How drums tell the story of Black Arab heritage
Staff
August 4, 2024
In 2022, scholar Amir Al-Azraki embarked on learning to play two traditional drums used in folk music in his hometown of Basra, Iraq.
Author: Staff
An artist has stolen a coin from the British Museum as part of a performance piece—but is the artwork ethical?
Staff
July 30, 2024
Ilê Sartuzi, a Brazilian student, spent a year working on his plan to “steal” the coin, developing his technique and observing the staff.
Toumani Diabaté: the famed musician from Mali who took the kora to the world
Staff
July 27, 2024
Diabaté, a virtuoso kora player and a significant musical ambassador for the Mande people of West Africa, died on July 19.
Pandemic effects linger, and art invites us to pause and behold distance, time, and trauma
Staff
July 26, 2024
The National COVID Memorial Wall in London was created to give people a chance to reflect on the impact of the pandemic.
Rawi Hage’s brilliant Cockroach invited some comparison to The Metamorphosis
Staff
July 22, 2024
A Dalhousie University scholar looks back at Hage’s second novel, Cockroach, on the centenary of the death of Franz Kafka.
解开「台湾客家女性」的印象建构
Staff
July 16, 2024
在传统论述中的客家社会，家家户户中的女性是劳动工具的代名词：勤劳朴实、刻苦耐劳、勤俭持家或是大英百科全书中强调客家妇女是精力充沛的劳动者。国外历史学者说客家女性勤劳得像是母牛，或者说像是牛奶上面的起士：「客家妇女对她们的丈夫是非常尊敬及顺从的。」
Unravelling the constructed impressions of “Taiwanese Hakka Women”
Staff
July 16, 2024
In the traditional discourse of Hakka society, women were viewed as hardworking, thrifty, tenacious, and diligent.
解開「台灣客家女性」的印象建構
Staff
July 16, 2024
在傳統論述中的客家社會，家家戶戶中的女性是勞動工具的代名詞：勤勞樸實、刻苦耐勞、勤儉持家或是大英百科全書中強調客家婦女是精力充沛的勞動者。國外歷史學者說客家女性勤勞得像是母牛，或者說像是牛奶上面的起士：「客家婦女對她們的丈夫是非常尊敬及順從的。」
Sleep: a taut Korean thriller that leans into shamanistic and folkloric tradition
Staff
July 14, 2024
In Sleep, Oh Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) develops parasomnia, which creates monumental stress for him and his wife, Jung Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi).
投票制定「国语」的传说
Staff
July 10, 2024
大家或许听过一个中华民国的「国语」如何制定的故事。中华民国成立时，政府要选一个方言做为国语，当时北京话已经通行全国，自然成了首选。然而，因为首创革命的中山先生是广东人，所以部分人士支持以广东话为国语。双方僵持不下，只好投票决定。最后广东话输了一票，所以国民政府就采用北京话为国语。真的假的？这篇就来谈谈这段现代汉语发展的往事，一探关于制定国语的传说。
How drums tell the story of Black Arab heritage
Staff
August 4, 2024
Toumani Diabaté: the famed musician from Mali who took the kora to the world
Staff
July 27, 2024
Rawi Hage’s brilliant Cockroach invited some comparison to The Metamorphosis
Staff
July 22, 2024
解开「台湾客家女性」的印象建构
Staff
July 16, 2024
Unravelling the constructed impressions of “Taiwanese Hakka Women”
Staff
July 16, 2024
解開「台灣客家女性」的印象建構
Staff
July 16, 2024
投票制定「国语」的传说
Staff
July 10, 2024
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.