performed but not spoken (1)
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 →
Category: traces of the diverse
diverse traces is an ongoing project on the experience of revisionist histories on taiwan, from a musical perspective
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 →
hegemony and hopeful indigeneity (2)
youth most active in cultural reconstruction movements often blame the institutions that they see as visible obstacles to their project, such as the church. but as i have outlined above, Continue Reading →
hegemony and hopeful indigeneity (1): the diversity condition
it is time that we place the idea that indigenous people have a responsibility to maintain their languages and expressive cultures in an historical context. although we consider diversity a Continue Reading →
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 →
