Event Category Archives: Featured Chinese

[Indigenous Taiwan Speaker Series] Conversations with Writer Badai

Speaker Series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections 線上講座系列：台灣原住民文化：跨越太平洋的聯結 Indigenous Literary Practices in Postcolonial Taiwan 後殖民語境下：台灣原住民族的文學實踐 Indigenous literature has flourished in Taiwan since the “Aboriginal Social Movement” of the 1980s. Up to 2021, more than 120 works have been published, including novels, essays, poems, and literary reportage. This lecture provides an overview of Taiwan’s indigenous literary field, […]

[Indigenous Taiwan Speaker Series] Conversations with Director Wei Te-sheng

Speaker Series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections 線上講座系列：台灣原住民文化：跨越太平洋的聯結 Director Wei Te-sheng on the Making of the First Blockbuster Film about Taiwan’s Indigenous History, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 賽德克 · 巴萊：第一部講述台灣原住民歷史並轟動世界的電影 Date & Time: Thursday, October 21, 2021 | 4:00pm-6:00pm (PDT) Location: online via Zoom *Presented in English and Mandarin Free & open to the public. Registration is […]

[Indigenous Taiwan Speaker Series] Conversations with Writer Ahronglong Sakinu

Speaker Series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections 線上講座系列：台灣原住民文化：跨越太平洋的聯結 Hunter School: Reviving Taiwan Indigenous Practices for New Generations 獵人學校：如何在當代台灣復興傳統原住民技藝 Indigenous writer Ahronglong Sakinu, after years of living in Taipei, founded and ran a “hunter school” focused on transmitting Indigenous knowledge to new generations of Taiwan youths. What inspired Sakinu to found the school? What lessons and practices […]

[Indigenous Taiwan Speaker Series] Conversations with Director Laha Mebow

Speaker Series: Indigenous Taiwan: Transpacific Connections 線上講座系列：台灣原住民文化：跨越太平洋的聯結 Laha Mebow is the first female indigenous film director in Taiwan. After years of living and studying in cities, she returned to her Atayal tribe and directed several films about indigenous people’s life and culture. Her film Hang in There, Kids! (Atayal: Lokah Laqi) was selected as the Taiwanese entry for […]