Indigenous Taiwan, Transpacific Connections
台灣原住民文化: 跨越太平洋的聯結
Bilingual videos of eight talks with four Taiwan writers and filmmakers about Indigeneity, art, and life in contemporary Taiwan:
Writer Badai 巴代
“Indigenous literary practices in postcolonial Taiwan” (43 mins): https://youtu.be/df48hcX2xCw
“Indigenous culture in modern society” (41 mins): https://youtu.be/z89TuiduB7o
Filmmaker Wei Te-sheng 魏德聖
“The making of the first blockbuster film about Taiwan’s Indigenous history” (43 mins): https://youtu.be/2lfaTFpm5tE
“Representing Taiwan tribes in ‘Warriors of the Rainbow'” (37 mins): https://youtu.be/-wEsvAS0EV4
Writer Ahronglong Sakinu 亞榮隆撒可奴
“Reviving Taiwan Indigenous practices for a new generation” (58 mins): https://youtu.be/vfMpMUpFEqI
“Mountain boars and flying squirrels in ‘Hunter School'” (44 mins): https://youtu.be/ISDPzkXTPrI
Filmmaker Laha Mebow 陳潔瑤
“Growing Up Atayal” (55 mins): https://youtu.be/MEpchJISgRE
“From Taiwan to New Caledonia” (38 mins): https://youtu.be/96Q5i0i805g
All videos feature Chinese and English subtitles and may be found on the UBC Asian Studies YouTube channel.
Full video playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV4tCChJ7aFjIRb8xLK_5OtDz_-NcfgVs
Speaker series organized by Christopher Rea. Hosted by the Department of Asian Studies of the University of British Columbia. Sponsored by the Spotlight Taiwan program of the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China, with support from Taiwan Academy of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles. Videos translated and produced under the direction of Connie Yuchun Wu. Special thanks to the people who made this speaker series possible, including Professor Alison Bailey, Ms Sophie Chen, Professor Josephine Chiu-Duke, Professor Aynur Kadir, Ms Liu Yuqing, Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh, Ms Connie Yuchun Wu, Professor Renren Yang.
Christopher Rea