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Do social networking websites facilitate delinquent behaviour amongst Singaporean youths? Thanks to the internet, we have formed global communities from the comfort of our homes and offices. However, there are several risks associated with these online social communities that are not so apparent, but necessary to know of in a country like Singapore where almost …
The growing economies of the Southeast Asia have transformed themselves into middle income countries over the past few decades. Challenging Southeast Asian development: The shadows of success (Routledge, 2016) by Prof Jonathan Rigg (Department of Geography) looks at how the very success of these economies has bred new challenges, novel problems, and fresh tensions. Talking …
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Contemporary worship of the South Indian Hindu goddess Samayapuram Mariyamman in cosmopolitan and urban Singapore does not go against the grain. Instead, local devotees have adequately prepared themselves to sustain traditional worship in a bureaucratic, multi-ethnic and religious environment. In “Bringing back the old ways: Enacting a goddess festival in urban Singapore”, Prof. Vineeta Sinha …
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The political career of Dr. James Puthucheary was marked with quiet controversy. Apart from historic accounts of his defection from the People’s Action Party to join Barisan Socialis, his detention during Operation Cold Store and subsequent exile, little is known of Dr. Puthucheary’s persona. In My Burning Hill (2012), alum Dr. Rosaly Puthucheary (Dept of …
In the news this week, Chinese newspaper LianHe ZaoBao featured Prof. Kenneth Dean and Dr. Hue Guan Thye’s (Dept. of Chinese Studies) latest publication, Chinese Epigraphy in Singapore 1819-1911 (2017). The two-volume book represents the beginnings of an on-going effort to uncover the life of early Chinese migrants in Singapore. Inscriptions carved on the items …
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If the Hollywood stuff of movie magic and platitudinous happy endings have your nose turned up, why not opt for local film entertainment? Unlike its prodigious competitor, the local film industry decries the typical narrative of an underdog’s success and lacks sufficient funding for awesome CGI and sound effects. Instead, local films promise an “other” …
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To kickstart the new year, we feature Prof Brenda Yeoh, Dr Theodora Lam and Alice Chen’s book chapter, “Urban Dreams in an Island-Nation-City-State” from Singapore Dreaming: Managing Utopia (2016). In this season of resolution and retrospection, Prof Yeoh et al. remind us that our hopes and dreams contribute to Singapore’s cosmopolitan dream. Specifically, the authors …
‘One Night in Bethlehem’ comes from the book, ‘Butterflies don’t cry and other plays’, by Stella Kon, playwright, novelist, short story writer and poet. Kon, alumnus of the Department of ELL, is the winner of several playwriting competitions in the early 1980s and her works are studied in local and foreign universities. She currently resides in …
The human physical touch is irreplaceable. The Straits Times reported last week on research conducted by Associate Professor Annett Schirmer (Dept of Psychology) and her team that demonstrates that children who receive more physical touches from their mothers were more socially attuned. Over the course of two years, the team studied 39 mother-child pairs. Each …
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A chapter titled, ‘Celebrating Singapore’s Development: An Analysis of the Millennium Stamps’ (2004) in the book ‘Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis: Studies in Social Change’ by A/P Chng Huang Hoon’s (NUS Dept of English Language & Literature) studies the Singapore Stamp Millennium Collection which was commissioned on 20 December 1999. Chng illuminates the messages …
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