學生研究小組通過交大文化研究國際中心中心審查獲得獎助研究成果

Project report by Krystie Ng, Duong Pham, Li-Ding

指導老師 ： Prof. Joyce C.H. Liu

The development of contemporary woodblock printing collectives in Asia is different from artworks that serve the institutions, market or personal collections, to a certain extent it can be regarded as the “alternative narrative” of our time. As the Inter-Asia affiliations have taken place across East Asia and Southeast Asia, they formed a self- organized network among these collectives, which not only have aroused concern about the deprivation of the underprivileged but also underscored the artistic stance of co-production. Other than the mainstream individualistic aesthetic mode of production, such as collaborative art-making envisions “politics” through art. 

There are five articles selected for this zine, they are (1) "The Left-Wing Spirit of Indonesian Artist Collective Taring Padi" by Chen Wei-Lun, (2) "Collaboration or Social Mobilization? The Historical Context of Gotong-Royong and its Politics" by Krystie Ng, (3) "How to Sustain a DIY Artist Collective? In the case of A3BC" by Ai KANO, (4) "To Exist Like a Mystery': The Dynamic of Trans-local Cultural Activism Network in East Asia" by LEE Chun Fung and (5) "From 'Popularization' to 'De- popularization': Rethink Woodcut Printing in the Context of Chinese Contemporary Art" by LI Ding. 

We attempt to map the trajectory of self-organized woodcut collectives and discuss on the possibility for contemporary art practitioners and local people to establish a network that maintains both localized and trans-border dimensions. The practice of these collectives accentuates the participatory process based on ethical principles – equity among participants, respect for differences and democratic decision-making – and hence rethinks “autonomy”. More importantly, we hope to contextualize these empirical cases in the framework of globalization and neoliberalism to rethink the political significance of contemporary collective production. Indeed, the cases of woodblock printing collective are yet to be simply marked as a return to collectivism. The politics of collaborative art have to be scrutinized under the micro-perspective as well as the macro one, in other words, the historical and socio-political conditions. 

Through case studies in our articles and network mapping, we hope to henceforth deliberate on “an alternative route” of the Inter-Asia autonomous cultural network. 

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Project report by Lungani Hlongwa, Fernan Talamayan, and Weisyun Chen

指導老師:  陳奕麟 教授

Abstract: With increasing energy demands, the need for social infrastructure, and the neo-liberalization of the environment, socio-environmental conflicts have increased dramatically in recent decades.  In advocating for environmental justice and community rights, our collaborative research project titled “Socio-Environmental Conflicts in Asia: Insights from EJAtlas” examined different socio-environmental conflicts in South, Southeast, and East Asia. With the help of EJAtlas, a project that catalogues global environmental conflicts, the papers generated by this research project focused on the proliferation of resistance against projects negatively impact people’s livelihoods. Of particular interest among the topics examined is the social mobilization of different actors and the tactics employed, as the researchers charted the actions and activities within the identified sites of struggle. The papers examined a number of factors and actors mediating the struggles such as effects, politics, media and the state. These play a significant role in determining the course and outcome of the struggles.

Keywords: EJAtlas, environmental conflict, social justice, India, Philippines, Taiwan

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Project report by 鄒文君, 葉寶儀, 劉璧嘉, 郭佳, 黃雋浩

指導老師 ：林淑芬 教授

摘要：在經歷了反修例運動近一年來巨大的悲哀、焦慮、擔憂、憤怒，我們想要藉著這個研究一來去檢討運動中的各種概念和做法，希望以知識貢獻運動，二來這也是為了去安頓遠在台灣無法親身落場的失落感，三來我們也想要問題化自身的情感，讓它不至於隨便落入一種畫地自封的本土主義政治。我們認為，如果這種帶著巨大情感動力的研究是一種知識生產模式的示範──這種情感動力是一種與街頭人民「在一起」的情感，而如果我們得以在這種以「在一起」為核心的情感中生出一種非排外的政治，或許也可以開啟讓運動的政治走向一個更包容（inclusive）的結果。

我們抱著以運動介入知識和以知識介入運動的心態，希望可以以文本細讀、深描（thick description）及論述分析的方法，重新審視許多大家耳熟能詳的動機（motif）和群體：諸如國際連結、「黃幫襯，藍罷買」、「黃色經濟圈」、「香港人」、「兄弟爬山，各自努力」、攬炒等。

五篇論文的共同動力是，希望把運動中許多貌似一致的動機和群體背後的差異指出及分析──譬如「黃色經濟圈」、「攬炒」、「封關」、「內地生」和「和勇不分」等，因為這些差異可能會使得這個關於反送中的故事變成一個不平整的敘事。但作為一個大型運動，所涵蓋的人與背景之多，或許只有這種敘事才有解釋力和預測性。我們的問題意識在於要去解釋為何運動可以得以壯大，並預測運動又會因為什麼原因無法繼續壯大。我們希望透過指出運動的內在差異、張力與轉化動力，進而可以把運動的團結與鬥心鍛煉成更成熟和深刻的模樣，使得運動可以走更長的路，也希望透過研究介入運動，試圖扭轉運動中的一些對個體、群體、異議的排外傾向，使得運動的過程中長出更為具包容性的政治。同時，我們期待實踐知識之於現實的可能──香港這樣的「小地方」可以在大國角力底下如何生存，是左右逢源還是左右受壓？抗爭者是可以生出全新的政治，抑或絕望得只能在舊有的世界秩序中周旋？我們也希望這個研究不只是「香港研究」或「反修例運動研究」，而是或許未來可以與其他同樣在夾縫中的抗爭──譬如沖繩、濟州島、台灣──作知識上的相互參照。

關鍵詞：反修例運動、黃色經濟圈、攬炒、封關、內地生、和勇不分

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