Museum Gallery and Heritage Studies

Hakka Village Installation Project

Circuit Of Culture

Circuit Of Culture is a theory or framework used in the area of cultural studies. It was devised in 1997 by group of theorists when studying a village. The theory suggest that in studying a cultural text or artefact that you must look in 5 aspects:

1. Representation
2. Identity
3. Production
4. Consumption
5. Regulation


Hakka Village

Hakka was origin from China, Eastern Guangdong province. The 'hakka' chinese character literally mean 'guest families'. The Hakka ancestor are thought originates from the lands bordering the Yellow River a thousand years ago. Their mass migrations caused them to be named as 'The Jews of Asia'. In Taiwan on 20 Feb it was known as Hakka Day and in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, Hakka people known as 'kuek'(Hokkien).

Hakka people in Mantin comes from Hui Zhou, Guangdong to Mantin to search a better future when the former tin mining boom town 120 years ago. Hakka Village in Mantin also known as 'Kampung Atap' and there are river known as 'Sungai Setul' near the village.