檳城遺產行動的公民想像

The Citizenship Imaginary in Penang Heritage Actions

檳城喬治市古蹟區遍布老屋、神廟、老街、公園，承載著多種想像可能。該區於2008年登錄成為世界遺產地以後，不同位置的遺產保存者，對於象徵空間的使用，出現各種價值彰顯的作為。藉由對核心區Armenian老街遺產行動的觀察，本文將說明，遺產想像的主體不只是族群與市民的一般身分，還包括在權利主張中創生的各種附屬之人（租戶、兒童、幫派）。由於這些主體樣貌的流動性，其價值往往難以清楚闡述。本文的書寫與論證，即是為了解決這個問題，並提出公民想像的解釋觀點。

George Town's old quarters, with its ancient walls, frescoes, public parks, old houses, and various temples, could support multiple possibilities for imaginaries. As a World Heritage Site since 2008, it brings various stakeholders together working on the preservation of cultural heritage with different strategies of value enhancement in their use of public symbolic spaces. Through observation of preservation actions related to the Armenian Street at the very heart of the heritage quarters, we show that the subjectivity in heritage imaginary is not limited to ethnic membership or statutory citizenship, but also includes other marginal subjects (e.g., tenants, children, secret societies) created through the actions of various rights claimants. The value of these actions is difficult to be clearly recognized, however, precisely because this subjectivity is in flux. Our article seeks to rectify this situation with a new interpretation of citizenship imaginary.