Chishang Bento Boxes 池上便當
I am fond of the Chishang Bento, but my own love for this product has to do with its place in the Taitung soundscape as well as its taste… Continue Reading →
Category: taiwan soundscapes project
the taiwan soundscapes project documents and analyzes the sonic environment of contemporary taiwan. the goals of the project are to motivate further research on taiwanese public culture, religious practices, and vernacular aesthetics. eventually, the project will approach historical questions as well as current ones. the project will contribute to understandings of sound and subjectivity, mass media and citizenship, popular music and placemaking.
a question of diffusion
I know, diffusion is about the least interesting topic to most anthropologists or ethnomusicologists these days, but questions about the distribution of musical forms might tell us something about how groups form and maintain themselves through time
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a link to a song mentioned previously
here’s a link to a recording of a song that i mentioned in a previous postmy love if you wish to go
abandoned spaces
with taiwan’s deindustrialization through the 1990s, many structures that composed the island country’s landscape were left abandoned. these structures were not limited to factory buildings, but also included living spaces Continue Reading →
fields at harvestide
those of you who follow such liturgical niceties will know that this monday, tuesday, and wednesday are the traditionally observed rogation days, in which the book of common prayer commends Continue Reading →
