MalayMondays
Projects by MalayMondays
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Speaking Selves Installation
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The Postcard Letterbox
Write a question in Malay about school, family, first love. An elder writes back by hand. No algorithms. Just wisdom. Your postcard and their reply are published here.
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The Phone Booth
Pick up the receiver. Hear an elder's story in colloquial Malay. Leave a voice message. They listen and respond. No apps. No notifications. Just a voice on the line.
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Knowledge Keepers Podcast
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Knowledge Keepers
A podcast about language, loss, and the tiny rituals that keep a mother tongue alive.
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The Projects
@malaymondays on Instagram archives fading Malay words and their forgotten origins. The Speaking Selves installation connects youth and elders through postcards and telephone calls, while the Knowledge Keepers Podcast explores the language's future through micro, meso, and macro lenses.
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The People
What began as a simple invitation to speak Malay on Mondays has grown into a community and a digital archive. Now, it's also a physical installation — creating spaces for stories to be passed from elders to youth, one conversation at a time.
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The Vision
We envision a future where youth and elders connect through the Malay language, where stories are passed down not in textbooks, but in the quiet spaces between a question asked and a story answered.
Language lives not in museums, but in conversation. We build spaces where those conversations can happen.
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MalayMondays 2026
