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Thai-Western Mobilities and Migration: Intimacy within Cross-Border Connections

By Associate Professor Dr Alexander Trupp
Published by Routledge in the 鈥楻esearch in Ethnic and Migration Studies鈥 this book discusses mobilities and migration of Thais and Westerners, particularly in the contexts of marriage and retirement migration as well as presents fresh perspectives on the intersecting terrain of tourism and鈥

Ways to Safeguard Our Cultural Heritage

By Dr Fiona Wong E Chiong
A designer turned educator shares three things that could potentially safeguard our cultural heritage.

红杏视频 Plays Host to the 3rd International Tourism and Retail Service Management Conference (TRMC 2021)

By Evelyn Loh Geok Yan
The School of Hospitality and Service Management鈥檚 (SHSM) first virtual conference saw participation from more than 20 countries globally. 

Chronogram: Spatial Design and Decorative Visuals of a Cultural Space

By Bibi Zafirah Hanfa Badil Zaman
The importance of cultural influence in a design space.

KL Sing Song: Alternative Voices in the Kuala Lumpur Singer Songwriter Circuit (2000鈥2009)

By Mohd Azmyl Md Yusof
This paper charts the emergence of the Kuala Lumpur (KL) singer-songwriter circuit through the annual singer-songwriter showcase, KL Sing Song. The showcase, which ended its run in its sixth instalment (from 2005 to 2009) serves as a case study for the fostering of communal spirit amongst鈥

Performing Musicology: Carving a Place for Research-Creation in Western Classical Music

By Associate Professor Dr Andrew Brian Filmer
The area of research-creation in Western classical music needs one, and I propose it be called 鈥減erforming musicology鈥. In music performance, there is a perceived split between those who focus on the creative process, and those on research. For the former, there are the likes of composers and鈥

Ageing in the Human Brain: A Focus on Neuroprotection and Healthy Ageing

By Associate Professor Dr Audrey Lim Wei Ling
Ageing is a universal biological process often associated with gradual deterioration in physiological and biochemical functions, including progressive cognitive decline. Ageing also presents a major risk factor for most neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD) and Parkinson鈥檚鈥

Deciphering Food Hawkerpreneurship

By Associate Professor Dr Daniel Chong Ka Leong
The term 鈥渉awkerpreneur鈥 is operationally defined as an entrepreneur who runs a traditional street/hawker food in a modernised and innovative manner. The surge in modernised or franchised hawker food businesses in Malaysia represents an increasing demand for higher-quality hawker food and more鈥

Graph Parameters and Ramsey-type Theorems in Combinatorics

By Dr Sim Kai An
Mathematical ideas and their innovation rely on, and build upon the wonders in its abstraction. Graph theory studies the mathematical structures in the modelling of pairwise relations between objects. Graph theory, or graphs are well-suited and are convenient tools to represent a collection of鈥

The Impact of Tourists鈥 Perceptions of Space-launch Tourism: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour Approach

By Dr Philip Wong Pong Weng
Various Asian countries are fortifying their space investments, and smaller states within the region are showing ambitions of establishing national space programmes. The broad mission of those programmes is to establish/observe the remote-sensing, meteorology, communications, artificial鈥

CRCDM 鈥 Creating Visitor Experiences in Cultural Heritage

By Professor Harold Thwaites
As Head of the Centre for Research Creation in Digital Media (CRCDM) in the School of Arts at 红杏视频 University, Professor Harold Thwaites鈥 areas of research-creation cover a wide area ranging from multimedia, information design and digital heritage to audience impact analysis. In fact, most of the鈥

A Look Into Cross-Module Assessments

By Malissa Zainuddin
I am a lecturer by day and a designer by night (and every other weekend). I design, create and re-make daily, be it while lounging at a caf茅 or in my sleep. A little over two years ago, I joined the Department of Art and Design at 红杏视频 University as Lecturer and now serve as Programme Leader of鈥