About the speakers
Johannes Widodo is a professor at the National University of Singapore, teaching at the MA Architectural Conservation Program. Affiliations: mAAN (modern Asian Architecture Network) founder executive, AAHM (Asian Academy for Heritage Management) executive committee, UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation jury, ICOMOS ISC member, ICOMOS National Committee (Indonesia and Singapore) founder, DoCoMoMo (Macau and Singapore) founder, iNTA (International Network of Tropical Architecture) founder & executive, TCHS (The Circle for Human Sustainability) member, and SEACHA (South East Asian Cultural Heritage Alliance) founder and advisory board member.
Hadi Osni is a curator at the Malay Heritage Centre under Singapore’s National Heritage Board. He earned his PhD in Architecture from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2023, focusing on the spatiality of memory within the Baweanese community and their migrant lodging houses. His research interests include Malay material culture, diasporic narratives, and the history of Southeast Asia’s built environments. Hadi has led participatory research, cultural mapping, and GIS-based projects to preserve community narratives and has contributed to heritage initiatives supported by government agencies. He is also involved in curatorial and research projects on Malay heritage in Singapore.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author in his private capacity and do not in any way represent the views of the National Heritage Board and/or any government agencies.