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The Sarawak Locals Who Shaped Alfred Russell Wallace’s Evolutionary Science
Researched and Written By Malcolm Wong (Co-founder of Interrassa Collective) │ Edits by Loong Dien Min and Allan Pang │ Design by Dennis Ong Evolutionary Theory may be advanced by two prominent European thinkers: Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin, but the research that goes into it was essentially a transnational effort, one that involved…
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What a Green New Deal Would Mean for Malaysia
Every country has developed in its own way. Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s richest large country per capita, has seen unrivalled growth in the region and is repeatedly told by international agencies that it is on the cusp of joining the club of high-income nations. Beneath the surface, however, this economic growth has come at a great…
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IM Review Open Meeting #1: Invented Tradition
Hey! So you’ve probably already heard that the first issue of Imagined Malaysia Review a.k.a IM Review is going to be released very soon. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 In case you need a refresher. Here is the baseline. Imagined Malaysia Review (IM Review) is one of our latest initiatives in pushing the rigid boundaries of historical…
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Malaysia Before Malaysia: A Labour History of Malaya
Missed our first lecture for the year 2018? Read on for a quick recap: The significance of Malaysian trade unions in the shaping of our history is seldom discussed. From its origins in the 1920s as scattered General Labour Unions to the height of its influence under the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions in the…
