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Sneakers, plants and more: 5 collectors tell The Straits Times what fuels them
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF MUHAMMAD SYAHID
Kamaldeen Batcha
People collect things for many reasons. Some do it for profit, others for pleasure or prestige.
Sociologist Kiven Strohm from the National University of Singapore offers yet another reason: "We might collect or hold onto particular objects and things because they keep alive memories and feelings or give us a sense of belonging both familial and collective (nation, community)."
