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In an indigenous community, a designer, members of a foundation, local elders, and young people who have returned home from cities all come together to contribute to a better future for the community.

Members of the Ai-Hsin Organic Agricultural Foundation run a revitalization program in a Bunun community. They help preserve a variety of crops in the Species Conservation Fields and build traditional houses to bring back old Bunun culture. They have also invited a designer to develop a brand identity, an ecologist to document and analyze local ecosystems, a young cook to create creative indigenous dishes, and a comic artist to guide local elders to draw memories of their past.

This team of enthusiasts from Taipei hope they won’t make the same mistakes as most regional revitalization teams do — leaving no legacy behind after the program ends and bringing no benefit to the community despite selling their products.

Drawing from her personal experiences, Adoor Yeh’s vivid portrayal of the difficulty of regional revitalization work is straightforward but not overly critical. Through her careful documentation of everyday life, she shows that small efforts can accumulate to a large impact.

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