Category: Society
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Lu boleh chakap Baba? Historical Trajectories of Baba Malay and Its Role in Heritage Promotion of the Peranakan Community in Singapore
Abstract: Baba Malay is a mixed language of Malay, Hokkien (a Chinese dialect spoken in…
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Local Buzz and Global Pipelines: The Vitality of Creative Industry Clusters in Beijing and Shanghai
Abstract: To facilitate the transition to a knowledge-based economy, Chinese policymakers have sought to create…
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Event Report: Lives of Data: Computational Cultures from India
On April 9th, 2021, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted…
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The Paradox of Protesting in India
Section 1 “Talk about caste system, bring reservation in the private sector. Raise these questions,…
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Event Report: Colonizing Language by Dr Christina Yi
On February 3rd, 2021, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, in…
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Event Report: Sticky Activism: The Gangnam Station Murder Case and New Feminist Practices Against Misogyny and Femicide
Note: This event is based on an article that will be published in the Journal…
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Forgetting Without Forgiving: Japanese (American) Masculinity and the Model Minority
Abstract: From internment camps to military barracks, the U.S. employed Japanese American citizen-soldiers during World…
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Radcliffe’s Line in the Sand: The Colonial Legacy of the Boundary Commission, Lord Mountbatten and the 1947 Partition Plan
Abstract: This paper argues against the claim that despite plunder and exploitation, British colonialism had…
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South Korea’s Soft Power in Middle Power Diplomacy: Enhancing Popular Culture and its Challenges
Abstract This essay focuses on the challenges South Korea faces as a middle power amid…
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Plastic’s Past: The Complex Historical and Cultural Influences Underlying South Korea’s Plastic Surgery Phenomenon
Abstract: South Korea has become known as the “plastic surgery capital of the world,” with…
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