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Sandurot festival as \u3ci\u3emugna\u3c/i\u3e : exploring modernity and belonging through the civic festival
Get PDFFocusing on the Sandurot Festival organized by the City of Dumaguete in the Philippines, my study explores the process of embodying local identity as site to actualize modernity. To highlight this collaborative, creative, and often contentious process, I put forward the concept of mugna (a Cebuano word which means to create) to examine how social actors (such as festival organizers, cultural workers, and artists) configure nodes of belonging to the time and space of the city by engaging with notions of tradition, authenticity, progress, and development. As Cultural Studies stresses the significance of radical contextuality, I examine in this project the problem-spaces of modernity and belonging to investigate how they constitute the conjuncture wherein the performance practice of the civic festival emerges as mugna. In this light, I adapt Diana Taylor’s performance paradigm to approach the festival as a scenario in interrogating how and why local identity is performed. With this approach, I historicize the festival by examining its situatedness within nation-building and city-making policies and institutional directions (discussed mainly in Chapters One and Two). I further probe its embodied practice by analyzing the repeated but reconfigured corporeal forms and exploring the involvement of social actors in the corporeal practices of festivity (examined closely in Chapters Three, Four, and Five).
Borrowing from the insights of performance studies and critical ethnography, I aim to show that through this process of mugna, the festival unfolds in a scenario of rediscovery where social actors playfully embody and reinvent the ‘folk’ and the past through networks of creative collaboration to transmit knowledge about Dumaguete. Thus, the festival as mugna, is produced by and produces attachment to the locality through various social actors’ embodiment of their ‘modern desire’ for the city life, in the process that invokes their local identity and associated civic claims to urban space. I conclude that the festival as mugna enhances our understanding on the configurations of modernity, with how social actors fulfill their individual and collective aspirations for the city and their practices of belonging in it, by determining how the city is remembered, lived, and aspired through the Sandurot Festival
Sankofa : a deeper personal understanding of Sino-African relations
No full textThe present relationship between China and Africa is embedded in a past, and especially in the period of decolonisation since the First World War. This presentation seeks to explain that this relationship has occurred in multiple layers and spaces that have led to the present China-Africa political and/or economic space. This historically dialogue has been largely forgotten or ignored by major global powers and publics, but not by Africans. In the spirit of looking back to understand the present (i.e., Sankofa), before addressing the possibilities for the future. This presentation is based on a MRes on the African presence in Southeast Asia 1900-1960 that highlights Asian influences in African decolonisation and nationalist movements with a focus on Mozambique and Angola
從文化學視角探討《爾雅．釋天》
Get PDF《爾雅》不僅是十三經之一，也是訓詁學鼻祖，文化百科全書的雛型。研究之道多端，文化學的探討是現當代較為新穎的一個議題。本論文秉承文化意識，以文化統整的方法，析論〈釋天〉一篇的文化內涵與文化意義。首節簡介《爾雅‧釋天》、文化學並檢討研究成果。次節分天文、曆法、氣候、災祥、禮儀五項，以科技文化、社會文化及地下出土文獻重新詮釋〈釋天〉內涵。第三節分天文曆法一體的宇宙觀、風調雨順的氣候觀、虛實並存的社會觀、天人合一的政教觀四項，闡發古人的思維模式，及其在現當代的意義。最後為結論。希望此一研究，能賦古典以新貌，為〈釋天〉的探討開一新局。
Erya is not only one of the Thirteen Classics, but also the originator of exegesis and the prototype of a cultural encyclopedia. There are many ways of research, and the discussion of cultural studies is a relatively new topic in modern and contemporary times. This thesis upholds the cultural awareness and uses the method of cultural integration to analyze the cultural connotation and cultural significance of Shitian . The first section introduces Erya·Shutian, and cultural studies and reviews the research results. The second section is divided into five items: astronomy, calendar, climate, disaster and auspiciousness, and etiquette. The third section is divided into four aspects: the cosmology view of the integration of astronomy and calendar, the climate view of good weather, the social view of coexistence of reality and the virtual, and the political and religious view of the unity of man and nature. The last section is the conclusion. It is hoped that this research can give a new look to the classics and open a new chapter for the discussion of “Shitian”
「強強互攻」設定下中國網絡耽美小説中的性別形象與關係想像——以巫哲《三伏》為例
Get PDF攻受是中國網絡耽美文學的核心設定之一，攻受的劃分基於戀愛雙方的性愛體位，插入方為攻，被插入方為受。中國網絡耽美文學中的攻受更代表着作者及讀者對角色形象、以至相處模式的期望。攻受明確的中國網絡耽美文學相當常見，但亦存在部分例外，如「互攻」。本文以巫哲《三伏》為研究對象，分析在「強強互攻」的設定下，小說所呈現的性别形象及關係想像。
文章分作三部分，第一部分探討強強互攻的意義，第二部分分析《三伏》中的性別形象想像，第三部分從性與事業兩方面探索《三伏》中的性別關係想像。筆者認為，《三伏》通過「強強互攻」的設定模糊攻受身份的邊界，以消解角色間的權力關係及對立，並重塑了性别形象的想像
科幻．時空．後九七：以「時空」角度論譚劍《人形軟件》的本土回應
Get PDF譚劍是香港中最重要的科幻作家之一，尤其在倪匡封筆後的科幻邊緣中，他以富有時代意識的科幻寫作，展現後倪匡科幻的獨特面貌。本文分析的《人形軟件》寫就於後九七，除通俗娛樂之外，藉由「空間」與「時間」的切入點，也可見其書寫涉及對香港當時「本土／全球」處境的各種未來想像，當中「本土」並非固定不變，而是能與「全球」的外來文化結合，有著再生成的可能。譚劍就以此賽博龐克科幻，作為未來的預言回應著後九七。
本文可分為四個部分，首個部分先介紹作家，並從香港科幻的邊緣處境開始論述，定位譚劍於香港科幻的位置以及研究意義；第二部分探討在後九七語境下，《人形軟件》以賽博朋克科幻回應香港的方法，以及貼合賽博朋克類型的切入點；第三部分承接上章，以「時空」角度切入文本，從「虛擬香港」、「銅鑼灣911」、「村上病毒」和「來記麵家」四點，看其中對後九七「本土／全球」的想像與預言；第四章為結論，總結全文重點
Feminist vision of genuine security and a culture of life
No full textModerator: Margo OKAZAWA-REY (San Francisco State University, USA)
Speakers: TAKAZATO Suzuyo (Okinawa Women Act against Military Violence, Japan) Alma BULAWAN (Buklod Women\u27s Empowerment Center, Philippines) AHN-KIM Jeong Ae (Solidarity for USFIK Camptown Comfort Women\u27s Human Rights, South Korea) Monaeka/Naek Flores (queer CHamoru artist and organizer, Guåhan) Sam Ikehara (Women’s Voices, Women Speak, Hawai\u27i
Rural regeneration in China Today : 20th anniversary of James Yen Rural Reconstruction Institute
No full textPeople’s agency and movement zone
No full textModerator: LAU Kin Chi (Lingnan University, China)
Speakers: MUTO Ichiyo (People’s Plan Study Group, Japan) Surichai WUN’GAEO (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Melani BUDIANTA (University of Indonesia) Francis LOH (Persatuan Aliran Kesedaran Negara, Malaysia
Personal life security, nonmonetary benefits and executive compensation : evidence from stand your ground laws
Get PDFPeople prefer an amenable location and companies have to pay a higher level of salary to their executives in a less livable place. Focusing on a particular aspect of livability, i.e. life security, we investigate whether life security condition in a region has an impact on CEOs’ compensation using the enactment of Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws in U.S. 26 states from 2003 to 2020 as an exogenous shock. SYG laws, which grant individuals the legal right to use lethal force in self-defense without the duty to retreat, have the potential to affect executives\u27 perception of personal security and consequently, their compensation preferences. Building on a difference-in-difference approach, we find that the overall executive compensation package tends to increase following the enactment of SYG laws. On average, the passage of the SYG Laws increases total CEO compensation in firms headquartered in states adopting the laws by 3.2% relative to the increase of compensation in firms headquartered in states without adopting the laws. The results are more pronounced when firms face tougher competitiveness for talents and CEOs who have shorter tenure extract higher total pay and equity-based pay after the passage of the SYG Laws. In addition, we find that the results concentrate on regions with high crime rate, poor protective services, and high firearm ownership. This suggests that the adoption of such laws leads to a heightened concern for personal security among executives, prompting them to negotiate for additional benefits. This finding highlights the importance of personal life security in shaping executive compensation preferences
Uncover the underground : distribution and population status of blind snakes and Bogadek’s burrowing lizards
Get PDFGlobally, 28% of the reptiles are fossorial. Fossorial reptiles, which perform important ecological functions, such as being ecosystem engineers, top predators and bioindicators, are indispensable members of the soil ecosystem. However, the ecology of fossorial reptiles is relatively little known because of their cryptic behavior and rarity. In Hong Kong, there are four species of fossorial reptile, three of which are rare and of potential conservation concern. Among the four fossorial reptile species that occur in Hong Kong, Indotyphlops lazelli and Dibamus bogadeki, are endemic to Hong Kong and are globally threatened species. On the other hand, the distribution of Indotyphlops albiceps is disjunct with no record between Myanmar and Hong Kong, necessitating a study to clarify the taxonomy status of different populations. Besides anecdotal sighting records, no systematic ecological studies have been conducted on fossorial reptiles—basic information, including distribution, population status and basic ecology, is largely lacking.
In view of the conservation concern of fossorial reptiles, existence of knowledge gap and potential threats, a study on the distribution and population status of local fossorial reptiles is essential. In this study, firstly, systematic field surveys using three sampling techniques (quadrat search, artificial refuges and opportunistic search) were conducted in four sites (Pok Fu Lam, Lung Fu Shan, Lady Clementi’s Ride and Sunshine Island) to evaluate the effectiveness of sampling methods for detecting fossorial reptiles. Only Indotyphlops braminus and I. albiceps were detected in the field surveys. I found that artificial refuge is suitable for longer-term study with sufficient manpower, while active search is cost-effective method for detection of fossorial reptiles and suitable for both long-term and short-term studies. The encounter correlates significantly with a set of environmental factors, including ambient humidity, gradient and canopy cover. Secondly, phylogenetic analysis was carried out to clarify the taxonomic status and phylogenetic relationship among the three target blind snake species. My results consolidated that I. lazelli is a genetically valid species, and suggested that I. albiceps is a potential new species.
This study provides insights into optimising surveys on fossorial reptiles in ecological impact assessment and ecological studies, advices to inform conservation actions for the threatened species (including D. bogadeki and I. lazelli), and suggestions on further studies to fill the vast knowledge gaps of the ecology of fossorial reptiles