another kind of “far ocean fishing”
“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 →
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walking a “space of fifty steps” with rahic talif
>ironically, ciRahic’s project to recover the ability to read the ocean’s writing relies not upon natural materials, but on flip flops, the refuse of an industrial society that displaced an ‘amis understanding of the ocean as animate, vibrant, and life giving. nearly daily, ciRahic visits the ocean to observe and gather flip flops either discarded on the beach or elsewhere, which somehow come to rest on the beach. visiting sites along taiwan’s entire east coast, he stops when he has found a flip flop and begins to observe his surroundings, creating a narrative for what he has found. for example, the flip flop could be faded, showing the signs of a long journey; he may ask, how long did you float before you arrived here? do you miss your home? Continue Reading →
pigs and rites of passage
everyone gets a three day weekend for double ten, so it’s a good day to gather one’s age mates, friends, and community elders for a celebration. one needs the assistance Continue Reading →
decolonizing inter-asian cultural studies? a few inchoate questions on unclear thinking (1)
i’ve just returned from the meetings of the interasian popular music studies association, which were held this year in chiang mai, thailand. as in interasian cultural studies more generally, one Continue Reading →
another way of looking at the east coast
this is the second in a series of posts on contemporary indigenous artists and their approach to taiwan’s east coast last night, i had put a six pack into my Continue Reading →
