other desires for the other
here’s an excerpt, plus a pdf of a longer excerpt of some of my recent work in progress, “other desires for the other: erotic narratives and indigenous cosmopolitanism on taiwan.” 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
desire for the other
marc augé has said that the discipline of anthropology actually studies “other anthropologies,” that is, the various ways that other groups of people have talked about what it is to Continue Reading →
disenchantment: what’s in a name?
pangangan (naming) easter sunday in a’tolan showed me that sometimes geertz (and before that, benedict) was right about reoccurring cultural structures. much like other rituals around a’tolan, the easter sunday Continue Reading →
a sailor’s story
evening in a’tolan. i go out to the main street in search of food. a typhoon has just passed through, giving us a break from the heat of late june. Continue Reading →
drinking before noon: participatory musicking and rainy days in a’tolan
“maratar, fayi!” i shouted as i stood on the street outside of the betel and drink stand beside backpacker dog in a’tolan. “hai!” said the auntie who runs the stand, Continue Reading →
