homecoming, of a sort
chinese is a language in which the word “return,” hui, always refers to a homeward journey. thus to say, “i’m returning in a week” or for someone to ask, “when Continue Reading →
Category: complicity, migration, ethics of locality
my work transgresses conventional disciplinary and topical boundaries. interested in the relationships among revisionist histories, ethics, and popular culture, i examine intersections in which seeming separate fields evoke or are coordinated with each other
endangered languages (2) language and the audit culture
one of the pervasive themes of the FEL conference was the institutional ecology of language preservation and revitalization programs. from concerns that the work of dividing out the money allocated Continue Reading →
some thoughts on sovereignty
this posting is, again, a bit theoretical but also asks those of you who might read this blog to help me out a bit in one of my writing induced Continue Reading →
glass temples
one of the risks of writing what turns out to be a well-regarded book is invitations to talk on a subject that may have exhausted its interest for the writer. Continue Reading →
other desires for the other
here’s an excerpt, plus a pdf of a longer excerpt of some of my recent work in progress, “other desires for the other: erotic narratives and indigenous cosmopolitanism on taiwan.” Continue Reading →
