A team of TNUA students has helped an archaeology museum in New Taipei City organize activities to bring fun to visitors.
The team, consisting of 30 students from the Department of Theatrical Design and Technology, and six from the International M.F.A Program in Cultural Creative Industry, arranged two separate activities at the Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology at the mouth of Tamsui River.
The theatre students reenacted the life of an ancient people living in the Shihsanhang area – particularly their contacts with "foreigners" through trade with the people from the Chinese mainland during the Sung Dynasty and the Srivijay people from Southeast Asia.
They set up scenes and made costumes for the activity, which allowed visitors to engage in role plays and games of trading.
The students were also available to teach visitors how to make clay pots and other handicrafts of the ancient time.
The six foreign students from the international M.F.A. program were there to support the museum's ongoing Paleoethnobotany Exhibition with an activity, "Patata Viajera," about the origin of potatoes.
The students were: Amanda Lee from the U.S.; Camilo Louis from Haiti; Alejandra Barhona and Kah Yan Yon, both from Guatemala; Josefina Sosa from Paraguay; and Victoria Ortega from Panama.
While potatoes are commonly planted around the world, they originated from the Andes in South America, and were first introduced to Europe by the Spaniards in the 16th century, according to Alejandra.
Their activity let visitors trace the history of potatoes and make chops with potatoes.