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Project: Enviro Injustice Global Record

The Environmental Injustice Global Record is a collaborative initiative to build an expansive archive of material demonstrating the dynamics of environmental injustice in different settings.

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Today's visit started with all of us students going down to the canal that runs parallel to Naluwan to collect shells.

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?