Archive for 'Nantou'
John Seed in Taiwan
I have just spent ten days accompanying John Seed on a trip around Taiwan. John is an environmentalist from Australia well known for his efforts protecting rainforests around the world and also as a philosopher of Deep Ecology. I met John at the Taoyuan Airport on the morning of 28 March. We then took the high speed [...]
Posted: April 7th, 2011 under Environment, Kaohsiung, Nantou, Pingtung, Religion, Taichung, Taiwan, Taoyuan, Travel.
Tags: buddhism, deep ecology, hongshi college, John Seed, Providence University, rukai, typhoon morakot
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Visit to the Bunun community of Kalibuan
Over the weekend I visited the Bunun community of Kalibuan (Wangxiang, 望鄉部落) with a group of students from Providence University and National Chengchi University. The first stop on the way was a small museum in Xinyi Township of Nantou County. The museum contains a range of materials related to Bunun culture. The picture above shows [...]
Posted: March 15th, 2011 under Nantou, Taiwan, Travel.
Tags: blogsherpa, bunun, Providence University
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In the land of the Seediq
Over the weekend I joined a trip organised by the Research Centre for Austronesian Peoples at Providence University to Ren’ai Township in Nantou County (南投縣仁愛鄉). We visited several villages in the area to learn more about Seediq (賽德克族) culture. The main purpose of the trip was as an orientation for professors from several universities who [...]
Posted: June 21st, 2010 under Nantou, Taiwan, Travel.
Tags: blogsherpa, Providence University, seediq
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