life in text and stereo sound
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
i have a problem in my research. because i focus on far ocean fishing, an occupation that many taiwanese indigenous political and cultural activists consider deleterious to indigenous communities, the Continue Reading →
“if they won’t go on the boats, then we’ll just go far ocean fishing ourselves!” said one of the women of my kapot. “that’s right…” says another of the women, Continue Reading →
nothing could prepare me for how sudden tipos, the north wind, arrived, screaming through the betel palms and rattling the steel garage doors and house windows. with the shift in Continue Reading →
“it took me awhile,” said a member of an age set named for the 10 national construction projects of the late 1970s, before i recognized the man in the pictures, Continue Reading →
this posting is, again, a bit theoretical but also asks those of you who might read this blog to help me out a bit in one of my writing induced Continue Reading →
