linguistic + digital anthropologist
KEVIN
LADDAPONG
about me.
academic interests.
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language ideology
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semiotics
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media and cultural production
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techno-linguistic practices
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"national identity" and nation branding
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world Englishes
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Sweden
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Los Angeles
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Singapore
research.
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linguistic practices in Swedish music export (currently)
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Singlish in YouTube comedy sketches (2017-2018)
education
Ph.D. (Anthropology) Indiana University, expecting 2026
M.A. (Anthropology) Thammasat University, 2019
B.A. (Chinese) Thammasat University, 2013
teaching.
at Indiana Univeristy
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sustainability and society (TA), spring 2022
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sex, drugs, and rock n' rolls (TA), fall 2021
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intro to sociocultural anthropology (TA), spring 2021
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food and evolution (TA), fall 2020
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at Thammasat University
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Chinese 1 and 3, fall 2018
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sociology of youth (TA), fall 2017
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identities in the contemporary world (TA), summer 2017
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approaches to study of otherness (TA), spring 2017
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man and society (TA), fall 2016
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service.
at Indiana University
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AGSA Vice President, 2022-2023​
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GPSG Representative for Dept. of Anthropology, 2021-2022
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council member, Healing Garden, 2021
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at Thammasat University
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Liberal Arts Student Committee, 2009-2012
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Catholic Student Committee, 2009-2012
grants and awards.
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David Bidney Graduate Paper Prize, IU Anthropology, 2022
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AGSA Service Award, IU Anthropology, 2022
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Asian Graduate Student Fellowship, ARI-NUS, 2018
publications.
Book Chapters
Laddapong, K., & Mukdawijitra, Y. (2019). Singlish in YouTube: Contesting Singaporean Identities in Digital Media. In C. Khadchumsaeng (Ed.), Society: Society of Sociology and Anthropology. Bangkok: Sirindhorn Anthropological Center Press.
Conference Papers
Laddapong, K., (2022). Soft Power Factory: Stockholm as Songwriting Hub and Sweden’s English Language Nationalism. Ann Arbor, MI: Paper presented in 23rd Annual Graduate Student Conference in Linguistic Anthropology.
Laddapong, K., (2019). Singlish and Newness of YouTube. Bangkok: Paper presented in 13th Academic Conference on Anthropology, Sirindhorn Anthropological Center.
Laddapong, K., (2018). Singlish YouTube Sketches: Unveiling Cultural Intimacy in Singapore. Singapore: Paper presented in 13th Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies.
Laddapong, K., (2018). Singlish in YouTube: Contesting Singaporean Identity in Digital Media. Khon Kaen: Paper presented in the 17th Conference of Thai Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Network.
Laddapong, K., (2017). Broadcast Singlish: Negotiating Singaporean Identity on YouTube Space. Bangkok: Paper presented in Thammasat University International ELT Conference 2017.
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Dissertation
Laddapong, Kevin. 2018. "Broadcast Yourself Lah! Singlish Comedy Sketches in YouTube and Language Ideologies in Singapore’s Digital Age." MA, Anthropology, Thammasat University.
other publications can be found on academia.edu
in the media.
Documentary "I am Sharol", dir. Wei-Ting Wang (2020), script supervisor
Podcast "Singlish: Politics of Language in Singapore" on We Talk A Lot Channel, (2020), guest speaker
Presentation "Singlish and Newness of YouTube" broadcast by SAC TV (2019), presenter
Interview "How to Throw a Eurovision Party in Thailand" news article by Khaosod English (2019), interviewee
Podcast "Let's Talk about Singlish" on English Outside The Box Channel (2019), guest speaker
Documentary "Singlish in YouTube" (2017), curator
Theatre play "Maison Cent Senses" (2015), director.
