VISIT: NATIONAL 228 MEMORIAL MUSEUM
The National 228 Memorial Museum Connects Taiwan’s past to Hong Kong’s present
“Teenagers, Smoke, and Umbrellas”, “Scars on the Land”, “The 1987 Awakening of the People” — the compelling exhibition titles at the National 228 Memorial Museum stir memories of the tumultuous history of East Asia in the past one hundred years. In contrast, the name “228 Incident” appears to be an understatement to foreigners, but for the Taiwanese people who lived through that tragedy and the new generation who are shaping public discourse on past injustices, the date February 28 already carries a heavy weight. Currently, the National 228 Memorial Museum is exhibiting printmaking artworks depicting the recent Hong Kong protests against the People’s Republic of China’s Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill. By placing an art exhibit documenting a current populist uprising in direct conversation with the 228 Incident, the museum seeks to showcase solidarity between Taiwanese and Hong Kong people.
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“Teenagers, Smoke, and Umbrellas”, “Scars on the Land”, “The 1987 Awakening of the People” — the compelling exhibition titles at the National 228 Memorial Museum stir memories of the tumultuous history of East Asia in the past one hundred years. In contrast, the name “228 Incident” appears to be an understatement to foreigners, but for the Taiwanese people who lived through that tragedy and the new generation who are shaping public discourse on past injustices, the date February 28 already carries a heavy weight. Currently, the National 228 Memorial Museum is exhibiting printmaking artworks depicting the recent Hong Kong protests against the People’s Republic of China’s Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill. By placing an art exhibit documenting a current populist uprising in direct conversation with the 228 Incident, the museum seeks to showcase solidarity between Taiwanese and Hong Kong people.
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REFLECTION: 對未來的想法 Thoughts on the Future
透過三月到十一月來台灣讀書的這段時間中，我的中文能力，活動經驗，讓我增加了很多的自信。現在我在台灣讀書的時間就要結束了，必須開始在美國申請工作。我知道住在台灣對我的人生很大的影響，與在將來讓我有很多的機會。我還記得兩年前，在我的心中，拿到傅爾布萊特助學金是最大的目標。 現在目標成功了， 是時間讓我在我心中找有什麼新目標。
Through these ten months in Taiwan, the gradual improvement of my Chinese language ability and my research project has given me a lot of self confidence. Now my time studying in Taiwan is nearly finished, and it’s time to start looking for a job in America. I know that my time in Taiwan is something that I will always carry with me and will open up many new opportunities in the future. I remember how, two years ago now, receiving a Fulbright Grant seemed like the biggest achievement I could imagine. Now that I’ve received and completed my grant, it’s time to dig deeper within myself to find new goals.
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ESSAY SERIES (PART TWO): THE FIRST PUBLIC MUSEUM
“The Louvre: How the Museum of the People was Born from Revolution”
Four years into the French Revolution, as the revolutionary government deposed the king, chased out the elites, and declared the “natural, imprescriptible, and unalienable rights” of the people, all heads turned towards the Louvre. Once a military garrison, for the last two hundred years the Louvre was the official residence of the king. From the Renaissance onwards, the monarchy had collected masterpieces from around the world to fill the enormous galleries. Now the common French person couldn’t even fill their stomachs, leading to a complete overthrow of the monarchy and church power. When the National Assembly reopened the Louvre in 1793, it declared that the galleries and everything in them were being returned to their rightful owners: the people.
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UPDATE: 博物館的理念 A Vision for Museums
博物館對觀眾有什麼責任，特別對少數民族和原住民觀眾？現代的展覽視覺設計期待怎麼改變嗎？我們博物館設計師必須一起討論那些問題和發展自己的“博物館的理念”
What responsibilities do museums have to their audience, especially towards people of color and indigenous folk? How have the expectations for exhibition visual design changed in the current age? As museum designers, we should discuss these issues together and develop our own “Vision for Museums”.
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REFLECTION: CHINESE VOCAB WORDS THAT DESCRIBE MY FULBRIGHT EXPERIENCE
Language: English
Date: Sept 26, 2021
Listening to: The Jordan Lake Sessions (Vol 1) by the Mountain Goats
Date: Sept 26, 2021
Listening to: The Jordan Lake Sessions (Vol 1) by the Mountain Goats
As September slips quietly away, I have started to give the calendar suspicious looks because, by the numbers, I have only 9 weeks left in Taiwan. That can’t possibly be right, right? I have been taking it slow in Taipei for the last half of September, tackling end-of-grant challenges like starting to shoot off job applications into the HR abyss and budgeting my stipend to stretch until November 29. But October, the best month for new beginnings as Thomas Merton would point out, is spread out in front of me with thirty one days full of promise (and hopefully cooler weather). So in honor of my last months in Taiwan and the yearly poetic justice that is the month of October, I have gone through my list of new Chinese vocabulary and picked out my favorite words and phrases that describe this past year.
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