what’s missing in “the missing piece”
my friend over at national tunghwa university, kerim friedman, once described a film as “not a particularly good film, but good for showing something about the cultural context” (or at Continue Reading →
Author: deej
far oceaning and imagined communities
although our sinophone neighbors hardly ever mention far oceaning, unless they have connections to tungkang or kaohsiung’s caoya harbor, far ocean narratives did enter into national imaginations as well as Continue Reading →
o tfon itira: the moon cave (update)
i’ve been working on the sound installation piece “o tfon itira” a bit more recently, making a trip back up to makota’ay to record inside the moon cave. the piece Continue Reading →
spears or umbrellas? dance and the politics of stance
what are the stakes in the revival or reformation of ritual? to answer that question we might ask (1) what kinds of stances do particular revivals or ritual practice afford, Continue Reading →
weaving songs around far oceaning
while on the boats or at home, those connected with the far ocean trade weaved songs about their experiences. on the one hand, many of these songs made it into Continue Reading →
