Welcome to the Global Positioning flashbacks section! Here we archive all past featured articles, grouped according to issue. Note: Articles will open in a separate window.

Issue 0.03

Editorial Teng Qian Xi leaps nimbly onto the editor's chair for this issue, and ponders the origin of prejudice by way of preamble to this issue of GlobalPositioning. The Racist's Apology Are we still racist after 38 years of nation-building? Alfian Sa'at thinks so. Ostensibly tackling media portrayals of the Malay people but really lambasting institutionalised racism, Alfian Sa'at's 2002 letter to a local arts community mailing list has generated much discussion and debate among young working professionals about our still-oh-so-racialised perceptions. We reprint it here with his kind permission. The Coming Of Age Constance Singam reflects on the insidiousness and inherent falsity of ageing stereotypes that dictate to the elderly what they should believe about themselves. Contra/Diction: The Gay Argument Against Received Wisdom In a magisterial 4-part essay, Alex Au works his way through the vexed issue of whether homosexuality is an orientation or a lifestyle, examines the science to date, discusses the interplay of norms, censorship and history in limiting our understanding of the topic, and finally dissects the homophobia that fuels so much public hysteria about the issue. Maids, Madams and Moralities: Why I Care As part of a prelude to GloPos 0.04, which will be devoted to the issue of domestic workers, Lim Chi-Sharn writes about his involvement with The Working Committee 2, a local civic initiative, and argues that maids matter. Excluded From Grace A poem by Dominic Chua on the discriminations we enact through language.

Issue 0.02

Editorial Jayson Joseph Paulosewonders why divisive influences in Singapore are as they are, and introduces issue 0.02 of GlobalPositioning. Through-Train Deconstructed Teng Qianxi argues that the new Integrated Programmes do not address the real problems facing the educational system, and expresses her concern for the students who are left behind on the platform. A Class Divided: Emerging Class Stratification In Singapore And Its Impact On Meritocracy James Koh considers the development of class-based society in the nation and its influence on meritocracy. The Role of Apathy in Middle-Class Singapore Terence Chong defends the Singaporean middle class from accusations of cynicism and indifference by arguing that apathy may actually help. In Broad Strokes: The Formation and Homogenization of Chinese Identity in Singapore Gui Wei Hsin follows the origins and the evolution of Singapore's "Chineseness" up to the separation.

Issue 0.01

Where Are You Baby? Dominic Chua discusses the ideas and goals of the GlobalPositioning webzine. Globalization: Can You Spare A Global Concept? Terence Chong untangles the various definitions of globalization, and argues that the definition that we choose to adopt has important consequences for our nation-state. Reinventing Singapore - Confucianist Lessons For A Wannabe Confucianist State Dr Tan Chong Kee points out that we Singaporeans are perhaps less Confucianist than we would like to believe ourselves. Misreadings Picking up on the theme of mis-perception and misused language, Alfian Sa’at does the linguistic equivalent of a Lomo with his vignettes of Singaporean life. January First A poem by Octavio Paz to mark the opening of the year 2003 (as reckoned by the Gregorian calendar).

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