life in text and stereo sound, continued
「所以，阿德，阿美族是個浪漫、幽默、很有感情的民族，觀察阿美族美學就知道了」
我們坐在太平洋社區Lifok (黃貴潮) 老師的公寓裡面，書架、書桌、工作桌、餐桌、等都堆滿了筆記本、書、各種各樣的印刷品和照片。黃貴潮老師一邊幫我詮釋一首歌一邊寫「浪漫」、「幽默」、 「感情」兩個字，並用很日本味的英文說「romantic」、「humor」、「sentimental」
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this year, BTOT was again full of joy and provocation: joy in the variety of jam sessions, new music, and dance composition with which presenters engaged their colleagues at berklee; provocation as some of our colleagues tried to stir things up. as a member of the BTOT program committee, it was a great deal of fun!
this year as many years, my colleague political scientist victor wallis organized a panel that underscored the urgency of the climate crisis. as a prison and environmental activist and scholar who has edited the journal socialism and democracy, victor wallis is aware of the complexity of the climate issue. in many ways, his work points out how the urgency of the climate crisis requires us to think our way outside of capitalism
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我經常疑問，人類學、民族音樂學的理論真的離開搶救人類學背後的基本敘說(foundational narrative)，換一句話來說，我們雖然推廣社區互動性、合作性、等研究的同時，卻還未面對美國和台灣學界多層殖民性的問題
所以，就像加拿大人類學家brian noble所講的，我們可能需要被殖民性絆倒 (tripped up by coloniality)，弄得我們幾乎無法繼續研究，才能找到一個立場
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