介紹 About
I am assistant professor of indigenous studies at National Dong Hwa University in Hualian, Taiwan.I received my Ph.D. in Anthropology from Temple University in the Fall of 2004. My dissertation is titled: Learning “Local” Languages: Passive revolution, language markets, and Aborigine education in Taiwan. In it I explore issues in political economy, language policy, Taiwanese history, nationalism, globalization, ethnic relations, and educational reform. Click here to read the abstract and/or download the dissertation.
Many people are curious how I ended up with a name like Kerim Friedman. I wrote a short post about my name on my blog when I discovered that Keywords was the number one Google search result for “kerim.” You can read it here.
My wife, Shashwati Talukdar, has her own website and blog. Together we are currently working on a documentary film set in India: Hooch and Hamlet in Chharanagar.
Recently we adopted a golden retriever named Juno. You can see photos of her here, and read blog posts about living with a dog in Taiwan here.
A full list of all my various online identites and projects can be found here.
