Humanities in Singapore

Different comments regarding education in Singapore:

"Hehe yeah. My mates and I were arguing about how Australia is so globalised the other day. We actually discover that many of us are giving force to this cultural empire of the mind. Loads of us are the type who drink at Starbucks, hang out at Maccas, shop at Nike and abandon our local bookstore the moment Borders sets up its new outlet directly opposite. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a common phenomenon in Singapore as Orchard Road could easily be mistaken as a replica of Boston.

Hmm...cultural theorists would term it as 'consumer fetishism'.

Cultural Studies is really interdisciplinary...encompassing the fields of cultural media, cultural politics, etc

Surprisingly I actually enjoyed my Cultural Studies elective a lot despite my interests reflected in my majors as the rather socio-scien...