the illusion of reconciliation

Taiwan’s Tsai Ying-wen administration began with several large promises to transform the way that the government interacted with the populace. In relationship to indigenous groups, these promises included the startling Continue Reading →

riffing, bricolage, and survivance

once again, the advocate of survivance (rather than neo-traditionalism) chimes in, “what did you expect? do you think that borrowing from other musics makes us ‘fake indians’?” because indians are Continue Reading →

playing aborigine (1): awkward dancers and layered sovereignty

The past few days I’ve been cleaning up some files–as you’ve probably noted from the recycling of old poems and papers today (sorry!). But my writing has also turned to Continue Reading →