Publications Top
ARTICLES IN JOURNAL - (2011) 'On the "Vulnerability" of the Social Researcher: Observations from the Field of Spirit Interference', International Sociological Association (ISA) E-Symposium for Sociology, 1(3): 1-16.
- (2007) 'An Interview with Professor Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka' (with Kelvin Low), International Sociological Association (ISA) E-Bulletin , 8.
- (2005) 'Foreign Bodies at Work: Good, Docile and Other-ed.' Asian Journal of Social Science 33(2): 223-45.
- (2005) 'Exploring the Constructions of the "Drug Problem" in Historical and Contemporary Singapore', New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 7(2): 40-70.
- (2005) 'Academic Colonialism, Corporate Intellectuals, and "Lost" Ideals: Reflections on the State of Sociology in the New Millennium' (with Kelvin Low), International Sociological Association (ISA) E-Bulletin, 2, pp.26-32.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS - (2010) 'Comfort Food, Memory, and "Home": Senses in Transnational Contexts', in Devorah Kalekin-Fishman and Kelvin E.Y. Low (eds.) Everyday Life in Asia: Social Perspectives on the Senses, Burlington: Ashgate, 157-76.
SHORTER ARTICLES/COMMENTS IN JOURNAL - (2007) 'Rave Encounters and the Meaningfulness of ATS Use: Realms of Alternative Possibilities in Singapore', National University of Singapore, Department of Sociology Working Paper Series, No. 185, 31pp.
- (2005) 'The Social Construction of the "Drug Problem" in Historical and Contemporary Singapore', National University of Singapore, Department of Sociology Working Paper Series, No. 175, 38pp.
- (2004) '(Re)thinking the Categories of Halal and Haram: Notes on Islamic Food Rules in Singapore', National University of Singapore, Department of Sociology Working Paper Series, No. 168, 37pp.
BOOK REVIEWS - (forthcoming, 2012) Review of Ko-lin Chin. 'The Golden Triangle: Inside Southeast Asia's Drug Trade'. Asian Journal of Social Science, 40.
- (2009) Review of Syed Farid Alatas. 'Alternative Discourses in Asian Social Science: Responses of Eurocentrism'. Asian Journal of Social Science, 37(1): 175-78.
- (2008) Review of Karen Fjelstad and Nguyen Thi Hien (eds.) 'Possessed by the Spirits: Mediumship in Contemporary Vietnamese Communities'. Asian Journal of Social Science, 36(3/4): 684-86.
COMPILATION WORK ON BOOKS - Encyclopedia Entries
(2006) Singapore: The Encyclopedia (with others), Singapore: Editions Didier Millet and the National Heritage Board. THESES/DISSERTATIONS - Ph.D. dissertation (2011)
'Spirit Interference, Islam, and the Construction of the "Good Muslim" in Everyday Life Singapore'. University of Bielefeld, Germany.
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