The New Spatial Planning Act in Taiwan: A Messy Shift from Economic Development-Oriented Planning to Environmental Conservation-Oriented Planning?

On 18 December 2015, the spatial planning bill was finally passed by the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan. That was a special moment for planning community and authority since they had anticipated this moment for more than two decades. However, this is not the end of the story. On the contrary, the battle between the economic development promoters and environmental conservation supporters just starts. The Act introduces several new changes to secure its goal of nationwide sustainable development, but the introduction also raises some tensions. This article reviews the tensions and their socio-political context, and gives some suggestions to the Taiwanese government.     

卓越教师培养的有效探索——我国台湾地区“卓越师资培育奖学金计划”述评及启示

当前国际教师教育改革转为以卓越为取向的发展趋势。我国台湾地区的"少子化"问题引发了该区域师资供需失调的矛盾，同时多元化的师资培育模式又导致教师素质不断下降。在此背景下，2006年我国台湾地区推行"卓越师资培育奖学金计划"。该计划旨在提升师资培育过程质量、加强绩效管理、建立完善的奖励与竞争机制，通过实现优胜劣汰来保障实施该计划的各院校取得成效。经过试行与正式实施，该计划的成效整体良好。"卓越师资培育奖学金计划"对新时代卓越教师培养具有一定的借鉴意义，如以奖励与竞争的方式优化卓越师资结构、建立卓越教师培养计划退场机制、改革高校教师教育培养模式，等等。     

Transnational queer sociological analysis of sexual identity and civic‐political activism in Hong Kong,Taiwan and mainland China

The sociology of homosexuality lacks engagement with queer theory and postcolonialism and focuses primarily on the global metropoles, thus failing to provide a plausible account of non‐Western non‐normative sexual identities. This research adopts the author’s newly proposed transnational queer sociology to address these deficiencies. First, it critiques the Western model of sexual identity predominantly employed to elucidate non‐Western, non‐normative sexualities. It does so by examining not only the queer flows between West and non‐West but also those among and within non‐Western contexts to produce translocally shared and mutually referenced experiences. Second, the proposed approach combines sociology with queer theory by emphasizing the significant role of material, as well as discursive, analyses in shaping queer identities, desires and practices. This article employs the approach to examine young gay male identities, as revealed in 90 in‐depth interviews conducted in Hong Kong (n = 30), Taiwan (Taipei, n = 30) and mainland China (Shanghai, n = 30) between 2017 and 2019. More specifically, it highlights the interplay between the state and identity by investigating the intersection and intertwining effects of these young men’s sexual and cultural/national identities, revealing three different forms of civic‐political activism. The article both demonstrates the way in which sexuality and the state are mutually constituted and provides nuanced analysis of the heterogeneity of contemporary homosexualities in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China. In applying a new sociological approach to understanding sexuality, this research joins the growing body of scholarship within sociology that is decentring the Western formation of universal knowledge.     

Abused Women in Taiwan Who Seek Religious Support

ABSTRACT

This research explores the types of religious healing that abused women use and surveys their experiences with these practices in Taiwan. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sample of abused women, who had been recruited from 12 agencies. The findings show that participants sought religious healing for a variety of reasons, and that they had both positive experiences (e.g., useful religious support) and negative experiences (e.g., encountering deceptive jitongs and spending a large amount of money on services) regardingr the support provided by different religions. This study also found that women who believed in traditional Eastern religions had more negative experiences than women who believed in Western religions.     

台湾中华文化复兴运动述论

台湾的中华文化复兴运动是台湾历史上影响巨大的一场社会运动。对此学者虽有关注,但就该运动持续之久,影响之广而言,现有的研究深度还远远不够。因此,有必要利用新挖掘的史料,对该运动发起的因缘、运动的内容与历程以及运动的影响与意义,重新做一探讨与分析。这在一定程度上不仅加强了台湾历史文化的研究,同时对揭露当今的“文化台独”也具有一定的现实意义。     

清代台湾嚼食槟榔习俗探析

台湾嚼食槟榔的文化习俗源于明清。清代大陆移民进入台湾,嚼食槟榔渐成时尚,种植槟榔以获利已成为农家经济的一部分。槟榔既是民间礼尚往来之信物,也是解决纠纷的中介物,成为台湾乡村文化生活不可或缺的组成部分。     

民族学视野中的海外华人--两岸三地民族学海外华人研究述评

明中叶以降,中国出现了较大规模的海外移民活动,这些移民在国外生存和发展,形成了海外华人族群.海外华人是中华民族在国外的发展.除了新加坡华人之外,其他地方的海外华人均处于少数民族的地位,成为民族学研究的重要内容.本文介绍了中国两岸三地民族学的海外华人研究,并从民族学的视角提出一些有待进一步探讨的问题.     

河南《邓州台湾土番垦屯陈氏家乘》考辨

在河南邓州“台湾村”发现的《邓州台湾土番垦屯陈氏家乘》,记载了清初海峡两岸一段鲜为人知的故事。本文通过对该家乘所记史实等内容的考证,证明其并非清同治年间所修,应属现代作品。但是,本文并不否认降清的郑成功所部中有个别祖籍台湾的“土番”兵勇。因此,本文对这一家乘考证的意义不仅在于辨其真伪,而且还在于由此展开了清季海峡两岸人员互动关系的一个新视野。     

作为朝圣行为的进香活动--以台湾地区妈祖进香仪式为例

妈祖进香是妈祖信仰行为的重要内容。近年来,随着妈祖影响力的不断增强,各类妈祖进香活动日渐频繁,妈祖进香活动成了妈祖信俗延续且不断扩展的一个重要表现。以维克托·特纳的“朝圣”概念为视角,理解妈祖进香仪式过程中的“朝圣”内涵,并就进香行为本身对妈祖信众的心灵冲击与现实生活的影响加以分析。在妈祖进香过程中,信众通过大范围、长时段内的进香行为不断重申着民间信仰主动适应当代社会的积极性,而进香过程中的能动者———信众,也在“朝圣”过程中进行了生命体验的更新,反观自我,增进群体生活认知与相互认同。     

A new tool for urban governance or just rhetoric? The case of participatory budgeting in Taipei City

Increasing interest in participatory budgeting has been observed in local governments around the world. This paper stresses direct citizen participation in the budgeting process leads to good governance, deepens democracy and improves social justice, while also highlighting some challenges in its efficiency and effectiveness. Unlike participatory budgeting, the Sub-borough Chiefs Forum is a community-based representative democratic mechanism; it could be regarded as a form of participatory budgeting in a broad sense. If so, then did the Taipei programme simply duplicate the goals of the Forum or lead to a better governance by making up for the inadequacies of the Chiefs Forum? To find out whether the Taipei participatory budgeting programme made a difference, we carried out qualitative and quantitative comparisons of projects passed under the participatory budgeting process and at the Forum. We also interviewed several participatory budgeting participants and sub-borough chiefs. The findings suggested that participatory budgeting and the Forum generated different proposals and budget requests, and the Taipei programme supplemented the shortcomings of the Forum and therefore led to deeper civic engagement and better urban governance.