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Unlearning what we know — issue #58

“I have learned the names of all the bushes, but I have yet to learn their songs.” These past months, the Kontinentalist team has been deep in learning and reflection. We started our “Decolonial Reading Club”: bi-monthly sessions breaking down coloniality, knowledge, and being. This quote from Braiding Sweetgrass, recounting

Zafirah Zein
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On Palestine: Covering culture in a time of genocide

What does Gaza require from those who bear witness? The team behind our latest story on Palestine shares their process, thoughts, and feelings while highlighting the beauty of life in Gaza amid the profound loss of Palestinian heritage and cultural identity.  Zafirah (Writer): I came across an Instagram post by

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Pei Ying
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What is an ‘Asian’ perspective

At Kontinentalist, we often describe ourselves as an Asian-focused editorial studio that strives to present an ‘Asian’ perspective to our…

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All I want for Christmas is a...scratchable map? — issue #6

It's the most wonderful time of the year! I’ve just spent the past 2 months sojourning in Japan for a leadership training programme, and it’s so wonderful to return to Singapore during the festive period. There’s something magical about December, and it has always been

Griselda Gabriele
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Inktober Journal

As Inktober 2019 draws to a close, our resident animator Griselda walks us through her #Inktober illustrations and the quirky stories that…

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A day in the life of a programmer at a startup

Hi, I’m Dylan, the lead developer at Kontinentalist. So as a developer, people often think that my work entails sitting in front of my computer all day, with 1s and 0s filling my screen. They are wrong. I have three screens! 😉 Today, I’ll walk you through a typical

Dewi Fitzpatrick
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What does partnership work entail?

When I first sat down with Bella, our Medium editor, to talk about what sort of articles I could contribute, Bella suggested something…

Kontinentalist
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Where got ghost in Singapore?— issue #5

Trick or treat! It's Halloween season! The ghouls and pumpkins fill store aisles across Singapore. But Southeast Asia has about as many ghouls as we have tropical fruits and types of spices. We're diverse like that. So step away from the usual stories and explore our

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Humans of Kontinentalist: Rayson

A few weeks ago we caught up with Rayson, our summer intern. Rayson is a third-year university student studying for a Bachelor in…

Gwyneth Cheng
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A quick guide to ArcGIS — how do we begin?

What is GIS?

Kontinentalist
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Humans of Kontinentalist: Dewi

Today we caught up with Dewi, our business development manager, and recently, writer! Her first story on Batik was released last week.

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Did a four-eyed historian invent the Mandarin script? — issue #4

Hello,你好,வணக்கம் Singapore has always favoured linguistic pragmatism, where we learn a language for its utility. Increasingly, that language is Mandarin. People often tell me, "You should let your child take Mandarin as a second language. It's better for her." No offence is intended

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Rayson’s Journey to the Maps: Interning at Kontinentalist

Rayson, who wrote this well-received story on rising sea levels, shares his intern experience at Kontinentalist.

Rifqi Ruhyattamam
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Reduce API loading time: Never forget to Cache!

Kontinentalist serves quite numbers of traffic everyday, and thus user experience is really important for us. One of the UX factors apart… How did Kontinentalist reduce API loading time by using Cache