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‘“Cultural fit”: A new perspective on personality and sojourner adjustment’, published in International Journal of Intercultural Relations (1997) is authored by Prof Colleen Ward, former faculty member, and Dr Weining Chang, Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate School of Medicine. The study aims to investigate the influence of “cultural fit” on sojourner adjustment by surveying 139 …
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‘Sonnet to an Arrival: Changi Airtropolis’ comes from the compilation, ‘Singapore: places, poems, paintings’ by Heng Siok Tian. The poem compares Changi’s aviation technology to the myth of Icarus, questioning if Icarus would have thought of the kind of “techno-sophistry” found in Changi. At the same time, the poem discusses the sacrifices that had to …
‘Cat’s Entertainment: Feline Performance in the Lion City’, published in 2007 in TDR (The Drama Review), is authored by Dr Paul Rae, former faculty member in the Department of English Language and Literature. Interestingly, Dr Rae is allergic to cats. The article talks about Singha, the Courtesy Lion, and the Merlion, a touristic icon, which …
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An outstanding poet and calligrapher, Pan Shou remains a revered cultural icon of Singapore and model for the Chinese elite of the country. Published in 1998 and edited by NUS Prof Edwin Thumboo and Wong Yoon Wah, the book Pan Shou and Singapore Culture (潘受诗书艺术论文集) delves deeper into Pan Shou’s artistic and literary achievements, and …
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This paper, published in 1996 in the Urban Studies journal, was authored by Henry Wai-chung Yeung and Victor R Savage, faculty members at the Department of Geography, FASS, National University of Singapore. It applies Kevin Lynch’s famous thesis of legibility to the main street of Singapore – Orchard Road. It is primarily concerned with three …
The New Paper featured an article ‘What Does it Mean to be Poor’ (24 April) on a recent study on poverty in Singapore conducted by the Centre for Culture-Centred Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE, NUS Dept of CNM). The team of researchers conducted 180 in-depth interviews between 2013 and 2016 to better understand the …
A White Paper published in 2014 by CARE, an affiliate organization of the Department of Communications and New Media, raises awareness towards the issues and problems faced by FDWs in asserting their rights. Titled ‘“Respect our Rights” – Voices of Foreign Domestic Workers Negotiating Structures’, the White Paper is the culmination of a two-year long …
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A poem written by Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo (NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) was published in The Straits Times recently. The poem, titled ‘Say SG’, commemorates Singapore’s development and achievements over the past 50 years. You can read the poem here.
Singapore has a highly urbanized environment and an estimated 85% of the population lives in high-rise public housings known as HDBs. With the population projected to increase further, the demand for housing developments is expected to rise in tandem. Hence, there is an urgent need to find out more about the micro-climate of these urbanized …
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Two faculty members from the Geography Department, Professor Brenda Yeoh and Associate Professor Victor Savage, explore the multifaceted dynamics behind Singapore’s road names and places in their co-authored book “Singapore Street Names – A Study of Toponymics” (3rd Ed.). “Singapore’s fascinating tapestry of street toponyms… reflects its development from a port-city of the British Empire …