Embodying the performative present in the theatre of Melati Suryodarmo by Kong, Daniel Wei Ming

“…I contend that Suryodarmo offers a distinctive modification of ideas of presence and sensation that are at the core of performance art and performance scholarship. Suryodarmo centres the body in her work but does so in a less oppositional manner as compared to her forebears. …”
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Chinese porcelains as an indicator of 14th to 17th-century Singapore's taste and preferences: a case study of Saint Andrews' Cathedral by Ng, Yun Xuan

“…This thesis aims to fill various gaps in existing scholarship by focusing on the export wares excavated from a specific site. …”
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The archive as artistic practice : Koh Nguang How's Singapore art archive project, from 1980s to now by Teo, Sie Peng

“…Yet, there is little scholarship on Koh’s archival mechanism itself and the artistic qualities of his practice. …”
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Self-presentation and authenticity on LinkedIn: a comparative study of Singapore and India-based entrepreneurs by Lotankar, Sanali Ramesh

“…This study builds on prior scholarship on social networking sites, self, self-presentation, identity, entrepreneurs, and authenticity as a social process and interactional performance.…”
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Away from China : reincorporating two Sinophone novels into Asian American literary canon by Lim, Soon Vin

“…draws upon a diverse range of scholarship, including theories on diaspora; Sinophone studies; cultural criticism; and Asian American literary history, in order to justify the objectives of my research, the structure of my thesis as well as my selection of authors and texts. …”
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Social stratification in Singapore's sex industry by Mahtani, Raksha Kirpal

“…In doing so, it expands scholarship on intimate industries where work is differentially constructed, valued, regulated, and policed. …”
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Hidden culture : excavating Singapore's past through the bookworm short stories, 1985–1995 by Lim, Rebekah Jia Yi

“…This thesis’ findings specifically emerge through analysis of the Bookworm Short Stories as children’s literature, drawing on theories and concepts from children’s literature scholarship. The child and childhood (as defined, conceived, expressed, and situated in Singapore) within the Bookworm Short Stories illuminates wider patterns, and draws together sites of interaction which might be otherwise seen as disparate. …”
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Manifestation of Mariamman: images of a fiery Hindu goddess in Singapore by V Vimal Kumar

“…Considering the frameworks utilised in existing scholarship on the worship of village and folk deities, I have adopted fieldwork as a key method in my study of the images of Mariamman in Singapore. …”
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Features of aspect marking in Singapore Mandarin by Khoo Yong Kang

“…Grammatical aspect is one of the areas that has received relatively little attention from scholarship on Singapore Mandarin; to date, there is still a lack of systematic studies that investigates the features of grammatical aspect marking in Singapore Mandarin. …”
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