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.
