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What happens if communities owned their data?— issue #72
Communities are understanding how they can take charge of their own data, or reimagine the use of digital tools for practical and meaningful solutions that ensures benefits are shared. Data, it turns out, is not only a resource to be extracted, but a form of power that can be claimed.
How can we care with data?
Munirah reflects on Kontinentalist’s experience during the Vis Arts Program 2025 (VISAP) conference in Vienna, where designers, researchers and artists come together to present their approach of visualising data with care, and the inescapable cloud of data as power currencies in today’s world.
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?
What we learned from creating a viral map
Exactly a month ago, we published this map to show the distribution of lottery winners across Singapore Pools outlets in anticipation of…
Ying Xuan’s Journey to the Maps: Interning at Kontinentalist
My name is Ying Xuan and I am currently a third-year student at the National University of Singapore, majoring in Environmental Studies…