More than Sound: Listening to What Makes Us Human
Music is everywhere. It fills elevators, headphones, childhood bedrooms, stadiums, and quiet moments we did not know needed sound. It exists before we learn how to speak and stays with…
When Justice Stops Feeling Abstract
During my internship at the Judicial Reform Foundation in Taiwan, I learned something I had never fully understood before. Justice is not only about laws or verdicts.
How Chips Quietly Shape Power
After attending a conference co-organized by the Bureau Français de Taipei, I left with the feeling that I had witnessed something much larger than a discussion about technology. The topic…
The Enlightenment: An Intellectual Revolution and the Foundations of the Modern World
The Enlightenment emerged as a movement that deeply transformed the way individuals understood the world and society.
When the Dystopia Looks Like Home: What “The Truman Show” Warns Us About Our Reality
Unlike classic dystopias such as 1984 or Fahrenheit 451, the world of The Truman Show is friendly, colourful, and relentlessly polite.
Recognition Isn’t Justice: Taiwan’s Indigenous People and the Unfinished Promise of Equality
Although Taiwan’s laws recognize Indigenous peoples’ rights, their limited implementation and unequal recognition reveal how legal justice can exist on paper but not in reality. I walk through a Taiwanese…
Challenging the Systems of Power through Pop Culture
By Anita Murgulch, student at Taipei European School Popular culture has always been more than entertainment; it reshapes the way we see and interpret the world around us. Alan Watts…