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

“…In doing so, Suryodarmo crafts a catalogue of work that invests energy into elevating the artistic present and future of performance, drawing in the body’s experience and its ties to more abstract flows of discourse and culture. …”
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Sex education in Sin(gapore) city: teaching sex from 1965 to 2000 by Ng, Queenie Yan Ying

“…In The History of Sexuality (1976), Foucault argued that future and fortune of societies were tied not to the amount of uprightness of its citizens, their marriage rules and family organization, but to the manner in which each individual made use of his sex. …”
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Social stratification in Singapore's sex industry by Mahtani, Raksha Kirpal

“…Tracing friendships and social networks also point to important resources of cultural and social capital for sex workers, including presenting possibilities of care and resistance to stigma, discrimination, and exclusion – although the transient and fraught nature of such social ties may give way to practices of gatekeeping and co-ethnic exploitation that hinge on asymmetries of power and resources. …”
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Critical and artistic dimensions of graphic design : a case study of Sulki and Min's practice as graphic design research by Kong, Gideon Wen Da

“…This is generally defined as “the production of visual solutions to communication problems” (Bennett and Vulpinari 2011) and is closely tied to commissioned-based, mass-produced, or market-based requirements or demands (see Walker 1989, 29), measured and validated through quantifiable outcomes (Bennett 2006, Noble and Bestley 2005, Skaggs 2017, etc.). …”
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Investigating the metamorphosing black body in Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin & Dred... by Singh, Tejash Kumar

“…I will consider how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, as well as Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp and Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave challenged the notion of inferiority attached to the African American race: in extension to this argument, racial consciousness is tied to the identity of the black slave body. I will examine the ways in which racial consciousness is investigated within Stowe’s works as a white abolitionist author. …”
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Manifestation of Mariamman: images of a fiery Hindu goddess in Singapore by V Vimal Kumar

“…This reveals how various adornments seen on the icons of Mariamman, further transform the visual presentation and meaning of the altered forms of this goddess. 2 To study the role and evolution of Mariamman’s imagery and worship within the sphere of Singaporean Hinduism, I will be deploying visual and contextual analysis as methods tied together in an auto-ethnographic lens of study. …”
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