Ethel Pang is a Singapore-based cultural worker and community weaver who shifts between the roles of writer, researcher, facilitator, and space-maker. Embedding herself within diverse communities in Singapore and Southeast Asia, she has worked with them to organise on issues like environmentalism, women empowerment, alternative education, and migrant worker rights.
Image by Glenda Wee
I curate, design and facilitate immersive learning experiences for people to gather to learn, discuss, and (re)connect with their respective communities and geographies.
A group of participants decompressing from their walking experience, led by Terence. Photo by Mae Hweei.
Students from Yale-NUS preparing a meal at Huay E Khang village, as part of Land to Life Experiential Learning Trip
I use ****storytelling as a tool for advocacy. My writing focuses on ethnographic approaches, where I draw on my personal experiences with communities in Singapore and across Southeast Asia to highlight the work being done on the fronts of social and environmental change-making.
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Portfolio and writing samples available upon request.
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I embed mysef within diverse communities across Singapore and Southeast Asia. Together, we have worked and organised on issues like environmentalism, alternative education, women empowerment, and migrant worker rights.