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Migrant workers in #Taiwan are mostly from Southeast Asia, the #semiconductor industry esp. pulls from the #Philippines. Entire neighborhoods cater to #SEA folks. Here’s a poster from a dormitory. It warns of illegal work outside the factory. There’s reduced capacity to send back money to families
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Taboo in the clean room: workers in #semiconductor fabs, e.g. TSMC in #Taiwan, face high mental pressure. They cannot eat pizza – it’s too similar to the form of an IC waver. 😬 I will continue dropping these insights, here from clinical psychology. Unions are banned, btw., so better meditate
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From (1) street food to (2) temples to (3) a waiting spot for Uber Eat drivers to (4) elevated (thus protected) electronic infrastructure. Old town life in a rapidly changing place. #streetphotography, based on our first Silicon Urbanism walkshop in Hsinchu, #Taiwan. A TW-GER happening
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Epic insights on the #semiconductor industry in #Taiwan. We’re on the second day of our workshop, with a heavy focus on walks. / The industry came to the island in the freaking 1950s. Here’s a precious IBM machine, infamously transported by horse car 🐎 because trucks were to shaky for the silicon!
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I want to inform my fellow #Germans that I’m stranded in a Taiwanese train. There is a problem with the tracks. A rare instance. Never have I been better prepared for disaster
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#Taipei film, capturing poetic retro vibes 🕹️ #streetphotography
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Back in #Taiwan, ready for a cracker tour through the wee #semiconductor industry with our interational “Silicon Urbanism” research group. From clean rooms to water streams, we’ll do it all
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Die Zeit berichtet vom #Luddite Meetup in Brooklyn – auf den Punkt, und auf die Barrikaden. Ein good read, als Gift-Artikel: www.zeit.de/kultur/20…