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Monday, May 26th, 2025

Taiwan Day seven (5/26)

Today (5/26) we started our day by heading to a printing press. I found this visit to be very interesting first for furthering the development of my own knowledge about this but secondly focusing in on the business and religion aspect. I found it interesting and different that the Earth/Real Estate God was in the office for good luck, in the other businesses. It was also interesting to me that these Gods were prayed to on different days when compared to other Gods that the locals would pray to. I think this is particularly interesting to me because I did […]

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Posted by on May 26, 2025

Monday, May 26th, 2025

5/26

Today we visited Professor Chen’s brother in-laws printing company, Hong Jaan Printing Co. This was a particularly insightful experience because we clearly saw the connection between business and religion. One of the first things Professor Young pointed out upon arriving was the God Shelf. On the shelf, there were different types of incense as well as a photo of the god who is often called “earth god” or “real estate god.” This god is believed to bring wealth to businesses. The owner explained how on the 2nd and 16th of every month, they prepare offerings including fruit, spiritual money, and […]

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Monday, May 26th, 2025

Taiwan: Day 6 – National Taiwan University + Exploring Taipei

Day 6 started off with me figuring out how the laundromats in Taipei work, which actually turned out to be relatively simple – I also really liked the fact that it was a completely “self serve” process. A little while later we got on the subway and traveled to National Taiwan University, one of the highest ranked universities in the country. A couple of first year students gave us a tour of the school, some of which happened to also be international relations majors! It’s a less popular major, so it’s always interesting to meet other students who study it. […]

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Posted by on May 26, 2025

Monday, May 26th, 2025

Day Six – Taipei

This morning we had a lot of time dedicated toward reflection on the last five days that we’ve spent here in Taipei. We have learned many things up until this point, and now we need to do the work of critically thinking about our observations and how they demonstrate the relationship between business and religion. Despite this being the principal point of the course, I still struggled a little to draw connections between the two. Hearing my peers’ reflections and the professors’ responses to them helped me conceptualize the idea better. My goal going forward is to take more specific […]

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Posted by on May 26, 2025

Monday, May 26th, 2025

5/25

This morning we had class at the hotel where we reflected on our time in Taiwan so far, particularly focusing on the fusion of business and religion. One of the most challenging aspects of the morning was answering the prompts the professors assigned to us. Not only was it challenging to answer the questions briefly, but handwriting the answers also presented a unique challenge. I haven’t been asked to handwrite an essay without access to technology since high school, so I really had to think about what I was writing. After class, Hanna, Kyla, Malli and I went into town […]

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Posted by on May 26, 2025

Sunday, May 25th, 2025

Day 2 Highlights {5/21}

Hey hey, I’m back again! This time, I’ll be sharing a bit about my day 2 here in Taiwan. We kicked off the day at a decent hour, around 8 AM. Before anything else, of course, came breakfast. Gotta fuel up before a day of exploring and learning! After breakfast was our first official company visit (and the first one of the entire trip) was to The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). Let me just say, what a way to start. The visit really set the tone for what’s to come on this journey. The meeting was both informational and intentional. […]

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Posted by on May 25, 2025

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