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2011 細微之島（散文首獎）。第一屆新北市文學獎得獎作品集。新北市政府文化局。頁10-23。

2002 “The Migrant Labor Force in the Uneven Regional Development—A Case Study in Wan-Jin Village,... more 2002 “The Migrant Labor Force in the Uneven Regional Development—A Case Study in Wan-Jin Village, Pingtung County.” Man and Culture (35, 36):146-166. (In Chinese)

Teaching Documents by Yu-chien Huang

In this class, we will work together to learn the distinctive cultures and contemporary issues of... more In this class, we will work together to learn the distinctive cultures and contemporary issues of people's life in Oceania—the vast area covering Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australia. Except for Papua New Guinea and Australia, the major area is covered by the largest sea in the world, dotted with tiny islands. Yet, lying between two major continents, Asia and America, Oceania is not merely a pathway for the sixteenth century European explorers and traders, nor the stepping stones for island-hopping during World War II. The islanders very own life and history, nevertheless, have been deeply intertwined with the Europeans' presence since the sixteenth century. Throughout the semester, we will read several ethnographies to unravel those encounters. We will discuss the islanders' pre-colonial expansion, current transnational migration, local understanding of suffering, how others perceive the white men, and a rainforest group's encounter with modernity over thirty years. The class requires your active engagement with the reading materials. Attendance and in-class discussions are mandatory. We will have three in-class quizzes, two take-home exams, and one group presentation to the whole class. Everyone is expected to join a group (consisting of 4-5 people) for a 15-minutes presentation on a contemporary issue in the Pacific during the fourteenth week (April 21 st —25 th). The presentation topics may range from climate change, transnational migration, urbanization dilemma, or gender representation, etc. Each group should check with the instructor by the end of February to set up the topic. The class' main objective is to help us gain a basic knowledge of the contemporary Pacific cultures, and how the islanders struggle to cope with everyday living situation. The class particularly emphasizes present-day issues, which are significantly interwoven with colonialism, urbanization, tourism, or problems of modernization. Fundamentally, I wish the class help us to cultivate three basic attitudes when approaching other cultures: reading the texts carefully, understanding others empathetically, and reflecting upon the social dilemma critically. Those will be anthropology's best offers to your life.

Book Reviews by Yu-chien Huang

Book Review of Yu, Jimmy Yung Fung. 2012. Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religio... more Book Review of Yu, Jimmy Yung Fung. 2012. Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religions, 1500-1700. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Religious Studies Journals usually have a policy of not accepting unsolicited reviews. This review keeps unpublished.

Drafts by Yu-chien Huang

文章談兩個部分：傷心，以及暗黑。「傷心」來自Ruth Behar《傷心人類學》（The Vulnerable Observer）所談的vulnerability──人類學田野工作者的脆弱性。而「... more 文章談兩個部分：傷心，以及暗黑。「傷心」來自Ruth Behar《傷心人類學》（The Vulnerable Observer）所談的vulnerability──人類學田野工作者的脆弱性。而「暗黑」則是Sherry Ortner在2016年發表的一篇文章：「暗黑人類學及它的他者」。 兩者如何相容？分寸拿捏端賴於研究者是否願意客體化自己的參與，以及客體化的同時正視自己在研究過程中的脆弱性。情感上的脆弱性，也意味著「同情共感」程度上的開放性。

Nirvana is not tekalika, belonging to the three times, but kala-vimutta, free from time. (Collins... more Nirvana is not tekalika, belonging to the three times, but kala-vimutta, free from time. (Collins 1998: 144) We are trying to discuss time. As anthropologist Nancy Munn suggested, writing a review of time (in cultural anthropology) is akin to reading Borges's "Book of Sand"-"it has no beginning or end" (Munn 1992: 93). Anthropologist Roy Wagner is even more straightforwardhe uses "roping sand" to describe such an impossible project. Empirically, "we cannot analyze or talk about time without using media already encoded with temporal meanings nor, in the course of doing so, can we avoid creating something that takes the form of time" (Munn 1992: 94).

2011 細微之島（散文首獎）。第一屆新北市文學獎得獎作品集。新北市政府文化局。頁10-23。

2002 “The Migrant Labor Force in the Uneven Regional Development—A Case Study in Wan-Jin Village,... more 2002 “The Migrant Labor Force in the Uneven Regional Development—A Case Study in Wan-Jin Village, Pingtung County.” Man and Culture (35, 36):146-166. (In Chinese)

In this class, we will work together to learn the distinctive cultures and contemporary issues of... more In this class, we will work together to learn the distinctive cultures and contemporary issues of people's life in Oceania—the vast area covering Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australia. Except for Papua New Guinea and Australia, the major area is covered by the largest sea in the world, dotted with tiny islands. Yet, lying between two major continents, Asia and America, Oceania is not merely a pathway for the sixteenth century European explorers and traders, nor the stepping stones for island-hopping during World War II. The islanders very own life and history, nevertheless, have been deeply intertwined with the Europeans' presence since the sixteenth century. Throughout the semester, we will read several ethnographies to unravel those encounters. We will discuss the islanders' pre-colonial expansion, current transnational migration, local understanding of suffering, how others perceive the white men, and a rainforest group's encounter with modernity over thirty years. The class requires your active engagement with the reading materials. Attendance and in-class discussions are mandatory. We will have three in-class quizzes, two take-home exams, and one group presentation to the whole class. Everyone is expected to join a group (consisting of 4-5 people) for a 15-minutes presentation on a contemporary issue in the Pacific during the fourteenth week (April 21 st —25 th). The presentation topics may range from climate change, transnational migration, urbanization dilemma, or gender representation, etc. Each group should check with the instructor by the end of February to set up the topic. The class' main objective is to help us gain a basic knowledge of the contemporary Pacific cultures, and how the islanders struggle to cope with everyday living situation. The class particularly emphasizes present-day issues, which are significantly interwoven with colonialism, urbanization, tourism, or problems of modernization. Fundamentally, I wish the class help us to cultivate three basic attitudes when approaching other cultures: reading the texts carefully, understanding others empathetically, and reflecting upon the social dilemma critically. Those will be anthropology's best offers to your life.

Book Review of Yu, Jimmy Yung Fung. 2012. Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religio... more Book Review of Yu, Jimmy Yung Fung. 2012. Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religions, 1500-1700. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Religious Studies Journals usually have a policy of not accepting unsolicited reviews. This review keeps unpublished.

文章談兩個部分：傷心，以及暗黑。「傷心」來自Ruth Behar《傷心人類學》（The Vulnerable Observer）所談的vulnerability──人類學田野工作者的脆弱性。而「... more 文章談兩個部分：傷心，以及暗黑。「傷心」來自Ruth Behar《傷心人類學》（The Vulnerable Observer）所談的vulnerability──人類學田野工作者的脆弱性。而「暗黑」則是Sherry Ortner在2016年發表的一篇文章：「暗黑人類學及它的他者」。 兩者如何相容？分寸拿捏端賴於研究者是否願意客體化自己的參與，以及客體化的同時正視自己在研究過程中的脆弱性。情感上的脆弱性，也意味著「同情共感」程度上的開放性。

Nirvana is not tekalika, belonging to the three times, but kala-vimutta, free from time. (Collins... more Nirvana is not tekalika, belonging to the three times, but kala-vimutta, free from time. (Collins 1998: 144) We are trying to discuss time. As anthropologist Nancy Munn suggested, writing a review of time (in cultural anthropology) is akin to reading Borges's "Book of Sand"-"it has no beginning or end" (Munn 1992: 93). Anthropologist Roy Wagner is even more straightforwardhe uses "roping sand" to describe such an impossible project. Empirically, "we cannot analyze or talk about time without using media already encoded with temporal meanings nor, in the course of doing so, can we avoid creating something that takes the form of time" (Munn 1992: 94).