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Text by Tsai Shang-heng (Graduate Institute of Social Work, National Chengchi University); Interviews by Tsai Shang-heng, Ma Chien-ya, Wang Hsi

On a muggy Taipei afternoon, Fang Shao-wei agreed to our exclusive interview during a window when the home care worker…

Text by Yu Ch'ing-ch'ing

Introduced by a friend, Ch'en Yün-ying found an opportunity to learn about the Ch'en Ching-k'ai case. Her very first…

Written by Ch'en Mei-hui

Many pivotal choices in her life were set in motion by others—her children, her husband, her family, victims of the 921…

By Lin I-hua, Liu Hsin-yü

Documentary director Shih Yao-ch'eng majored in geography in college, seemingly unrelated to film or photography.…

Text by Chang Hua-che

During my first phone call with Teacher Cho Kuan-wei, I was actually somewhat startled by his enthusiasm. His booming…

Ma Ch'ien-ya

Unable to accept being wrongfully imprisoned, Lo Ming-ts'un chose judicial disobedience for over a decade. It was not…

Interviews and text by Yen Ching-jou, Ch'en I-hsuan, Hsü I-yin, Lien Yü-hsuan; Edited by Peng Li-yen, Li Ming-ju

The teacher's pain was palpable, yet not easily approached. When we asked him if there were any songs that brought him…

Text by Li Ming-ju

After some of his charges were vindicated, Chung-Hsiung Kuo's life did not really change. The young painter once found…

Written by Yeh Yü-Lin; Edited by Chen Mei-Hui

Like a drift net, the prevailing approach can sweep in almost anyone: once a person of ordinary mental capacity hands…