life in text and stereo sound
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
Contemporary ‘Amis songwriters such as Suming and Ado aim at language revitalization through rebranding. Both attempt to reevaluate Sowal no ‘Amis, rejecting language ideologies that consign indigenous languages to rural Continue Reading →
We are used to the idea that language is a form of cultural patrimony. Many arguments for endangered language preservation, in fact, begin from this premise, which defines languages as Continue Reading →
as noted in the last post, this year the foundation for endangered languages annual conference focuses on music and language revitalization movements. as a student of an endangered language and Continue Reading →
concrete houses might have been modern constructions that reflected the political economy of the 1970s and 1980s, but they also fit within an entire set of cultural categories of different Continue Reading →
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 →
