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What Rivers Remind Us Of— issue #66

Indigeneity teaches us memory, and like rivers, carries us back to the contested places we call home, their interconnections, and the responsibilities they demand.

Munirah Mansoor
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Crafting Air Pasang Surut

Making meaning with Orang Laut Singapore for Hari Orang Pulau.

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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.

Kontinentalist
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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

Kontinentalist
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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

Kontinentalist
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How to tell data-driven stories

We conducted a workshop for our writers recently, and below are some of the highlights.

Kontinentalist
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Visualising a team bonding retreat

Inspired by the Dear Data project where two designers sent each other visualisations describing their week, our team decided to try…

Kontinentalist
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Of piracy, deaths, and medicinal wildlife parts in Asia — issue #3

Ahoy! It’s been a really fruitful month for us, and we’re so proud to have collaborated with two different partners to shed light on crucial issues concerning Asia. Naomi collaborated with TRAFFIC - the wildlife trade monitoring network - to look at how traditional medicine practices and beliefs

Kontinentalist
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Playing House: the Rent-a-Family business in Japan

Our writer, Kathy, shares her thoughts on the thriving phenomenon in Japan

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How are maps used in video and tabletop games?

In our new series, we sat down with Joceline, our UI/UX designer, and Griselda, our multimedia designer, to nerd out about maps and games!

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How is climate change affecting major Asian cities? — issue #2

Hello there, The issue of climate change continues to provoke heated debates, but how well do we understand the impact it can have on our lives here in Asia? This month, our intern Rayson, looked at research on rising sea levels and mapped a story that shows us a future

Kontinentalist
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Humans of Kontinentalist: Naomi

In this edition of Humans of Kontinentalist, we catch up with Naomi, our resident writer and Myth Buster!