something to try
this piece works on material with which my readers might be familiar, but in a different way. i’ve been wondering whether a mode of writing might be to create an Continue Reading →
Category: accidental cosmopolitans
accidental cosmopolitans approaches the influence of far ocean fishing on the landscapes and soundscapes of taitung county taiwan. research for this project has benefitted from the generous support of the berklee college of music, the ministry of foreign affairs and the national central library of taiwan, the fulbright foundation, and the wenner-gren foundation for anthropological research
a fragment toward something else
sometimes the process of writing requires pieces that clear the mind or set an intention. i will admit that perhaps these pieces might err on the side of self-indulgence. for Continue Reading →
structures and modes of dwelling
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 →
far oceaning and imagined communities
although our sinophone neighbors hardly ever mention far oceaning, unless they have connections to tungkang or kaohsiung’s caoya harbor, far ocean narratives did enter into national imaginations as well as Continue Reading →
weaving songs around far oceaning
while on the boats or at home, those connected with the far ocean trade weaved songs about their experiences. on the one hand, many of these songs made it into Continue Reading →
