalang. National Archives of Singapore. https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/maps_building_plans/record-details/f9c631c3-115c-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad

  21. Singapore Survey Department. (1977, July 28). Mukim No XXVII - Bedok, Upper East Coast Road, Tay Lian Teck Road, Elliot Road and Nallur Road. National Archives of Singapore. https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/maps_building_plans/record-details/fa43049d-115c-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad

  22. Singapore Survey Department. (1979, February 22). Mukim Number XXIV: Kalang, Mukim Number XXV: Geylang, and Town Subdivision Number: XVII. National Archives of Singapore. https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/maps_building_plans/record-details/fa960ca8-115c-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad

  23. SLA v. Fauziyah bte Mohd Ahbidin, Lim. (Singapore High Court 2020). https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2020_SGHC_123

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  25. Tok Lassam. (2019, October 19). The grave of Penghulu Tok Lasam Raja Suffian Putera kerajaan Pagaruyung pada tahun 1820s di Kampung Siglap, Singapura. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Tok-Lassam-103632486638603/photos/980250132310163

  26. Tok Lassam. (2020, August 23). A great example of Singapore that was once a Cemetery Stopover. What is shown here were just Muslim burial grounds. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/103632486638603/photos/a.1234374280231079/1234372436897930/

  27. Zhuang, J. (2014, August 16). Building Singapore Brick by Brick. Justin Zhuang. http://justinzhuang.com/posts/building-singapore-brick-by-brick/

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