playing with gender
one thing that no one ever tells you when you go to do fieldwork is how important it is to pay attention to furniture. recently, much of my observations at Continue Reading →
Author: deej
ambivalence: something to work through
nothing causes more ambivalence for me than staged cultural performances. maybe this problem comes from my position, not just as an academic working with a taiwanese indigenous community, but also Continue Reading →
mi amor, porque te vas
it turned out that the song the faki mentioned was not an uruguayan song after all, but one that had shared meaning in the context of the relationships that formed Continue Reading →
concrete houses as a mediating form
i have a problem in my research. because i focus on far ocean fishing, an occupation that many taiwanese indigenous political and cultural activists consider deleterious to indigenous communities, the Continue Reading →
what does democracy sound like?
in an earlier post during the 2012 elections, i asked this question as sound trucks passed by my residence; and now, with a local election finished not too long ago, Continue Reading →
