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“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
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
As a small startup, Kontinentalist often relies on our people to shape our objectives and content. For the editorial team, our stories…
I joined Kontinentalist officially in October 2017, however before that I was already helping out Pei Ying with some programming work…
The idea of a team bonding outing had been floated a few times earlier this year and the team had discussed various ideas ranging from…
When did you join Kontinentalist and how do you like it so far?
This World Statistics Day, we asked our editorial team for their favourite statistics that they have come across whilst writing or…
So our trip in SF continues! To utilise the time we spent on that arduous 20-hour flight, we scheduled a visit to Stanford University and Stamen Design to learn more about mapping and data visualisation. Stanford University Our first stop, Stanford University. We were invited to the David Rumsey Map
Locate day one was jam-packed with insightful talks from various experts in the field. Pei Ying, our resident storyteller, wrote about our…
When we found out about Mapbox’s first ever conference, Locate, earlier this March, we immediately set out to find our way to San…
My favourite food is Indomie, but it has to be the original flavour. My favourite drink is coconut water. Actually if I think about it, I…
I like pineapples on my pizza, and in junior college I was so bad at math and chemistry. I failed math all the way until the final A’Level…
My favourite food is nasi goreng kambing (mutton fried rice), or anything with prawns in it, and my favourite drink is water, but I will…
From mid-May to August, we had the pleasure of having Lasalle student, Amanda Teo, intern at our company to assist in our graphic and asset…