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Before Biopolis: Representations of the Biotechnology Discourse in Singapore

October 17, 2017

Why was Biopolis established? Biopolis was launched on 18 October 2003 as an integrated cluster of research facilities, which A/P Axel Gelfert (Department of Philosophy) characterizes as a milestone in the push to integrate basic and applied research ‘under the paradigm of biomedical and molecular biotechnology’. Singapore’s industrial and economic policy has long focused on …

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Graduate/Undergraduate Student Researcher Position Available!

October 13, 2017

The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) is a unique academic resource covering the wide range of research on Singapore produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It can be found at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/. SRN is currently engaged in a project to update and maintain a database of creative works such as fiction, poems, plays, …

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Graduate/Undergraduate Student Researcher Position Available!

October 13, 2017

Dear FASS Students, The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) is a unique academic resource covering the wide range of research on Singapore produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It can be found at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/. SRN is currently engaged in a project to update and maintain a database of creative works such as …

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Two Asian Malls: Urban Shopping Centre Development in Singapore and Japan

October 10, 2017

What roles do mall developers play in shaping our urban and business landscapes? Malls seem to be sprouting up all over Asia! A/P Hendrik Meyer-Ohle (Department of Japanese Studies), in Two Asian Malls: Urban Shopping Centre Development in Singapore and Japan (2009), compared the development of two shopping malls, VivoCity launched in Singapore in October …

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Living Independently, Living Well: Seniors Living in Housing and Development Board Studio Apartments in Singapore

October 3, 2017

How does living in an HDB Studio Apartment impact the well-being of its residents? International Day of Older Persons is celebrated annually worldwide on 1 October to recognise the contributions of older persons to society. On this day, the National Council of Social Service seeks to debunk the myths of ageing by encouraging Singaporeans to …

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Spaces of silence: single parenthood and the ‘normal family’ in Singapore

September 19, 2017

What constitutes a family in Singapore? It is not uncommon for the family to be considered as the ‘building block’ of a community and nation, but what exactly is the ‘family’? In many Western and non-Western contexts, the dual-parent family continues to be viewed as the ‘normal’ and desirable family form. In Singapore, this means …

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‘Suicide Street’

September 12, 2017

Can lingering ghosts offer us wisdom? Or do these spirits remain in the earthly realm to wreak havoc? As the Hungry Ghost Festival comes to a close, we feature alumnus Goh Sin Tub’s (Dept. of English Language and Literature) short story, ‘Suicide Street’, from his book Mass Possession (1994). The street in ‘Suicide street’ refers …

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Disavowing Liberalism: Evolution of the Political Economy of the PAP Regime by Prof Chua Beng Huat

September 11, 2017

As a follow-up to the August launch of Professor Chua Beng Huat (Dept of Sociology)’s new book, Liberalism Disavowed: Communitarianism and State Capitalism in Singapore, there will be a talk by Prof. Chua jointly organised by Asia Research Institute (ARI), and Singapore Research Nexus at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. This will …

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Singapore – a land where dreams come true?

September 8, 2017

Singapore – a land where dreams come true? That seems to be the intent of Singapore’s latest tourism slogan – ‘Passion Made Possible’, and the subject of an article by Associate Professor Sin Harng Luh from the NUS Department of Geography. She points out how conceptualizing Singapore as a place that caters to one’s dreams …

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Level Up! Refreshing Parental Mediation Theory for Our Digital Media Landscape

September 5, 2017

How can parents effectively guide their children’s video game play? The September school holidays are a mixed blessing for students and parents. Providing a reprieve from the school routine, these holidays are considered ‘crunch-time’ for revision because they immediately precede year-end examinations. Hence, students try to balance the three ‘R’s – rest, recreation, and revision …

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