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#RIPSRNathan and Young People’s Social Memory On Twitter

At 2204hrs on 22 August 2016, Channel News Asia broke […]

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Joseph Schooling and the rush to backstory a champion

This post is a follow-up to “Joseph Schooling and the […]

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Joseph Schooling and the politics of belonging in Singapore

You guys, it’s Singapore first gold Olympic medal ever and […]

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Singaporeans react to the National Day Parade #NDP2016 on Twitter

Singapore’s National Day Parade took place yesterday on 9th August […]

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Project SG50+1

SG50+1: Consuming and Curating Singapore What are your most precious memories of SG50? How was your SG50+1? What will SG100 look like? Join us for an interactive exercise as we […]

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Growing Up With Jerry Murad of ‘The Dukes’.

Crystal Abidin is an anthropologist, ethnographer, and percussionist who grew […]

Academica Dramatica

Belonging everywhere and nowhere.

We always expound on the virtues of being a multicultural global citizen of the world. BUT. 1) This Chinese ethnic org will not recognize my 50% Chinese makeup because my […]

Everyday ethnographies

This is my grandmother.

This is my grandmother admiring a photograph of her wedding portrait on my iPhone. “Hey! How do you have this? There’s only one copy! It’s hanging in Uncle James’ house […]

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Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the spectacle of death: The first twelve hours on social media

27Mar15 edit: My thoughts on the viral hate here. 24Mar15 0345hrs […]

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Biracials speak out! The inside world of everyday chameleons.

This post was first published on PopAnth, 3 February 2015. […]

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Photologuing affect.

“I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Everyday ethnographies

Grandmotherly Folklore

My grandmother is a woman of many stories. If you spend an afternoon with her negotiating Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, or Hakka, she might even go into what she was wearing […]

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Photologuing Ingestion: Man vs. Nature

Photologuing Ingestion: Man vs. Nature The Avenue, Crawley, Western Australia December 2014

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Singapura Musica: Popular Music in Singapore

This is a compilation of all my favourite things about music in Singapore. Inspired by an awkward 8-minute conversation I held with a senior Singaporean lady five mornings ago. (It turns […]

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If I was white

I was over at the National Gallery of Victoria this weekend and was deeply provoked by a beautiful piece from Vernon Ah Kee, Kuku Yalanji, Waanyi, Koko Berrin, Yidindji, and Gugu Yimithirr. If I […]

Everyday ethnographies

Lessons from my grandmother.

1) Stop calling me ahmah. You should be calling me popo. 2) Don’t cut your hair. Your body took a lot of effort to grow it this long. 3) You […]

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Photologuing Singapore, October 2014.

wishcrys spends seven days in Singapore recalling how to play Singaporean, pretending to fit in, overdosing on local fare, and negotiating the humidity (ermergerd pls send halp). 4 academic talks, 21 […]

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Academica dramatica x the commerce of anthropology

Spotted: Purity & Danger ice cream in the ivory tower […]

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Freckleface!

Had to slice this gold nugget out of a recent paper to make the word count, but am so happy it exists because somebody can relate to my freckleface :) […]

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Dedicated to all mixed heritage kids.

Found an old piece I wrote five years ago (2008) while clearing out my laptop this week. Reading this again today, I feel like I was such an angsty child/teen/adult […]

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Uniquely Singaporean music?

Written in early 2008 for an undergraduate class on South East Asia. “I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, […]