Where are the Malays?: Locating the Singaporean Malay in Singa-Pura-Pura
about 33 months ago (08/27/2021)
Where are the Malays? : Locating the Singaporean Malay in Singa-Pura-Pura | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints August 27, 2021 By Lily Jamaludin (1,368 words, 4-minute read) Singa-Pura-Pura boasts an eclectic collection of short speculative fiction from a minority ethnic group in Singapore, exploring worlds where robots are therapists, prayers are read from preloaded cards, and humans are migrating to Mars. Edited by Nazry Bahrawi, the stories consider various spiritual, social, and economic themes, with many leaving me with questions about where we are heading as a society.