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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.
Crafting Air Pasang Surut
Making meaning with Orang Laut Singapore for Hari Orang Pulau.
How rock paper scissors is played around Asia
We all know the rules of rock paper scissors (RPS). Paper wins rock, rock wins scissors, and scissors wins paper. There’s even an…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Vinita
Today we caught up with Vinita, our resident editor and writer, and the only actual mother on the team (soft toys, fur babies, and other…
Notes from the Equator — issue #1
Hello there, Welcome to our inaugural issue of ‘notes from the equator’! Kontinentalist has been online for a year now, and we’re delighted to have published more than 30 stories that surprised our audience with little-known facts about Asia. We’ve gotten this far, and thought it’s high
Humans of Kontinentalist: Peiying
In this edition of Humans of Kontinentalist, we sat down with Peiying, the company head and wearer of many hats here at Kontinentalist…
5 Tips for Managing a Social Media Calendar
As the competition for quality content and organic reach continues to get stiffer by the day, things can feel overwhelming, especially…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Kathy Xu
Kathy is our resident mariner and writer at Kontinentalist. She covers marine and environmental topics and her life is very closely…
Humans of Kontinentalist: Phoebe Rollin
In this edition of Humans of Konti, we catch up with Phoebe. Phoebe interned at Kontinentalist for a month from January-February this year…
Getting started with basemap design for map first UI — a non-cartographer’s guide
From apps like Uber and Snapchat, to storytelling platforms like National Geographic’s Geostories, the map has increasingly taken centre…
Storytelling with maps
Recently we were invited by the Data Vis Singapore Meetup group to present our story on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in China. This…
The Road to v1.0 of Kontinentalist’s website
Setting up a website from scratch may be easier than building Rome, but Kontinentalist wasn’t built in a day as well. Our Wayfinder / lead developer Dylan details his journey in making v1.0 happen. When I first joined Kontinentalist, my primary task as the head developer was to set
5 tips for better writing
The first thing that must be understood about writing, is that anyone and everyone can write. The key question is: how do we write well?
Humans of Kontinentalist: Griselda Gabriele
Hi Griselda, when did you join Kontinentalist?