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Title: Kusu Island Video 7
Keyword: Water, City, Skyline, Ships, Boats, transnational trade, Industry
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Video panning along the city skyline, the sign, and the large cargo ships. Duration: 0:21

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 40
Keyword: Education, Mapping, Sailing, transnational trade
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Screen with a simulation of the Vessel Traffic Information System. Other gallery exhibits visible in the background.

Title: Kusu Island Video 6
Keyword: Water, Barriers, Rocks, Ships, Shipping Industry, transnational trade, Boats, Skyline
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Video of the sign on the rock barrier at Kusu Island that says "DANGER STRONG CURRENTS PLEASE DO NOT SWIM HERE." Several ships and the city skyline are visible in the background. The shot zooms out at about 0:49 to provide a wider view of some large cargo ships. Duration: 1:08

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 41
Keyword: Sailing, Surveillance, Education, transnational trade
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Photo of a screen simulation of the Vessel Traffic Information System. An informational blurb and legend are beneath the screen.

Title: Labrador Park 57
Keyword: Landscape / Skyline, Industry, transnational trade, economy
Date: 2018-02-25
Description: Photo of a hand using a cell phone to take a picture of harbour cranes in the background.

Title: Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 2: Clip 2
Keyword: economy, Water, Environmental Degradation, transnational trade
Date: 2018-01-28
Description: Shazia Hafiz Ramji and Dr. Joanne Leow have a conversation about the ideas of bodies of water and human bodies, particularly regarding transportation and transnational flow. This progresses to a discussion about waterfront development and the way condo developers co-opt artistic / poetic language and use of imagery to sell properties.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 19
Keyword: Industry, transnational trade
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: A black plaque that details the importance of Singapore to the global maritime economy. This blurb is translated in English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 28
Keyword: Industry, Government, transnational trade
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Pacific International Lines sign stating that shippers "must check the suitability and condition of this container before packing."

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 22
Keyword: Industry, Mapping, transnational trade
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Photo taken looking through a shipping container. A world map with additional information to the left, the words "You are standing in an actual 20 foot container" on the right.

Title: Jeremy Tiang 1: Clip 1
Keyword: Place, Landscape / Skyline, transnational trade, Islands
Date: 2018-01-03
Description: Jeremy Tiang talks about his short story "National Day" and why he chose to write from a plural first person POV. He discusses the importance of his characters being migrant workers and how residents of Singapore relate to the islands of Singapore as place (or how they often do not).

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