Newsletter
2023
The Cohesion and Rebirth of Hongkongers in Taiwan: "Wounds will fade with time, but we must remember how they came to be."
"Goodbye Hong Kong. The word 'goodbye' contains so many things—we truly have to say goodbye, or perhaps look forward to…
2023
JRF Newsletter: June 2023 | REST — the Kao Chung-ming Hong Kong Photography Exhibition
A quarterly issue on "REST," Kao Chung-ming's Hong Kong photography exhibition at JRF Taichung — JRF's curatorial…
2023
Memories of Chunan after the Ch'en Ch'u-shun Case｜Memories of a Miscarriage of Justice Through Intergenerational Dialogue: Meeting Ch'en Ch'u-shun in Chunan
Time flies, and Ch'en Ch'u-shun is now over sixty years old, while the residents of Chunan who share these memories are…
2023
Memories of Chunan After the Ch'iu Ho-shun Case | Erasing the Injustice of Grand Narrative: Brother Lin K'un-ming Awaiting His Vindication
On a misty, rainy morning, we met with Lin K'un-ming, a co-defendant in the Ch'iu Ho-shun case, at a location…
2023
Memories of Chunan After the Ch'iu Ho-shun Case | Justice That Could Not Be Spoken Back Then: The Conscience of a Retired Police Officer Named Wu
We visited the home of a retired police officer named Wu on a slightly chilly afternoon. Despite his advanced age, he…
2022
First Look at the Lay Assessors System｜The Lay Assessors Who Are Hard to Fool: An Interview with a Mock Trial Observer
Mr. Lu, a 50-year-old freelancer, has long cared about judicial reform and hopes to contribute to Taiwan's future.
2022
Early Unboxing of the Lay Assessor System｜Making "Lay Assessor" a Language Everyone Can Understand ── An Interview with a Simulated Lay Assessor
Kai-Yang, a field researcher studying Matsu and a doctoral student constantly flying between Taiwan and Matsu, often…
2022
A Sneak Peek at Lay Assessors | Seeing What the Lay Assessors Cannot See: An Interview with a Psychiatrist Who Played the Expert Witness
This is the testimony of Yang Hai-shun—a psychiatrist acting as an "expert witness" in court. However, outside of the…
2022
Rootless Residency | Rootless, Aging, and Fighting Every Day: An Interview with Uncle Fang Shao-wei
On a muggy Taipei afternoon, Fang Shao-wei agreed to our exclusive interview during a window when the home care worker…