Article by Hazem Almassry Abstract: Why do Palestinians persist in their struggle when they are outnumbered, outgunned and outcast in the international system? This article questions the very question itself – the need to explain resistance in terms of military success, while the occupation is treated as natural and therefore […]
Article by Nguyen Thi Ha An Abstract: In the contemporary digital era, the expansion of artificial intelligence and automation has further intensified processes of “social acceleration” (Hartmut Rosa), increasingly separating human experience from biological and sensory rhythms. Under conditions of algorithmic efficiency and continuous cognitive responsiveness, time is often reduced […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
