“Unearthing Shadows: Kim Liao Reveals the Haunting Secrets Behind ‘Where Every Ghost Has a Name'”
KL: Yeah, that moment was really hard for me when I lived it, but I thought it was an important moment for the narrative, since our understanding of history and grasp of research (anywhere) is a lot more fragile than we often think it is. The other big research challenge in Taipei after so many decades of martial law was that a lot of the texts and documents I needed weren’t in the institutional libraries — I had to find them in the homes and private collections of former activists and freedom fighters.
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