Wen-Hsi (Chen) Harman
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A Disappearing Culture – The Amis earthenware tradition in Taiwan

This is part of my PhD research:Pottery from aboriginal Taiwanese- Amis women

I used original first hand collected documentary and objects to show in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, UK. The Amis tribe is the only remaining group to still produce pottery in tune with their cultural history. My research activity has been focused on this tribe and I have produced a film showing their process.
 It is a ten minute film that you can view here: Vimeo https://vimeo.com/79514968

Method: 
My method is to combine the theory and practice of oral history interviewing through process of interview narrative concerns of documentary. I have used the oral history method as a process by which to gather first hand data from the rural Amis tribe in Taiwan. In addition I will use digital moving images to show evidence and bring opportunities to the women. For they have a voice and this deserves to be heard in order to understand the learning process and aid their ability to continue into future generations.​

Objects:
The Amis tribe pottery is intrinsic to this exhibition as these objects are the originals and have come directly from the tribe. The objects were fired to a temperature of about 860 degrees. The surface colour is the result of the firing process. They used their dry rice plant shells, collected the wood sticks from the seaside over previous as well as hay. All of these elements are very important resource of the firing process. They didn’t waste or use any electric power to fire the pieces.


A Disappearing Culture: The Amis Earthenware Tradition in Taiwan
17 January – 31 May 2015

The Museum of East Asian Art 

12 Bennett Street 
Bath 
BA1 2QJ 
UK

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