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The Primary 1 (P1) registration exercise in Singapore has been the subject of much debate in recent years, with concerns that the current mechanisms reinforce pre-existing inequalities in society. In ‘Primary 1 Registration: Where alumni privilege and distance rules can accelerate inequality’ (The Straits Times, April 2023), Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) …
The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 was passed by the Singapore Parliament on 8 May 2019, as part of the nation’s efforts to combat online falsehoods. During the COVID-19 pandemic, WhatsApp has played a critical role in risk communication because of its extremely large user group. However, this has also made it …
The incidence of seniors’ lonesome deaths in their homes going unnoticed for days and weeks in Singapore has recently received heightened news and public attention. ‘Why are S’pore’s elderly still dying alone, undiscovered for weeks?’ (The Straits Times, April 2023) references similar phenomena of lonely, old-aged deaths in the greying societies of Japan and South …
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What happens when the population of the world’s largest country shrinks drastically? Reeling in the aftershock of the COVID-19 pandemic, China is battling an urgent population crisis. Rising mortality rates are coupled with a decline in fertility rates, causing the latter to fall dismally below replacement value. In ‘INSIGHT’ (Channel NewsAsia, April 2023), Professor Jean …
From participating in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, to lively debates and umami tasting sessions, students of the Itadakimasu: Food in Japan course are challenged to take their learning beyond the classroom. Find out how Assoc Prof Emi Morita and Assoc Prof Hendrik Meyer-Ohle from the Department of Japanese Studies at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences curate an immersive, experiential pedagogical experience that brings to life the politics, culture, history and religion of Japan through the lens of culinary culture.
The Singapore government introduced one-week government-paid paternity leave on May 1st, 2013, signalling the importance of fathers’ roles and shared responsibilities for raising children. While the state seeks to promote gender equality, some argue that its portrayal of good fatherhood actually reinforces patriarchal tendencies in Singapore. In ‘Confucian Masculinity: State Advocacy of Active Fatherhood in …
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Labour Day is an international holiday that celebrates the achievements of workers every year on 1 May. In Singapore, even before the COVID-19 pandemic kicked in, studies have shown that there have been significant inequalities between low- and higher- wage workers. Whether the pandemic has worsened the pre-existing gap is a question worth considering. In …
The Exiles is a two-part documentary by CNA Insider released in March 2023 which covers the deportations of Asian seamen from the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia following World War II, which resulted in the fragmentation of numerous families in the two countries. Part 1, ‘My Stolen Chinese Father: Victims of UK’s Racist Past’, focuses …
Courses in anthropology have been offered at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology since 1965 but now, students can study for a degree in Anthropology at the NUS Faculty of the Arts and Social Sciences. This new degree comes on the back of nearly 60 years of anthropological research and teaching experience.
The Primary 1 registration exercise is currently driven by mechanisms that potentially reinforce pre-existing inequalities in society, according to Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), Cameron Kheng (Department of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University) and Dr Eik Leong Swee (Department of Economics, University of Melbourne).