總計畫——衝突、正義、解殖:21世紀轉型中的亞洲
Joint Project: Conflict, Justice, Decolonization 2.0: Asia in Transition in the 21st Century
Joint Project: Conflict, Justice, Decolonization 2.0: Asia in Transition in the 21st Century
「衝突、正義、解殖:21 世紀轉型中的亞洲」(2023-2027)延續第一期五年 計畫「衝突、正義、解殖:亞際社會批判研究」的問題意識以及累積成果。第一 期五年計畫以「歷史重估-分析現狀-朝向未來」作為主軸,思考平等共生社會的 可能性。未來五年將進一步聚焦於面對 21 世紀亞際社會轉型之際,探討眼前社 會所呈現的各種衝突形式與社會不平等之迫切議題。這些新興議題包括:亞洲地 緣政治經濟的轉型;數位媒體治理技術的升級;資本流動、市場自由化以及政治 因素造成大量遷移人口,以致於移工、難民及無身分者等邊緣化居民被當地社會 排擠、歧視、強迫勞動甚至人權遭受迫害;過度發展主義之下造成的自然掠奪與 環境危機。
本計畫以「亞際社會批判研究」作為研究對象的主體。「亞洲」的概念是殖 民歷史所構成的意識形態虛構空間,本計畫提出亞「際」所凸顯的,是亞洲社會 之間的遷徙交會、歷史關聯、相互影響、衝突矛盾、互惠互利等不同形式的關聯。
當前東北亞、東南亞以及南亞所共同面對的問題,如前所述,包括了中國崛 起與一帶一路,亞太地區的區域政治經濟重組,全球資本流動,大量的跨國移動 勞工,各地社會因為發展主義而導致城鄉差距以及貧富懸殊,也出現不同形態的 不平等公民與內部衝突,更出現了新形態的民粹主義、種族主義以及內部殖民主 義。這些衝突形式都有其歷史文化脈絡及地緣政治因素,包括封建與殖民歷史、 現代國家集權治理、太平洋戰爭、冷戰結構、新自由主義區域經濟等,也須要我 們以跨領域與跨地域的學術研究,進行探討。亞際社會的批判研究,可以提供與 歐美研究、拉丁美洲研究或是非洲研究相抗衡的知識生產。
立基於台灣的「文化研究國際中心」,自然以台灣為樞紐,以東北亞、東南 亞以及南亞的歷史關聯以及當代共同面對問題,作為研究的起點。「國立陽明交 通大學文化研究國際中心」目標在於將本中心建立為臺灣以及國際學界跨人文社 會領域的亞際社會批判研究重鎮。
東北亞、東南亞以及南亞社會的政治經濟現狀,有其密切相關的歷史文化脈 絡及地緣政治,包括殖民歷史、太平洋戰爭、冷戰效應、新自由主義區域經濟, 這些不同歷史時期的知識生產與物質環境,以及這些脈絡之下出現的都市空間中 產階級化、階級懸殊、民粹主義、新種族主義以及新殖民主義。亞際社會巨大變 化中不同型態的衝突,必須結合跨領域、跨校以及跨國的研究團隊,進行歷史重 估、當前問題分析、知識解殖以及共同體難題探討,以便提出亞際地區跨地合作 與共生社會的思考策略與解決方案。
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The ICCS SPROUT Project 2.0 "Conflict, Justice, Decolonization 2.0: Asia in Transition in the 21st Century" (2023-2027) is a continuation of the first five-year SPROUT Project 1.0: "Conflict, Justice, and Decolonization: Critical Studies of Inter-Asian Societies." The first five-year project took "Re-evaluation of history—Analysis of Contemporary Issues—Towards the Future" as the central axis to consider the possibility of an equal and symbiotic society. The ICCS SPROUT Project 2.0 will further focus on the urgent issues of conflict and social inequality in the present, amid Asia's transformation in the 21st Century.
The critical questions we address include the following topics: the transformation of Asia's geopolitical economy, technological upgrading of digital governance, capital flows, market liberalization, and political factors that have led to massive migration of migrant workers, refugees, and undocumented persons being marginalized in local societies due to discrimination, forced labor, violation of human rights, as well as environmental disasters and ecological crises caused by excessive development. These tremendous changes require necessary and urgent scholarly work but cannot be solved through a single-disciplinary approach alone.
Thus, the ICCS project combines research and higher education and bridges transdisciplinary, trans-universities, and transnational collaboration scholars to collaborate in this joint project. ICCS project also works with civil society organizations and human rights groups. With the commitment to translating academic research into creative production and social action, in addition to scholarly publications in journals and books, this project also encourages artistic installation, critical curatorial performance, digital media creation, video essays, database platform establishment, and electronic publishing to carry out cutting-edge work. All these endeavors support breakthrough and forward-looking knowledge achievements and point to diversified knowledge production.
The main development direction refers to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): optimizing the quality of higher education (SDGs-4), emphasizing gender equality (SDGs-5), reducing the inequality of marginalized people domestically and internationally (SDGs-10), raising awareness of environmental protection and sustainable survival of biodiversity (SDGs-15), promoting peace, justice and sound judicial systems (SDGs-16), and establishing partnerships for transnational cooperation alliances (SDGs-17). Our ultimate aim is to create an inclusive society of equal co-existence.