Spotlight on Taiwan
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Spotlight on Taiwan (聚焦臺灣) |
1. 【Cultural】Fort San Domingo 文化之旅-淡水紅毛城-周逸 |
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Tamsui Historian Museum, New Taipei
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2. 【Cultural】Beitou Hot Springs Museum文化之旅-北投溫泉博物館-陳慧慈 |
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3. 【Cultural】Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum文化之旅-林柳新偶戲館-羅斌 |
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Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum The Museum is located on The Museum consists of two historical buildings,
the Museum itself and the Nadou Theatre. The Museum includes a workshop and
four floors of exhibitions. The Nadou Theatre designed so that it is suitable
for all small-scale performances, including puppets, music, dance and
theatre. In addition to eye-opening puppet shows, the Museum also offers
workshops such as puppet carving, puppet-master demonstrations, children’s
puppet theatre and training in traditional puppet techniques. The Museum also
provides in-depth tour and state-of-the-art performance for local schools in
order to elevate the appreciation for the art and pass on the feeling for
such performances to new audiences. The Museum has officially been designated
as a “Cultural Hall” by the Ministry of Culture. The aims of the Museum is dedication to preserve
and promote traditional Asian puppet culture, to become a puppet educational
center, as well as provide a stage for puppetry from all of the Asia-Pacific
area and promote interactions between local and international puppet troupes. (Photo and the briefing are adopted from Lin
Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Musuem English website) |
4. 【Cultural】The Bunun's eight-part polyphony-Pasibutbut 文化之旅-偶然與意圖-臺灣布農族的八部合音Pasibutbut –吳榮順 |
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Speaker(主講人):Rung-Shun Wu, Taipei National University of
the Arts 國立臺北藝術大學 吳榮順教授 l
Date/Time(日期/時間):2011/12/05 Mon. l
Location(地點):3F Conference Room, Life Science Building,
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Organizer (主辦單位) :General
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Co Organizer (協辦單位):Taipei
National University of the Arts |
5. 【Cultural】New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum 文化之旅-鶯歌陶瓷博物館 |
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New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum Over a hundred years ago, the Yingge ceramic
industry was born out of this fertile land. It enhanced the local Taiwanese
culture with boundless vitality. The pioneers, with their bursting creativity and
strenuous determination, Worked hard to make this town a prosperous center of
ceramics. The first modern ceramics museum in the nation. Combines the essence of the wisdom of the
industries, government, and scholars. It displays the masterpieces created with wind
stoves, clay, and glazes, with the hope that the beauty of Taiwanese ceramics
will be renowned worldwide. The constructed of the ( The briefing are adopted
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Architecture The museum's exposed concrete and steel supports give it a grey
exterior. Tall and pure in color, the museum has big glass curtains that
allow sunlight to shine through and radiate the spacious interior with
countless visual effects. The simple hues of the museum result in the indoor
ceramic exhibits changing their texture and appearance with different
sunlight. The museum is an arena where the artworks have limitless
potentials. This is a character of the museum. Behind the museum, the The main plan of the museum and the park incorporates Western building
materials and technology. The elements are combined like cells. The space
freely extends like a pursue of the Taoist and
Buddhist realization of emptiness and truth. In addition, the simple design
does not interfere with the art and visitors. This is a kind of “background
architecture” that creates a sense of intimacy between the viewers and the
artworks. As a result, the (Content
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6. 【Cultural】Museum of Institute of Ethnology,
Academia Sinica 文化之旅-中研院民族學研究所博物館-蔣斌 |
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Official Website of Institute of
Ethnology, Academia Sinica In 1928, Professor Tsai Yuan-pei, a major exponent
of ethnology in There are currently 30 full-time
research fellows at the Institute, including 10 research fellows, 14
associate research fellows, 4 assistant research fellows, one research
assistant and one assistant research technician. Aside from individual
research projects, the Institute also develops integrated team projects in
cooperation with other institutes at Academia Sinica as well as various
colleges and universities. We hope to use teamwork to explore forward-looking
research topics and conduct in-depth research. Cooperative research projects
currently underway include: 1. Popular Religions of the Han
Chinese 2. Shamans and Ritual Performances
in Contemporary Contexts 3. Taiwanese Families and
Intergenerational Relationships: Changes and Continuities in a Globalizing
Era 4. The Medical and Body Experience 5. Indigenous Mental Healing 6. Medical Anthropology Research
Group 7. Starting from Voice Research Team 8. Society and Culture in the Early
21th Century Research Group |
7. 【Natural】Rediscover Our Ocean 自然之旅-重新看見海洋)(荒野保護協會-林愛龍 |
English Special Talk Topic:Rediscover
Our Ocean Speaker:Ms.
Platinasoka, Marine Specialist, The Society of Wildness (SOW) Date/Time:2011/10/26(W)
PM.19:00~21:00 Venue: 3F
Conference Room, Life Science Building, National Taiwan University |
8. 【Natural】Terrestrial Small Mammals of Taiwan -
Life Rolls On 自然之旅-生生不息-特有生物研究保育中心 |
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Endemic Species Research Institute |
9. 【Natural】National Parks of TAIWAN自然之旅-臺灣國家公園之美-內政部營建署 |
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Construction and
Planning Agency, Ministry of the Interior National
parks are natural areas or historic sites representing the beauty and history
of a country. Since the world’s first national park, |
10. 【Natural】NTU Zoological museums自然之旅-臺灣大學動物館藏博物館-林雨德 |
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11. 【Natural】Herbarium of National Taiwan
University 自然之旅-臺灣大學植物標本博物館-胡哲明 |
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Herbarium of National Taiwan University The
Herbarium of National Taiwan University (abbreviation TAI) is located between
Building. No.1 and 5th Girl’s Dormitory which comprises the main Herbarium
building, an oven house, a garden of Japanese ruling period, a small wetland
, a fern garden and a historical greenhouse. Founded
in 1929, TAI has been a frontier not only for continuously investigating and
collecting materials from Taiwan and adjacent areas, such as Southeast Asia,
Pacific Islands, etc., but also for actively exchanging specimens with 150
foreign institutions which enriching the collection holdings. TAI’s rich and
diversified collection has exceeded 260,000 items, including over 1000 type specimens,
upon which a unique plant name is based. More than that TAI’s collection is
highlighted by over 60,000 precious specimens that were gathered more than 50
years ago, which is a vivid and historical document of |
12. 【Natural】TFRI Insect Museum 自然之旅-林業試驗所 |
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Taiwan Forestry Research Institute |
13. 【Natural】Jung-Tai Chao Visit TFRI Insect Museum 林業試驗所昆蟲標本館導覽-陸聲山、趙榮台 |
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Taiwan Forestry Research Institute |
14. 【Natural】National Museum of Marine Biology and
Aquarium tour guided 自然之旅-海洋生物博物館-樊同雲 |
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National Museum of Marine Biology
and Aquarium The NMMBA is located in Checheng of
Pingtung County, facing the Locating among the mountain and
river, the overall scheming concept of the museum focuses on presenting the
spirit and characteristic of water. It is developed with low building density, buildings with different functions are dispersed
and connected with footpaths to maintain the harmonious relation with the
original natural environment. |
15. 【Technology】National Center for Research on
Earthquake Engineering 科技之旅-國家地震工程研究中心 |
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National Center for Research on Earthquake
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16. 【Technology】Hsinchu Science Park 科技之旅-新竹科學園區 |
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first establishment of its kind in Placed
under the National Science Council, Executive Yuan, the SPA is a government
agency designed mainly to serve, providing HSP companies with convenient
services and all the amenities they need. In addition to comprehensive
one-stop and online services, the SPA makes available a full range of
facilities at the park that will fulfill every aspect of their daily needs:
food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and recreation. In their
turn, tenant companies are thus able to concentrate in their production and
R&D, creating even greater economic benefits for |
17. 【Technology】National Nano Device Laboratories 科技之旅-國家奈米元件實驗室 |
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National Nano Device Laboratories The
National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL) is located in the |