Vincent Pak
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 740196 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Vincent Pak |
| PRENOMES | Vincent |
| SOBRENOME | Pak |
| ASSINATURA | PAK V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2327-1175 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories
Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for viewers. By ordering these experiences differently, affective flows between each chronotope become altered and…
Language, Gender, and Sexuality in 2023
Three major strands of research border this review of the field in 2023, a year that was notably exacting for gender and sexual minorities in the legal and sociopolitical arenas. The first is a pronounced interest in the digital—discourses, interactions, and communicative events produced by and about LGBTQ+ communities that demonstrate a sustained investment in analyzing mediatized language practices. The second attends to the statal, comprising …
What We Do with the Meanings We Make
Sticky Raciolinguistics
Singapore’s postcolonial multiracialism is held together by state policies that categorize its citizens into four major race groups ordered according to their size: Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Others. This postcolonial framework—with its colonial logics of statal race management and categorization—governs social life in Singapore. Recent race talk has birthed a contentious term— Chinese privilege —that has found its way into common parlance and i…
Lighting, signing, showing
Pink Dot, a homegrown LGBTQ activist group based in Singapore, has been treated as a social movement since its inauguration in 2009, and they organise an annual event to advocate for LGBTQ individuals. In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the twelfth edition of the event (PD12) took place online as a livestream on YouTube. The highlight of PD12 was the unveiling of a 'digital pink dot' via a virtual map of Singapore, where the permeability o…
(De)coupling race and language
Harmonious multiracialism is one of Singapore's national values, yet race in Singapore is almost always precariously managed. In 2019, race once again became the centre of public debate when a government-sanctioned advertisement featured a Chinese Singaporean actor 'brownfacing' as an Indian Singaporean, incurring public outcry. Local entertainers Preeti and Subhas Nair responded with a rap music video that criticised the advertisement and includ…
Keep calm, stay safe, and drink bubble tea
Advertisements employ multimodal configurations of semiotic resources in an effort to lead consumers to draw particular meanings from desired consumption behaviors. This analysis examines the deployment of such resources in advertising during the global Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on the Southeast Asian nation of Singapore. We identify five discourses that offer distinct framings of Covid-19 as a challenge for workers, a wellness issue, a threat …
Coming out ‘softly’
Given the social stigmatisation and legal disadvantages faced by gay men in Singapore, there is a general hesitance to be open about one’s gay identity for fear of discrimination and possible prosecution. The logic of illiberal pragmatism is taken up by the Singaporean government as a mode of governance that simultaneously constrains and frees its citizens, which forces its gay citizens to straddle the expression of their sexual identity and a se…
Language, Gender, and Sexuality
s textbook takes a comprehensive look at established and contemporary literature seminal to this field in sociolinguistics. Kiesling is a prominent scholar in the study of language and gender, particularly in research surrounding masculinities (
For family, for friends, for (true) love
We examine promotional materials produced by two organisations in Singapore, TrueLove.Is and Pink Dot, to investigate how these two groups employ discourses of love to support their opposing views regarding the reconcilability of Christianity and same-sex desire. TrueLove.Is is a Christian ministry that encourages LGB Christian Singaporeans to "come out, come home", while Pink Dot is Singapore's largest and foremost LGBTQ movement. We identify si…
Itching to make an impact”
This study investigates voluntourism activity directed by a local university in Singapore. The phenomenological experience of participating in voluntourism is captured in the form of reflective Instagram posts where voluntourists often report attaining a sense of personal growth and development, centering their experiences at the expense of their underprivileged counterparts. By conducting a text and visual analysis of their Instagram posts, we v…
(De)coupling race and language
Harmonious multiracialism is one of Singapore's national values, yet race in Singapore is almost always precariously managed. In 2019, race once again became the centre of public debate when a government-sanctioned advertisement featured a Chinese Singaporean actor 'brownfacing' as an Indian Singaporean, incurring public outcry. Local entertainers Preeti and Subhas Nair responded with a rap music video that criticised the advertisement and includ…
Sticky Raciolinguistics
Singapore’s postcolonial multiracialism is held together by state policies that categorize its citizens into four major race groups ordered according to their size: Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Others. This postcolonial framework—with its colonial logics of statal race management and categorization—governs social life in Singapore. Recent race talk has birthed a contentious term— Chinese privilege —that has found its way into common parlance and i…
For family, for friends, for (true) love
We examine promotional materials produced by two organisations in Singapore, TrueLove.Is and Pink Dot, to investigate how these two groups employ discourses of love to support their opposing views regarding the reconcilability of Christianity and same-sex desire. TrueLove.Is is a Christian ministry that encourages LGB Christian Singaporeans to "come out, come home", while Pink Dot is Singapore's largest and foremost LGBTQ movement. We identify si…
Keep calm, stay safe, and drink bubble tea
Advertisements employ multimodal configurations of semiotic resources in an effort to lead consumers to draw particular meanings from desired consumption behaviors. This analysis examines the deployment of such resources in advertising during the global Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on the Southeast Asian nation of Singapore. We identify five discourses that offer distinct framings of Covid-19 as a challenge for workers, a wellness issue, a threat …
Itching to make an impact”
This study investigates voluntourism activity directed by a local university in Singapore. The phenomenological experience of participating in voluntourism is captured in the form of reflective Instagram posts where voluntourists often report attaining a sense of personal growth and development, centering their experiences at the expense of their underprivileged counterparts. By conducting a text and visual analysis of their Instagram posts, we v…
Lighting, signing, showing
Pink Dot, a homegrown LGBTQ activist group based in Singapore, has been treated as a social movement since its inauguration in 2009, and they organise an annual event to advocate for LGBTQ individuals. In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the twelfth edition of the event (PD12) took place online as a livestream on YouTube. The highlight of PD12 was the unveiling of a 'digital pink dot' via a virtual map of Singapore, where the permeability o…
Coming out ‘softly’
Given the social stigmatisation and legal disadvantages faced by gay men in Singapore, there is a general hesitance to be open about one’s gay identity for fear of discrimination and possible prosecution. The logic of illiberal pragmatism is taken up by the Singaporean government as a mode of governance that simultaneously constrains and frees its citizens, which forces its gay citizens to straddle the expression of their sexual identity and a se…
Language, Gender, and Sexuality in 2023
Three major strands of research border this review of the field in 2023, a year that was notably exacting for gender and sexual minorities in the legal and sociopolitical arenas. The first is a pronounced interest in the digital—discourses, interactions, and communicative events produced by and about LGBTQ+ communities that demonstrate a sustained investment in analyzing mediatized language practices. The second attends to the statal, comprising …
Itching to make an impact”
This study investigates voluntourism activity directed by a local university in Singapore. The phenomenological experience of participating in voluntourism is captured in the form of reflective Instagram posts where voluntourists often report attaining a sense of personal growth and development, centering their experiences at the expense of their underprivileged counterparts. By conducting a text and visual analysis of their Instagram posts, we v…
Coming out ‘softly’
Given the social stigmatisation and legal disadvantages faced by gay men in Singapore, there is a general hesitance to be open about one’s gay identity for fear of discrimination and possible prosecution. The logic of illiberal pragmatism is taken up by the Singaporean government as a mode of governance that simultaneously constrains and frees its citizens, which forces its gay citizens to straddle the expression of their sexual identity and a se…
Language, Gender, and Sexuality
s textbook takes a comprehensive look at established and contemporary literature seminal to this field in sociolinguistics. Kiesling is a prominent scholar in the study of language and gender, particularly in research surrounding masculinities (
For family, for friends, for (true) love
We examine promotional materials produced by two organisations in Singapore, TrueLove.Is and Pink Dot, to investigate how these two groups employ discourses of love to support their opposing views regarding the reconcilability of Christianity and same-sex desire. TrueLove.Is is a Christian ministry that encourages LGB Christian Singaporeans to "come out, come home", while Pink Dot is Singapore's largest and foremost LGBTQ movement. We identify si…
Keep calm, stay safe, and drink bubble tea
Advertisements employ multimodal configurations of semiotic resources in an effort to lead consumers to draw particular meanings from desired consumption behaviors. This analysis examines the deployment of such resources in advertising during the global Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on the Southeast Asian nation of Singapore. We identify five discourses that offer distinct framings of Covid-19 as a challenge for workers, a wellness issue, a threat …
Sticky Raciolinguistics
Singapore’s postcolonial multiracialism is held together by state policies that categorize its citizens into four major race groups ordered according to their size: Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Others. This postcolonial framework—with its colonial logics of statal race management and categorization—governs social life in Singapore. Recent race talk has birthed a contentious term— Chinese privilege —that has found its way into common parlance and i…
Lighting, signing, showing
Pink Dot, a homegrown LGBTQ activist group based in Singapore, has been treated as a social movement since its inauguration in 2009, and they organise an annual event to advocate for LGBTQ individuals. In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the twelfth edition of the event (PD12) took place online as a livestream on YouTube. The highlight of PD12 was the unveiling of a 'digital pink dot' via a virtual map of Singapore, where the permeability o…
(De)coupling race and language
Harmonious multiracialism is one of Singapore's national values, yet race in Singapore is almost always precariously managed. In 2019, race once again became the centre of public debate when a government-sanctioned advertisement featured a Chinese Singaporean actor 'brownfacing' as an Indian Singaporean, incurring public outcry. Local entertainers Preeti and Subhas Nair responded with a rap music video that criticised the advertisement and includ…
Language, Gender, and Sexuality in 2023
Three major strands of research border this review of the field in 2023, a year that was notably exacting for gender and sexual minorities in the legal and sociopolitical arenas. The first is a pronounced interest in the digital—discourses, interactions, and communicative events produced by and about LGBTQ+ communities that demonstrate a sustained investment in analyzing mediatized language practices. The second attends to the statal, comprising …
What We Do with the Meanings We Make
Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories
Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for viewers. By ordering these experiences differently, affective flows between each chronotope become altered and…
Sociology (8 obras) · Gender Studies (6 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 obras) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (4 obras) · Ideology (3 obras) · Media studies (3 obras)