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Academic, Media Analysis, Digital Ethnography Hsiao-Chen Lin 8/1/22 Academic, Media Analysis, Digital Ethnography Hsiao-Chen Lin 8/1/22

The 'virtual', the 'real' and the 'gap' in between: the case for hybrid approaches in anthropology of the twenty-first century

The border between what used to be called 'real life' and the 'virtual' life in 'cyberspace' have all but diminished to reveal a new paradigm of the human experience in which every facet of contemporary life

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Academic, Cultural Analysis, Comparative Survey Hsiao-Chen Lin 5/11/21 Academic, Cultural Analysis, Comparative Survey Hsiao-Chen Lin 5/11/21

How useful is it to distinguish between sex and gender?

Examining similar practices or existences in societies with drastically different environments may reveal insights that aid in further understanding the constructedness of what we often take for granted.

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Academic, Cultural Analysis, Transnationalism Hsiao-Chen Lin 3/11/21 Academic, Cultural Analysis, Transnationalism Hsiao-Chen Lin 3/11/21

How can we assess the impact of transnational practices on gender hierarchies?

To evaluate the impact of transnational practices on gender hierarchies, one would need to examine comparatively the lives of those who maintain a transnational movement and those who do not.

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Casual, Visual Analysis, Taiwan Hsiao-Chen Lin 5/21/20 Casual, Visual Analysis, Taiwan Hsiao-Chen Lin 5/21/20

Miniatures and Masturbation: A Visual Analysis of “Taipei Unguarded”

Visualization of military conquest. Diorama of expansionist imperialism. Models made of sneering insults. Clickbait to induce viral outrage and create further division between the peoples. Miniature visual violence.

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Personal, Poetics, Taiwan Hsiao-Chen Lin 5/16/20 Personal, Poetics, Taiwan Hsiao-Chen Lin 5/16/20

Translation as Visual Poetics in the Time of Coronavirus

When I read the eleven names of the healthcare workers and first responders who died during the SARS epidemic, I remembered that upon translation, all of the poetic attachments to their names become lost, too.

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