Cyber-femininities
Imagine a world where we traded on intellect, circulated ideas, and communicated textually to convey our ‘inner selves’, where others evaluated us based on our ideal self-perceived identities… In this […]
Speaking with Ohvola.
Since my first contact with them in mid-2011, the Zhou sisters have very graciously agreed to host me during my fieldwork in South East Asia for a good part of […]
Speaking with Collette Miles.
Collette Miles is a woman of many talents. The blogger and former blogshop model was recently signed to Avenue, works for Abercrombie & Fitch, and somehow manages to sail through […]
Behind The Scenes.
Last month, I had the honour of observing Ohvola‘s first outdoor shoot of the year. Dee of Souldeelight Photography was engaged to shoot the girls’ Lookbook, January album to be featured on their Facebook […]
I survived the first week of fieldwork!
I made it through the first week of fieldwork, whoo hoo! I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to work with Beatrice of Klarra and Lucinda & Jolene of Ohvola for the […]
Life…
… has been a hectic blur in the past couple of months. Creative Colosoul Copyediting for the coping issue of Colosoul has been completed! I’ve had tremendous fun vetting through […]
What a run.
On Thursday, I concluded the last of my tutorials for the year. Debra McDougall, the Unit Coordinator for ANTH1002, has been an extremely patient and conscientious mentor. I feel so […]
I survived my first TWG!
The Thesis Writing Workshop, or TWG, is one of several initiatives by our very loving postgraduates here at the department of Anthropology & Sociology at UWA. Postgraduates submit a piece […]
0215-0745hrs.
Here is a sneak peak into my day as 24/7 Postgraduate After Hours Librarian in the Reid Library. Yes, we are the warriors who keep your dearest Reid running round-the-clock […]
How to edit fiction
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How to critique music
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An ethnographic reading of ‘Self-made man: One woman’s year disguised as a man’
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Approaching LiveJournal as an anthropologist
LiveJournal.com Pioneered in 1999 by Brad Fitzpatrick (‘LiveJournal’ homepage), LiveJournal is a virtual community for users to blog and share their online diaries with others. Besides the usual ‘User info’ […]
Some notes on ‘A Jihad for Love’
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A look at celebrity entertainment channels
Written in early 2008 for an undergraduate class on Popular Culture. Celebrity entertainment channels are often assumed to offer the mainstream flow of material given the nature of their sensationalistic and […]
Some notes on ‘The Kite Runner’
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Rorikon figurines: how they survive and their interpretations in a strict Singapore
Written in early 2008 for an undergraduate class on The […]
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, […]
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