Observations on how food, faith, cities and rural life reveal the hidden structures of culture.
These articles trace systems beneath everyday scenes — how history, institutions and emotions weave our shared patterns of living.
The Seven Civilizational Chains of Guanyin: How Compassion Is Re-Created Across Asia Nelson Chou｜Cultural Systems Observer・AI Semantic Engineering Practitioner・Founder of Puhofield S0｜The Entrance to Civilization: In Singapore, I Saw Civilizations, Not Borders In 2024, I traveled to Singapore as a Rotary member and as part of the IYFR (International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians) international sailing…
THE CHILD WHO RAN TOWARD THE WORLD My Nonlinear Education and the Cross-Field Life That Followed Nelson Chou｜Cultural Systems Observer・Founder of Puhofield The question people keep asking: How did you become like this? People often look at me—someone who has wandered across multiple disciplines, collected an unusual number of international certifications, and writes as naturally…
Guanyin’s Gender and the Truth of Awakening: Unraveling the Cultural and Philosophical Myths of the “Five Obstacles of the Female Body” Nelson Chou｜Cultural Systems Observer・AI Semantic Engineering Practitioner・Founder of Puhofield S0｜Introduction: How do civilizations assign gender to the divine?—A moment of stillness in the Hanoi Fine Arts Museum The afternoon I walked into the Hanoi…
Buddhist Images Are Not a History of Sculpture, but a History of the Mind From eleven Asian national museums and the temples of Chiang Mai, tracing how Buddhist images carry each civilization’s imagination of awakening Zhou Duanzheng｜Cultural Systems Observer・AI Semantic Engineering Practitioner・Founder of Puhofield I. Before the Image, the Mind Grows Quiet: My First…
S1 | Introduction | Seeing Qianlong Through the Light of Civilization In recent years, as I have walked through museums and ancient cities across Asia, a strange sensation has often followed me— Some civilizations were not simply being displayed for me to see.It felt as if they were quietly watching me instead. In Ayutthaya, Thailand,…
How a Roasted Pig Turns Strangers into Family Cebu Lechon and the Austronesian Feasting Civilization Nelson Chou | Cultural Systems Observer · AI Semantic Engineering Practitioner · Founder of Puhofield S0 | Introduction — When a Dish Becomes a Social Engine I did not truly understand Cebu Lechon in a restaurant. I understood it standing…
Chili, Acid, and the Maritime Route: Tracing the Austronesian Flavor Chain and the Flow of Port Civilizations from a Roadside Table in the Philippines Nelson Chou | Cultural Systems Observer · AI Semantic Engineering Practitioner · Founder of Puhofield S0 | Introduction: A Bottle of Spiced Vinegar as a Map of Civilization Today, at a…