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Ocean in Amis culture
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Did you scan the photos and write down the lyrics?
These are important artifacts that carries memories and stories belong to the grandma and her generation, for instance, their relationship with the ocean, fishery and seafood, etc.
https://ubrand.udn.com/ubrand/story/12116/4095581
How do they maintain such relationship in the urban setting? What is the meaning of sea to them after living in Hsinchu for decades? Do they feel the difference between the sea in Hsinchu and inTaidung? Why?
artifacts and identity
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how do artifacts such as songs, grocery stores, fishing tools, etc help Naluwan people claim their identities (cultural, professional, social, personal?)
Songs as artifacts
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There are manu artifacts mentioned in your fieldnote--songs, stories, fishing tools, grocery stores, etc. How do you analyze these artifacts--why and how were they constructed, used? What are the social, economic, cultural meanings/functions of these artifacts? And how have these artifacts helped construct the sense of place and identity of the Naluwan people?
place and the sense of belonging
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you have read Tim Cresswell's book 地方：記憶、想像與認同
can you apply the theory to conceptualize the stories collected from Naluwan--what did the grandma's story teach us about Naluwan people's sense of place and belong when life forced them to move and live in between Meishan and Xianshan, among different ethnic culture?
the psychological and material aspects of "home" and "being at home"
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What does "home" mean for the Amis? Do material infrastructures play a role in defining the meaning and perception of home? What is the role of Amis women in maintaining the household?
https://wcoh.nttu.edu.tw/var/file/31/1031/img/192/198393977.pdf
https://kjmu.org.tw/%E9%98%BF%E7%BE%8E%E6%97%8F%E5%82%B3%E7%B5%B1%E5%BB…
Place, memories and governance
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Interestingly you point out the linear (seeing from the State) vs nonlinear (seeing from the community) dimension. Comparing to Singapore, where government has more authority and coherent plan on urban planning, the Naluwan's experience seems to suggest a different form of governance between the government and the local society. In your prompts, you mentioned Singaporean government's urban planning to create fair housing, greeneries, as well as ethnic policies on promoting integration. I am curious about how you would describe "the sense of community and place" constructed by the top-down authority, comparing to the disordered, spontanious, bottom-up self-assembly mode we saw in Naluwan
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