Guy Beauregard
@guybeauregardtw.bsky.social
I've been thinking this evening about Lisa Yoneyama's @lisaencat.bsky.social evocative theorization of co-conjuration: "an aesthetic strategy that brings together the pained histories, grief, and grievances from dissimilar contexts to illuminate their connections, if even in transience." 1/3
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I've been thinking this evening about Lisa Yoneyama's @lisaencat.bsky.social evocative theorization of co-conjuration: "an aesthetic strategy that brings together the pained histories, grief, and grievances from dissimilar contexts to illuminate their connections, if even in transience." 1/3
On the politics of Indigeneity in Taiwan: "To move beyond the politics of classification, Taiwan must shift from asking 'who qualifies' to asking 'who decides.' True decolonization begins not when the state names its peoples, but when the peoples name themselves."
thediplomat.com/2025/10/when...
thediplomat.com/2025/10/when...
When the State Defines Who You Are: Taiwan’s Pingpu Recognition Debate
A new law passed last week recognized Taiwan’s Pingpu peoples, reigniting debate over who gets to define indigeneity.
thediplomat.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
On the politics of Indigeneity in Taiwan: "To move beyond the politics of classification, Taiwan must shift from asking 'who qualifies' to asking 'who decides.' True decolonization begins not when the state names its peoples, but when the peoples name themselves."
thediplomat.com/2025/10/when...
thediplomat.com/2025/10/when...
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For the first time in 6 years, an Indigenous Peoples Summit is being held in Nibutani from the 24th to 28th.
Participants will discuss issues facing indigenous people worldwide.
Ainu, Sámi, Welsh and Māori representatives are among those attending, as well as groups from the USA, Canada and Taiwan.
Participants will discuss issues facing indigenous people worldwide.
Ainu, Sámi, Welsh and Māori representatives are among those attending, as well as groups from the USA, Canada and Taiwan.
世界の先住民族、平取に集う 6年ぶりフォーラム カムイノミで幕開け：北海道新聞デジタル
【平取】6カ国の先住民族が参加する「平取町・二風谷国際先住民族フォーラム2025」が24日、日高管内平取町二風谷で始まった。28日までの期間中、民族を取り巻く現状や課題を話し合う。...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
For the first time in 6 years, an Indigenous Peoples Summit is being held in Nibutani from the 24th to 28th.
Participants will discuss issues facing indigenous people worldwide.
Ainu, Sámi, Welsh and Māori representatives are among those attending, as well as groups from the USA, Canada and Taiwan.
Participants will discuss issues facing indigenous people worldwide.
Ainu, Sámi, Welsh and Māori representatives are among those attending, as well as groups from the USA, Canada and Taiwan.
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"'Strangers and Their Babies' is a Look at the Forgotten Lives of Vietnamese Refugees in Penghu" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
"Strangers and Their Babies" is a Look at the Forgotten Lives of Vietnamese Refugees in Penghu - No Man Is An Island
The PTS documentary Strangers and Their Babies is director Asio Liu’s latest look at unexplored periods in Taiwan’s history that link it to Southeast Asia
nomanisanis.land
September 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"'Strangers and Their Babies' is a Look at the Forgotten Lives of Vietnamese Refugees in Penghu" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
I've really enjoyed reading @imreszeman.bsky.social 's recent work over the summer, including this brilliant set of keywords--offering snapshots of the present, and some maps for possible futures.
wvupressonline.com/Power-Shift
wvupressonline.com/Power-Shift
Power Shift
Power Shift
Edited by Imre Szeman and Jennifer Wenzel
wvupressonline.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I've really enjoyed reading @imreszeman.bsky.social 's recent work over the summer, including this brilliant set of keywords--offering snapshots of the present, and some maps for possible futures.
wvupressonline.com/Power-Shift
wvupressonline.com/Power-Shift
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"Syaman Rapongan's 'Eyes of the Ocean' Proves Rare Example of Taiwanese Indigenous Literature in English" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Syaman Rapongan's "Eyes of the Ocean" Proves Rare Example of Taiwanese Indigenous Literature in English - No Man Is An Island
Syaman Rapongan's Eyes of the Ocean proves a rare opportunity to glimpse the accomplished Taiwanese Indigenous writer’s work in English. In this sense, Eyes of the Ocean is one of the rare works of Ta...
nomanisanis.land
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"Syaman Rapongan's 'Eyes of the Ocean' Proves Rare Example of Taiwanese Indigenous Literature in English" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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Check out the video from our event in June, co-organized with @risingvoices.bsky.social, @globalvoices.org, and the Indigenous Youth Front, "Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages of Taiwan"!
臺灣原住民語言的數位推動 = Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages of Taiwan
YouTube video by Rising Voices
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August 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Check out the video from our event in June, co-organized with @risingvoices.bsky.social, @globalvoices.org, and the Indigenous Youth Front, "Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages of Taiwan"!
The Green Island Biennial is on until September 21, 2025. This year's iteration curated by Nobuo Takamori takes an internationalist approach to (re-)engage with some of the most intimate and painful parts of Taiwan's modern political history.
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...
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From isolation to reflection: Green Island Biennial looks at islands of repression - Focus Taiwan
After the first group of political prisoners was sent to Green Island in May 1951, several thousand more followed over the next three decades, incarcerated on a small outpost off Taiwan's southeastern...
focustaiwan.tw
August 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Green Island Biennial is on until September 21, 2025. This year's iteration curated by Nobuo Takamori takes an internationalist approach to (re-)engage with some of the most intimate and painful parts of Taiwan's modern political history.
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...
A fascinating and nuanced article by Aaron Su, writing at Taiwan Insight, on photography and Indigeneity in contemporary Taiwan. This article is attentive to the politics of settler management of Indigenous folks as well as to moments that cannot be contained.
taiwaninsight.org/2025/07/18/g...
taiwaninsight.org/2025/07/18/g...
Group Photos (Hezhao) and the Depoliticisation of Indigeneity in Taiwan
Written by Aaron Su. This article discusses the crucial role of photography in consolidating a liberal multicultural order in Taiwan by obscuring dissent through visual depictions of harmonious Ind…
taiwaninsight.org
July 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A fascinating and nuanced article by Aaron Su, writing at Taiwan Insight, on photography and Indigeneity in contemporary Taiwan. This article is attentive to the politics of settler management of Indigenous folks as well as to moments that cannot be contained.
taiwaninsight.org/2025/07/18/g...
taiwaninsight.org/2025/07/18/g...
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"Atayal Digital Language Activist Tapas Katu: 'Using Indigenous Languages is Completely Normal'" by Yanne C
Atayal Digital Language Activist Tapas Katu: “Using Indigenous Languages is Completely Normal” | New Bloom Magazine
The following interview was originally posted on Global Voices ahead of the panel, “Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages of Taiwan,” which was held on June 28, 2025 at DAYBREAK.
newbloommag.net
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Atayal Digital Language Activist Tapas Katu: 'Using Indigenous Languages is Completely Normal'" by Yanne C
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Some big news from yesterday--the Council of Grand Justices ruled that Indigenous traditional territories include both public and private land. This paves the path for the return of Indigenous traditional territories that are private land
www.judicial.gov.tw/tw/cp-1888-1...
www.judicial.gov.tw/tw/cp-1888-1...
最高行政法院112年度上字第487號上訴人財團法人地球公民基金會等6人與被上訴人環境部等2人及參加人臺灣水泥股份有限公司間環境影響評估法事件新聞稿-司法院全球資訊網-查詢服務-司法新聞查詢-各法院新聞
最高行政法院112年度上字第487號上訴人財團法人地球公民基金會等6人與被上訴人環境部等2人及參加人臺灣水泥股份有限公司間環境影響評估法事件新聞稿-司法院全球資訊網-查詢服務-司法新聞查詢-各法院新聞
www.judicial.gov.tw
June 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Some big news from yesterday--the Council of Grand Justices ruled that Indigenous traditional territories include both public and private land. This paves the path for the return of Indigenous traditional territories that are private land
www.judicial.gov.tw/tw/cp-1888-1...
www.judicial.gov.tw/tw/cp-1888-1...
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“When I die, I want to make sure that when my ancestors say to me: ‘Kia ora, nau mai, haere mai,’ I won’t say to them: ‘I’m sorry, but I can’t speak te reo.’” — Witi Ihimaera, on learning te reo at 80.
Witi Ihimaera: Back at the beginning | E-Tangata
“When I die, I want to make sure that when my ancestors say to me: ‘Kia ora, nau mai, haere mai,’ I won't say to them: ‘I’m sorry, but I can't speak te reo.’” — Witi Ihimaera, on learning te reo at 80...
e-tangata.co.nz
June 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“When I die, I want to make sure that when my ancestors say to me: ‘Kia ora, nau mai, haere mai,’ I won’t say to them: ‘I’m sorry, but I can’t speak te reo.’” — Witi Ihimaera, on learning te reo at 80.
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Before leaving the physical realm, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o left us with a few notes. @hararereview.bsky.social reviews his final book, published weeks before he passed away.
Review: One last thing
Before leaving the physical realm, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o left us with a few notes.
continent.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Before leaving the physical realm, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o left us with a few notes. @hararereview.bsky.social reviews his final book, published weeks before he passed away.
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"Silicon Valley's scale-at-all-costs approach to AI development … is causing a lot of social, labor and environmental harms," says technology reporter @karenhao.bsky.social, whose new book is "Empire of AI."
June 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Silicon Valley's scale-at-all-costs approach to AI development … is causing a lot of social, labor and environmental harms," says technology reporter @karenhao.bsky.social, whose new book is "Empire of AI."
"Core Concepts, Key Ideas: What Really Matters in Literary Studies?" This year's Liberlit Conference to be held at Nihon University in Japan seeks to open up and engage with key questions at the heart of our discipline.
www.liberlit.com
www.liberlit.com
The Liberlit Conference
The website for the annual Liberlit Conference on the teaching of literature and language in Japan.
www.liberlit.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Core Concepts, Key Ideas: What Really Matters in Literary Studies?" This year's Liberlit Conference to be held at Nihon University in Japan seeks to open up and engage with key questions at the heart of our discipline.
www.liberlit.com
www.liberlit.com
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AI being like, “let me transform your precious manuscript into a barely passable student essay”
Academia in 2025: For weeks I’ve been working through botched copy-edits of my monograph, outsourced by the publisher to a company I’d never heard of, until it finally dawned on me the terrible job might be AI. A quick search confirmed the company recently launched new AI software, which now means..
May 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
AI being like, “let me transform your precious manuscript into a barely passable student essay”
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Silver bullet thinking really is a pathology of the age. Frustration and despair with the slow and incremental nature of actual problem solving leading to an endless appetite for miracle cures - autocratic strong men, AI panaceas etc. Never been a better time to peddle bullshit.
April 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Silver bullet thinking really is a pathology of the age. Frustration and despair with the slow and incremental nature of actual problem solving leading to an endless appetite for miracle cures - autocratic strong men, AI panaceas etc. Never been a better time to peddle bullshit.
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I realize a lot of people feel hopeless right now, but honestly I don't see what the point of being born is if it's not to put your capacities to use in times like these
April 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I realize a lot of people feel hopeless right now, but honestly I don't see what the point of being born is if it's not to put your capacities to use in times like these
"How can we find a way not to betray the future?" So asks Tao Leigh Goffe, whose work is discussed in this article.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation
Tao Leigh Goffe argues climate breakdown is the mutant offspring of European scientific racism and colonialism
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"How can we find a way not to betray the future?" So asks Tao Leigh Goffe, whose work is discussed in this article.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
The Liberlit Conference in Japan will be held on June 14, 2025 at Nihon University. As always, they push us to ask fundamental questions about our discipline and its futures. I won't be able to attend, but I wish I could. More details are here:
www.liberlit.com
www.liberlit.com
The Liberlit Conference
The website for the annual Liberlit Conference on the teaching of literature and language in Japan.
www.liberlit.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The Liberlit Conference in Japan will be held on June 14, 2025 at Nihon University. As always, they push us to ask fundamental questions about our discipline and its futures. I won't be able to attend, but I wish I could. More details are here:
www.liberlit.com
www.liberlit.com
Han Cheung writes on language and power in Taiwan--and two current exhibitions addressing this topic.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
Taiwan’s erased words and silenced tongues - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Han Cheung writes on language and power in Taiwan--and two current exhibitions addressing this topic.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Really nice report by @ktshtn for @abcnews on Gapu Ŋupan, the collaboration between Yolŋu, Paiwan and Amis artists and dancers being premiered in Melbourne this week.
A long journey, in all senses, for this work, full of meaning.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
A long journey, in all senses, for this work, full of meaning.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Taiwan and Australia share a history you might not know about
For generations, both the Yolŋu people from Australia's Northern Territory and Indigenous groups from Taiwan have maintained ancient cultures despite colonisation, with the shared experiences of the g...
www.abc.net.au
February 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Really nice report by @ktshtn for @abcnews on Gapu Ŋupan, the collaboration between Yolŋu, Paiwan and Amis artists and dancers being premiered in Melbourne this week.
A long journey, in all senses, for this work, full of meaning.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
A long journey, in all senses, for this work, full of meaning.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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In 1973, a brilliant critic named Stuart Hall created a diagram that changed the way we study media, and could help you survive this moment. Just dropped: the second letter in my series about how to analyze the media in a time of crisis. It's all about codes.
buttondown.com/thehypothesi...
buttondown.com/thehypothesi...
February 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In 1973, a brilliant critic named Stuart Hall created a diagram that changed the way we study media, and could help you survive this moment. Just dropped: the second letter in my series about how to analyze the media in a time of crisis. It's all about codes.
buttondown.com/thehypothesi...
buttondown.com/thehypothesi...
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We should take a page out of Bhutan's book and develop Gross National Doom
January 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We should take a page out of Bhutan's book and develop Gross National Doom