Doctoral Candidate in Asian Languages and Cultures & Anthropology
About
Raymond is currently pursing a dual PhD in Asian Languages & Cultures and in Anthropology under Rackham's Individual Interdepartmental Degree Program (IIDP).
His dissertation project centers upon the political rights movements and religious revival of plains indigenous peoples in southern Taiwan, whose traditional practices combine Chinese folk religions with its ancestral worship. His research methods involve archival research on historical documentation from the Qing and the Japanese colonial periods as well as on-site ethnographic fieldwork. With the unique interdisclipinary resource Michigan offers, he hopes to broaden his theoretical scope and deepen his understanding of the proposed topic in a way that reflects upon the current disciplinary boundaries in the humanities.
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