Cultivating Identity: Douli, Pesticides, Politics, and Fate in the Taiwanese Documentary Let it Be
Professor Bert Scrugg will speak on how the "douli" bamboo-hat and the water buffalo remain ubiquitous symbols for rural Taiwan.
When: Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: MultiCultural Ctr., UCSB, Goleta
Cost: Not available
Age limit: All ages
Categories: Lectures
Description: The "douli" bamboo-hat and the water buffalo remain ubiquitous symbols for rural Taiwan. Professor Bert Scruggs will speak about the documentary "Let it Be" (Wumile), how it brought the farmers wearing "douli" and the driving water buffaloes into mainstream consciousness by examining the catalog of signs symbolic of a timeless, folkloric Taiwan. Prof. Scruggs will describe the discourse of indigenization and how it relates to the value of audience-attention, in order to underscore how the film at once cultivates an imagined nostalgia and reveals the indexical nature of documentary film. This event is brought to you by the Center for Taiwan Studies, and co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies and the East Asia Center, UCSB.
Phone: 805-893-5101
Event posted Oct. 27, 2009
Last updated Oct. 27, 2009
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