Fieldnote_0426_Naluwan_Annabelle
This week, we went to Naluwan to make some cute handicrafts with the elderly.
This week, we went to Naluwan to make some cute handicrafts with the elderly.
I think that this is interestingly written and an interesting comparison between your own experiences in Singapore and the Naluwan grandma. What do you think can be applied to your final piece of work from this fieldnote? Do you think that your experiences in Singapore has shaped you to think differently and feel differently from an Amis person living in Naluwan?
When I sat down with my Ahma, she brought out a few stacks of photos from the past.
This Saturday was truly an unforgettable experience – I felt like the past few times that I've gone to the tribe were on a more superficial level since we only got to chat with the Ahmas for very s
At the tribe, I talked to the same Ahmas (grandmas) again. This time, we got to see some photographs from the past.
We sat in groups with some elderly from the Amis tribe in the activity center, and I had the opportunity to sit with a pair of sisters and their close friend.
COMMUNITY WALKING
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This is an artwork created by the Naluwan people. Seems to me that it's a statue of a person pointing in a specific direction. I'm not sure if the person is pointing toward the sea.