Conflict, Justice, Decolonization – Asia in Transition in the 21st Century

2026 年 7 月 28 日

The Quotidian and the Utopian of Techno-modernity: Unbinding China’s Post-Socialist Temporality in Urban Media Artefacts

Article by Hao Wang and Chenhao Ye Abstract: This article critically examines the post-socialist temporality of China’s techno-developmentalism. By identifying “temporal grammars” and “temporal vocabularies” of everyday media artefacts in Shenzhen, we show how China’s post-socialist temporality configures the interplay of past, present, and future while aligning temporal horizons across […]

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2026 年 7 月 28 日

複數記憶與時間的非同步：當代台灣文學的時間政治｜Plural Memories and Temporal Asynchrony: The Politics of Time in Contemporary Taiwan Literature

Article by 楊子聰 Yeung Tsz Chung Abstract: This article takes “plural temporalities” as its central problematic and approaches “plural memories” as its concrete literary manifestation, in order to rethink the historical consciousness of contemporary Taiwan literature. “Asynchrony” not only reveals the interweaving of narrative temporalities, but also manifests the temporal […]

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2026 年 7 月 16 日

Shamanism, Collective Trauma, and Moral Imagination: Ethnography and Art in Critical Dialogue

Article by Li Jia Abstract: This essay brings the ethnographic writings of anthropologist Kim Seong-nae into critical dialogue with the visual artworks of artist Jane Jin Kaisen, both of which engage with shamanism on Jeju Island. Based on Kim’s works, it proposes moral imagination as a framework for understanding how […]

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2026 年 6 月 24 日

The Chasm of Care vs. Neutrality: Systemic Barriers and Reconstruction of Interpreter Services in Mental Health Support for Injured Migrant Workers | 關懷與中立的鴻溝：通譯制度在職災移工心理健康支持中系統性障礙與重構

Article by 陳翰堂 Chen, Han-Tang and 江宛霖 Chiang, Wan-Lin Abstract: In 2022, Taiwan amended the “Mental Health Act,” expanding the scope of mental health promotion from “citizens” to “all people,” demonstrating a commitment to universal health. However, how to concretely implement this commitment for the migrant worker community remains a […]

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2026 年 5 月 18 日

在酷兒創傷經歷中思考，與動物對話找到出路 | Finding a Way Out through Dialogues with Animals: Queer Trauma and Multispecies Healing

Article by 江映帆 Chiang, Ying-Fan and 謝顥音 Hsieh, Ivy Haoyin Abstract: This article centers on the collective queer trauma that emerged in Taiwan following the 2018 same-sex marriage referendums, examining how trauma has been produced, governed, and commodified within the continuous structures of colonialism, the Cold War, and neoliberalism. It […]

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2026 年 5 月 18 日

Digital Care Across Borders: Transnational Connections of Vietnamese Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan’s Nursing

Article by Huynh Quoc Tuan and Huynh Le Anh Huy Abstract: Taiwan’s rapidly aging population has created a growing demand for eldercare, drawing women from Southeast Asia into the care sector. While these migrant women workers sustain an essential workforce, they face long hours, emotional strain, and isolation linked to […]

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2026 年 4 月 27 日

Climate Justice as Healing: Decolonizing Care in the Context of Ecological Crisis

Article by Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai Abstract: The climate crisis is one of the most urgent challenges of the twenty-first century, yet it is not only an environmental issue but also a crisis of care, justice, and history. In Asia, climate-related harms disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples, rural communities, and informal […]

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2026 年 4 月 23 日

Unsettling the Family Legacy: Mothers, Daughters, and Aging in Hui-chen Huang’s Small Talk (2016) and Ming-tai Wang’s Cloudy (2017)

Article by Tran Ngoc Hieu and Vu Thi Kieu Chinh Abstract: This paper examines the representation of mothers and ageing in two Taiwanese films, Small Talk (Hui-chen Huang, 2016) and Cloudy (Ming-tai Wang, 2017), both of which confront the complexities of aging and the fraught dynamics of mother-daughter relationships. Rather […]

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The Quotidian and the Utopian of Techno-modernity: Unbinding China’s Post-Socialist Temporality in Urban Media Artefacts

複數記憶與時間的非同步：當代台灣文學的時間政治｜Plural Memories and Temporal Asynchrony: The Politics of Time in Contemporary Taiwan Literature

The Quotidian and the Utopian of Techno-modernity: Unbinding China’s Post-Socialist Temporality in Urban Media Artefacts

複數記憶與時間的非同步：當代台灣文學的時間政治｜Plural Memories and Temporal Asynchrony: The Politics of Time in Contemporary Taiwan Literature

Shamanism, Collective Trauma, and Moral Imagination: Ethnography and Art in Critical Dialogue

The Chasm of Care vs. Neutrality: Systemic Barriers and Reconstruction of Interpreter Services in Mental Health Support for Injured Migrant Workers | 關懷與中立的鴻溝：通譯制度在職災移工心理健康支持中系統性障礙與重構

在酷兒創傷經歷中思考，與動物對話找到出路 | Finding a Way Out through Dialogues with Animals: Queer Trauma and Multispecies Healing

Digital Care Across Borders: Transnational Connections of Vietnamese Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan’s Nursing

Climate Justice as Healing: Decolonizing Care in the Context of Ecological Crisis

Unsettling the Family Legacy: Mothers, Daughters, and Aging in Hui-chen Huang’s Small Talk (2016) and Ming-tai Wang’s Cloudy (2017)

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The Quotidian and the Utopian of Techno-modernity: Unbinding China’s Post-Socialist Temporality in Urban Media Artefacts

複數記憶與時間的非同步：當代台灣文學的時間政治 ｜Plural Memories and Temporal Asynchrony: The Politics of Time in Contemporary Taiwan Literature

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複數記憶與時間的非同步：當代台灣文學的時間政治｜Plural Memories and Temporal Asynchrony: The Politics of Time in Contemporary Taiwan Literature