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Course title |
Taiwan through the Lens of Its Museums |
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Semester |
104-2 |
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Instructor |
CHUN-YI JOYCE TSAI |
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Curriculum Number |
LibEdu1064 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
H01E06400 |
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Credits |
3 |
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Full/Half
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Half |
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Required/
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Time |
Wednesday 7,8,9(14:20~17:20) |
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Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 40. |
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Ceiba Web Server |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1042LibEdu1064_ |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
At once a Taiwan studies and a museum studies course, this course analyzes a variety of museums in Taiwan—their history, location, architecture, contents, and their constructed narratives—with critical readings in museum studies. The museums featured range from archaeology to contemporary art, from natural history to ethnography, and from concrete artifacts to intangible cultural heritage and digitized material in virtual reality. All are conveniently located in the greater Taipei area for visitations.
Each class will consist of a 2-hour lecture by the instructor, followed by a 1-hour group discussion on key readings or video clips led by the TA. There will be a few museum trips to give students first-hand experiences of institutions introduced in class. Seasoned curators and museum professionals will be invited to give students perspectives from behind-the-scenes.
The course’s goal is threefold: (1) it introduces students to the unique arts, cultures, peoples, and histories of Taiwan as represented through its museums, (2) it brings attention to the historical context that engendered these institutions, (3) and it draws awareness to the theory and practice of collecting, display, and interpretation at work behind the museum’s narratives.
Readings will be mostly in English and occasionally in Chinese. International and local students are strongly encouraged to partner with each other to complete readings and exchange ideas. We will focus on one museum each week and read the museums’ official publications, second-hand scholarship, and studies on similar types of museums abroad. |
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Course Objective |
(1)Students will be interested in and have a basic understanding of the art, history, culture, and peoples of Taiwan, as well as the history of its museums.
(2)Students will have a basic grasp of key scholarship and topics in museum studies.
(3)Students will develop a critical approach in future museum visitations, being aware of the institution’s ideologies at play behind seeming neutral and objective displays. |
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Course Requirement |
**There are no mid-term or final exams for this class.
Class Participation (50%):
Students earn this grade by:
(1) attending and participating actively in classes (20%),
(2) completing museum visit worksheets (**due 1 wk after each trip) and other homework (20%),
(3) submitting a short review of the class at the end of the semester (**due wk18) (3 pages) (10%).
More than four unexcused absences after the add-drop period (**wk3) will seriously hurt your attendance and participation grades. In the case of illness, emergency, or other excusable scenarios, absences can be excused when a formal notice and necessary documentation (eg. doctor’s note) is submitted through the “student leave management system” (學生請假) in a week.
Class Presentation (50%):
Students will do a 20-minute group presentation (5 persons per group) at the end of the semester. Students will be assigned group grades based on:
(1) the presentation proposal (2 pages) (**due wk10) (10%);
(2) the oral presentation (a powerpoint presentation or a physical exhibition) (20%);
(3) a written report on the presentation topic (10 pages) (**due on day of presentation, wks 16-18) (20%);
(4) a brief description of what each group member was responsible for (1 page) (0% but required). Individual grades may be adjusted to reflect a student’s contribution to his/her group. Refer to weekly schedule for submission deadlines.
Possible topics may include the comparison and critique of: (1) similar types of museums from the student’s home country and Taiwan; (2) two museums in Taiwan that approach the same subject differently; (3) a proposal for a new museum to be established in Taiwan (what aspect of Taiwan does it account for, and why the subject deserves a museum). At least one of the museums discussed must not have been covered in class. Students must refer to secondary scholarship to frame their analyses and are encouraged to use one of NTU’s many campus museums as their case studies, such as the Agricultural Exhibition Hall (農業陳列館), Anthropology Museum (人類學博物館), University History Museum (校史館). |
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Designated reading |
I. Assigned Readings (指定閱讀)
Textbooks (學期參考書)
Preziosi, Donald, and Claire Farago, eds., Grasping the World: The Idea of the Museum. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co., 2004. [hereafter GW]
Carbonell, Bettina M. ed. Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. [hereafter MSAC]
Knell, Simon J. [et al.], eds. National Museums: New Studies From Around the World.
London; New York: Routledge, 2011. [hereafter NM]
Weekly Readings (每週進度)
Week 1: Introduction: Approach, Topics, and Goals
“General Introduction: What Are Museums For?” in Preziosi and Farago, eds., Grasping the World: The Idea of the Museum (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2003), pp.1-10.
Week 2: The Birth of Museums: Critical Issues in Museology
Pick one:
Bennet, Tony. “The Formation of the Museum,” In The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics (London & New York, Routledge, 1995), pp.17-47.
Bal, Mieke. “The Discourse of the Museum,” in Greenberg et al. ed., Thinking about Exhibitions, London: Routledge, 1996), pp.201-220.
Week 3: Taiwan’s Museums: A General History
Pick one:
Knell, Simon. “National Museums and the National Imagination,” in NM, pp.3-28.
Chu, Chi-Jung. “Political change and the national museum in Taiwan,” in NM, pp.180-192.
Further reading:
Culture Museums: An introduction to the specialized museums of Taiwan's Counties and Cities (Taipei, Taiwan: The Council for Culture Affairs, 2001). [**skim to get a sense of local government exhibition centers featuring aspects of regional culture]
Week 4 (03/16): Museums on NTU Campus (台大博物館群)
Chinese readers:
劉子銘等作，《Hi! NTU 解讀台大的82個密碼》(=National Taiwan University Culture Tour) (台北市：國立台灣大學，2010)，頁45-80。[**read chapters related to NTU museums]
English readers:
Skim NTU Museums website: http://www.museums.ntu.edu.tw/
Week 5 (03/23): Taiwan’s Native Peoples: NTU Museum of Anthropology (台大人類學博物館)
Varutti, Marzia V, “Taiwanese memory revisited,” ICOM News Magazine 64.3 (2011).
Varutti, Marzia V, “Miniatures of the nation: ethnic minority figurines, mannequins and dioramas in Chinese museums,” Museum and Society 9.1 (2011).
Pick two:
Goldwater, Robert. “Development of Ethnology Museums,” in MSAC (Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2004).
Lonetree, Amy and Amanda J. Cobb eds. The National Museum of the American Indian: critical conversations (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008). (e-book)
胡家瑜，〈從民族學研究到異文化展示：由台大人類學系『原住民物質文化』特展談起〉，《國立台灣大學考古人類學刊》51 (1996)：148-171。
胡家瑜，〈博物館、人類學與原住民展示─歷史過程中文化再現場域的轉形變化〉，《國立台灣大學考古人類學刊》66 (2007)：94-124。
Further reading:
胡家瑜，〈博覽會與台灣原住民─殖民時期的展示政治與「他者」意象〉，《國立台灣大學考古人類學刊》62 (2002)：3-39。
許功明，“原住民觀眾對科博館台灣南島民族展示之看法之研究”，《國立台灣大學考古人類學刊》52 (1997): 99-128。
Week 6 Taiwan’s Archaeology: Shihsanhang Museum
林明美，《臺北縣立十三行博物館導覽手冊》(= A guidebook of the Taipei country Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology) (臺北縣八里鄉：十三行博物館，2003)。[**skim; focus on museum architecture]
劉子銘等作，《Hi! NTU 解讀台大的82個密碼》(=National Taiwan University Culture Tour) (台北市：國立台灣大學，2010)，頁45-80。[**read chapters related to NTU museums]
Pick one:
Tsang, Cheng-hwa. The Archaeology of Taiwan (Taipei: Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan, 2000).
Tsang, Cheng-hwa. The Prehistoric Residents in Shihsanhang (Taipei County: Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology, 2010).
Further Reading:
林偉仁，〈地名的創作、複製與詮釋–以台北八里鄉為例〉 (=Production, Reproduction and Interpretation of Place Names: Three Scenic Spots of Bali Township in Taipei)，刊於范毅軍主編《第一屆地名學術研討會論文集》(台北：內政部，2005)，頁159-170。 [**focus on historical historical background of Bali, the township which hosts the museum]
臧振華、劉益昌，《十三行遺址搶救與初步研究》(=Salvaging the Shihsanhang historical site: A preliminary study)（板橋：臺北縣政府文化局，2002）
Week 7 (04/06): Taiwan’s Cultural Legitimacy: National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院)
Chang, Lin-Sheng. “National Palace Museum: A History of the Collection.” In Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, eds. Wen C. Fong and James C. Watt (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 3-25.
Pick two:
Huang, Bao-yu, "中山博物院之建築 [The Architecture of the Chung-Shan Museum]", The National Palace Museum Quarterly 1966 (1.1): 69–78. [**in Chinese, by the architect]
Chiang, Ya-Chun and Chi-Hsin Yeh. “Construction and Deconstruction of a “Chinese Orthodoxy”: Spatial Representation of the National Palace Museum” (=「中國正統」的建構與解離－故宮博物院之空間表徵研究). Journal of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University (=國立台灣大學建築與城鄉研究學報), No. 21 (2013): 39-68. http://bp.ntu.edu.tw/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2102.pdf
Chu, Jane C. “The Palace Museum as Representation of Culture: Exhibitions and Canons of Chinese Art History,” in Hua zhong you hua: Jindai Zhongguo de shijue biaoshu yu wenhua goutu 畫中有話: 近代中國的視覺表述與文化構圖, edited by Huang Ke-wu (Taipei: Academia Sinica Institute of Modern History, 2003), pp.477-507.
Hamlish, Tamara. “Global Culture, Modern Heritage: Re-membering the Chinese Imperial Collections,” in Museums and Memory, pp.137-160.
Week 8 (04/13): Taiwan’s Art: Taipei Fine Arts Museum (台北市立美術館)
陳淑鈴主編，《臺北市立美術館》 (=Taipei fine arts museum)。臺北市：臺北市立美術館，2010。
Jason C. Kuo, Art and cultural politics in postwar Taiwan. Taipei: SMC Pub.; Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000.
Li, Yu-Chieh. “New Boundaries of Contemporary Art from Taiwan.” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 14.2 (March/April 2015).
Further reading:
李茗洋，〈二二八、陳澄波與嘉義美術家〉，國立臺北教育大學臺灣文化研究所碩士論文，2011。
Dal Lago, Francesca. “Chinese Art at the Venice Biennale: 1. The Virtual Reality of Chinese Contemporary Art.” In Chinese Art at the End of the Millennium, ed. John Clark. (Hong Kong: New Art Media Limited, 2000), pp.158-166.
DiMaggio, Paul. “Classification and Framing of American Art,” in MSAC.
Week 10 (04/27): Taiwan’s Natural History: National Taiwan Museum (國立台灣博物館)
《國立台灣博物館簡介》(=Introduction to National Taiwan Museum)。台北：國立台灣博物館，2013。[**skim for official presentation of museum on paper]
李子寧等作，《百年物語: 臺灣博物館世紀典藏專輯》 (= The story of collection in a century; National Taiwan Museum Centennial Exhibition)。臺北市：臺灣博物館，2009。 [**read introduction on museum history; pick 3 collectors and 5 objects to focus on]
Further reading:
李子寧，〈臺灣博物館與歷史展示─從總督博物館到省博初期的變遷 (1920-1960)〉，國立臺灣博物館藏歷史檔案。http://www.ntm.gov.tw/upload/download/20120327/a84a51c2-fb4a-4fc8-aa36-b33067bcbf44.pdf.
Week 11 (05/04): **Class Trip (IV): National Taiwan Museum**
Allen, Joseph R. Taipei: City of Displacements (University of Washington Press, 2012). (e-book) [**focus on environs of NTM]
畢光建，《文化的流轉與斷層：國立臺灣博物館的建築》(= National Taiwan museum architectural exhibition) 臺北市：臺灣博物館，2005。
Week 12 (05/11): Taiwan’s Historical Trauma: 228 Memorial Museums (二二八紀念館)
《二二八國家紀念館館介》 (= National 228 Memorial Museum) 。臺北市：二二八國家紀念館基金會，2012。
Duffy, Terence M. “Museums of ‘Human Suffering’ and the Struggle for Human Rights,” in MSAC, pp.117-122.
Schlereth, Thomas J. “Collecting Ideas and Artifacts: Common Problems of History Museums,” in MSAC, pp.335-347.
Further reading:
臺北市政府文化局編著，《台北二二八紀念館常設館專輯》 (=Taipei 228 Memorial Museum Permanent Collections)。臺北市：臺北市政府文化局，2011。
侯坤宏，〈從二二八到後二二八─由歷史解釋權角度觀察〉 (=From 228 to post-228: Observations concerning the right to interpreting history)，《研究二二八》 (=Studies of 228 Incident)，臺北：博揚，2011。 [in Chinese, author was former Director of Academia Historica]
褚靜濤，《二二八事件研究》 (= The study of the February 28th Incident in Taiwan) 北京市: 社會科學文獻，2012。
張炎憲等著，《二二八事件責任歸屬研究報告》 (台北二二八事件紀念基金會，2006)。
Week 14 (05/25): Taiwan’s Literature: National Museum of Taiwan Literature (國立台灣文學館)
張信吉主編，《走進臺灣文學館》。臺南市：國立臺灣文學館，2011。
Chang, Sung-sheng Yvonne, Michelle Yeh, Ming-ju Fan eds. The Columbia Sourcebook of Literary Taiwan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.
Further reading:
葉石濤，《臺灣文學史綱：日譯註解版》; 中島利郎、澤井律之日譯本註解；彭萱漢譯。高雄市：春暉，2010。
Read articles and interviews on American Writer’s Museum, scheduled to open in Chicago in 2016: http://americanwritersmuseum.org/articles/.
Week 15 (06/01): Taiwan Digitized: Taiwan Digital Collections Project (台灣數位典藏計畫)
“Digital Taiwan: Culture and Nature,” http://culture.teldap.tw.
徐典裕等著，《全方位數位博物館建置》 (=Constructing a multi-faceted and sustainable digital museum)。臺北市：數位典藏拓展臺灣數位典藏計畫，2012。
Further reading:
S. Styliani, L. Fotis, K. Kostas, P. Petros, “Virtual museums, a survey and some issues for consideration,” Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2009 – Elsevier. (online)
E. Giaccardi, “Collective Storytelling and Social Creativity in the Virtual Museum: A Case Study,” Design Issues, 2006 - MIT Press. (online)
II. Further Readings (延伸閱讀)
Yen, Hsiao-pei. “Constructing the Chinese: Paleoanthropology and Anthropology in the Chinese Frontier, 1920-1950.” Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, 2012. Download here:
http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/10086027/Yen_gsas.harvard_0084L_10240.pdf?sequence=1
Karp, Ivan, and Steven D. Lavine, eds. Exhibiting Cultures: the Politics and Poetics of Display. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991.
Macdonald, Sharon and Gordon Fyfe, eds. Theorizing Museums: Representing Identity and Diversity in a Changing World. Oxford: Blackwell: The Sociological Review, 1996.
Greenberg et al. eds., Thinking about Exhibitions. London: Routledge, 1996.
Bennet, Tony. The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics. London & New York, Routledge, 1995.
Crane, Susan. ed. Museums and Memory. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000.
Kaplan, Florna E. S. ed., Museums and the Making of “Ourselves”: The Role of Objects in National Identity (London and New York: Leicester University Press, 1994).
Web Resources:
General
Chinese Association of Museums (Taiwan)
http://www.cam.org.tw/big5/museum01.asp
International Council of Museums (ICOM)
http://www.icom.org/
American Alliance of Museums(AAM)
http://www.aam-us.org/
Individual
National Taiwan Museum
http://www.ntm.gov.tw/tw/public/public.aspx?no=63
Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology
http://www.sshm.ntpc.gov.tw/
NTU Museums—Museum of Anthropology
http://www.museums.ntu.edu.tw/
National Palace Museum
http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
http://www.tfam.museum/Index.aspx?ddlLang=en-us
Taipei 228 Memorial Museum
http://228memorialmuseum.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=1651473&ctNode=38985&mp=11900A
National Museum of Taiwan Literature
http://www.nmtl.gov.tw/en/
Digital Taiwan – Culture and Nature
http://culture.teldap.tw |
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References |
Preziosi, Donald, and Claire Farago, eds., Grasping the World: The Idea of
the Museum. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co., 2004. [hereafter GW]
Carbonell, Bettina M. ed. Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts. Oxford,
UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. [hereafter MSAC]
Knell, Simon J. [et al.], eds. National Museums: New Studies From Around the
World.
London; New York: Routledge, 2011. [hereafter NM] |
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Grading |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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Class Participation |
50% |
Students earn this grade by:
(1) attending and participating actively in classes (20%),
(2) completing museum visit worksheets and other homework (20%),
(3) submitting a short review of the class at the end of the semester (3 pages) (10%).
More than four unexcused absences starting from Week 4 will seriously hurt your attendance and participation grades. In the case of illness, emergency, or other excusable scenarios, absences can be excused when a formal notice and necessary documentation (eg. doctor’s note) is submitted to the TA within a week. |
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Class Presentation |
50% |
Students will do a 20-minute group presentation (5 persons per group) at the end of the semester. Students will be assigned group grades based on:
(1) the presentation proposal (2 pages) (10%);
(2) the oral presentation (a powerpoint presentation or a physical exhibition) (20%);
(2) a written report on the presentation topic (10 pages) (20%);
(4) a brief description of what each group member was responsible for (1 page) (0% but required). Individual grades may be adjusted to reflect a student’s contribution to his/her group. Refer to weekly schedule for submission deadlines.
Possible topics may include the comparison and critique of: (1) similar types of museums from the student’s home country and Taiwan; (2) two museums in Taiwan that approach the same subject differently; (3) a proposal for a new museum to be established in Taiwan (what aspect of Taiwan does it account for, and why the subject deserves a museum). At least one of the museums discussed must not have been covered in class. Students must refer to secondary scholarship to frame their analyses and are encouraged to use one of NTU’s many campus museums as their case studies, such as the Agricultural Exhibition Hall (農業陳列館), Anthropology Museum (人類學博物館), University History Museum (校史館). |
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Week 1 |
02/24 |
Introduction: Approach, Topics, and Goals |
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Week 2 |
03/02 |
The Birth of Museums: Critical Issues in Museology |
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Week 3 |
03/09 |
Taiwan’s Museums: A General History |
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Week 4 |
03/16 |
Museums on NTU Campus (台大博物館群)
**Meet directly at NTU Campus History Museum 2F (校史館) at 14:10
**Guest Speaker: NTU Museums Staff
“Introduction to NTU Museums: History and Fun Facts”
**Class Trip (I): NTU Museums** |
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Week 5 |
03/23 |
Taiwan’s Native Peoples: NTU Museum of Anthropology (台大人類學博物館)
**Guest Speaker: NTU Anthropology Museum Staff
“Theories and Practices of Curating” |
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Week 6 |
03/30 |
**Class Trip (II): NTU Museum of Anthropology + Library Tour
**Groups formed. |
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Week 7 |
04/06 |
Taiwan’s Cultural Legitimacy: National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院) |
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Week 8 |
04/13 |
Taiwan’s Art: Taipei Fine Arts Museum (台北市立美術館)
**Guest Speaker: Curator of Contemporary Art
“Staging Taiwan through Art: Challenges and Considerations”
TBA: One Thursday or Friday evening in mid-April to mid-May.
**Group presentation topics approved. |
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Week 9 |
04/20 |
**Class Trip (III): TFAM
**Meet directly at TFAM 1F Main Lobby Ticket Counter (售票處) at 14:10 |
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Week 10 |
04/27 |
Taiwan’s Natural History: National Taiwan Museum (國立台灣博物館)
**Guest Speakers: NTM Researcher / Education Specialist
“Behind the Scenes at NTM”
**Group presentation proposals due. |
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Week 11 |
05/04 |
**Class Trip (IV): National Taiwan Museum**
**Meet directly at NTM museum front steps (正門樓梯) at 14:10 |
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Week 12 |
05/11 |
Taiwan’s Historical Trauma: 228 Memorial Museums (二二八紀念館)
**Proposal feedback.
**Group presentation workshop (II) (optional): proposal feedback. |
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Week 13 |
05/18 |
**Class Trip (V): National 228 Memorial Museum**
**Meet directly at 228 MM Entrance (入口大廳) at 14:10 |
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Week 15 |
06/01 |
Taiwan’s Literature: National Museum of Taiwan Literature (國立台灣文學館) |
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Week 16 |
06/08 |
**Student Presentation (Group A)** |
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Week 17 |
06/15 |
**Student Presentation (Group B)** |
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Week 18 |
06/22 |
**Class Review due. |
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Week 1-1 |
02/24 |
Lectur PPT for Week 1 |
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Week 2-1 |
03/02 |
Lecture& TA Discussion PPTs for Week 2 |
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Week 3-1 |
03/09 |
Lecture& TA Discussion PPTs for Week 3 |
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Week 5-1 |
03/23 |
Lecture& TA Discussion PPTs for Week 5
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Week 7-1 |
04/06 |
Lecture& TA Discussion PPTs for Week 7 |
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Week 8-1 |
04/13 |
Lecture& TA Discussion PPTs for Week 8 |
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Week 10-1 |
04/27 |
Lecture& TA Discussion PPTs for Week 10 |
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Week 12-1 |
05/11 |
Lecture& TA Discussion PPTs for Week 12 |
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Week 12-2 |
05/13 |
Speech by Ms. Chien-hui Kao:
Who’s Speaking? Who’s Listening? |
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Week 15-1 |
06/01 |
Lecture& TA Discussion PPTs for Week 15 |
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Week 15-2 |
06/01 |
Taiwan Digitized: Taiwan Digital Collections Project (台灣數位典藏計畫) |
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