September 26, 2025

As Singapore marks 60 years of nationhood, this video explores how understanding our past helps us imagine more inclusive futures. It highlights how NUS FASS researchers bring attention to the everyday lives of those often left unheard, showing how these ordinary experiences quietly shape Singapore.

Read more about the four publications featured in this episode on the Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) website using the link above each publication.

1. https://fass.nus.edu.sg/srn/2025/05/07/drug-supervision-and-desistance-in-singapore/

• Ganapathy, N., & Too, J. H. L. (2023). Neither an offender nor a ‘free’ person: Drug supervision and desistance in Singapore. Sociology Compass, 17(12), e13132. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13132

2. https://fass.nus.edu.sg/srn/2025/04/28/minimosque-cov-eid-as-image-event-and-archive/

• Zakaria, F. (2023). 22. #Minimosque: Cov-Eid as Image, Event, and Archive. In E. Hertzman, N. Lang, E. Larson & C. Lorea (Eds.), CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age (pp. 173-177). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824894931-025

3. https://fass.nus.edu.sg/srn/2025/05/02/ageing-in-networks-the-unbounded-geographies-of-non-migrant-and-migrant-older-adults/

• Ho, E. L.-E., Chua, V., & Feng, C.-C. (2024). Ageing in networks: The unbounded geographies of non-migrant and migrant older adults. Progress in Human Geography, 48(6), 737–751. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325241263970

4. https://fass.nus.edu.sg/srn/2025/07/08/if-not-now-then-never-conceptualising-the-grad-trip/

• Cheong, Y. S., Sin, H. L., & Chang, T. C. (2023). ‘If not now, then never’: Conceptualising the grad trip. Tourist Studies, 23(4), 272–292. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687976231203751