{"id":359,"date":"2026-03-05T05:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/?p=359"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:02:50","slug":"jalin-2026-exploring-malaysian-identity-and-social-nexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/jalin-2026-exploring-malaysian-identity-and-social-nexus\/","title":{"rendered":"JALIN 2026: Exploring Malaysian identity and social nexus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE School of Social Sciences,&nbsp;Arts&nbsp;and Humanities, in collaboration with Holy Cross College, successfully&nbsp;organised&nbsp;a&nbsp;programme&nbsp;titled Journey Across Living Malaysian Identity and Nexus (JALIN) for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This&nbsp;programme&nbsp;involved 27 students from Holy Cross College&nbsp;representing&nbsp;diverse backgrounds and faculties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.555575785161584;width:810px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7.png 714w, https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-480x309.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 714px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main&nbsp;objective&nbsp;of the&nbsp;programme&nbsp;was to integrate academic learning with cultural exploration through workshops, discussions, and field visits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held from 23 to 27 February 2026, the&nbsp;programme&nbsp;covered a number of iconic and culturally significant places. Among the highlights were visits to the Petronas Twin Towers, a walking tour in Malacca around A Famosa and Menara Taming Sari, as well as the&nbsp;Tugu&nbsp;Negara, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8406314196129312;width:820px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8.png 762w, https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-480x261.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 762px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the group reflection session on the final day, Aslin&nbsp;Pushba&nbsp;expressed her excitement about&nbsp;participating&nbsp;in the&nbsp;programme.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis\u00a0programme\u00a0is\u00a0very interesting\u00a0as it is my first time coming to Malaysia. I learned about the Baba Nyonya culture in Melaka, and I was especially excited about the canting batik session. It was a meaningful exposure for me personally. Through this\u00a0programme, I was able to make new friends. &#8220;We went to the same college, but we never spoke until we joined JALIN,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE School of Social Sciences,&nbsp;Arts&nbsp;and Humanities, in collaboration with Holy Cross College, successfully&nbsp;organised&nbsp;a&nbsp;programme&nbsp;titled Journey Across Living Malaysian Identity and Nexus (JALIN) for the first time. This&nbsp;programme&nbsp;involved 27 students from Holy Cross College&nbsp;representing&nbsp;diverse backgrounds and faculties. The main&nbsp;objective&nbsp;of the&nbsp;programme&nbsp;was to integrate academic learning with cultural exploration through workshops, discussions, and field visits.&nbsp; Held from 23 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[48,4,29,47,15],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-holy-cross-college","tag-komuniti-lincoln","tag-luc","tag-luc-collaboration","tag-ssah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssahkomuniti.lincoln.edu.my\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}