本研究希望突破水田地景常見的「靜態時間性」，轉而以一種變動性與關係性視角，從地質深時間角度重新理解台灣鄉間最常見的水田地景。受惠於近年地理學量體轉向中的潮濕本體論，也深受「想像一種非資源開採式的地質學與人地關係」的地質人類學啟發，本研究計畫企圖探索什麼是有別於靜態時間性的「水田深時間」，嘗試以多物種研究著重關係性與變動性的視角重新看待水田，但又超越多物種研究聚焦於「有生命之人與非人生物」的可能侷限。我將重新解讀與詮釋蘭陽平原相關的地質與環境史研究，其次透過歷史圖資與耆老口述呈現宜蘭員山水田地帶百年來的水文變遷，希望呈現一塊水田如何既是一方不斷變動中也同時具有轉化能力的物空間，同時又是在與哪些其他物的共造關係中被理解與定義的。在此視角下，水田將不再只是生命活動發生的背景，而是在漫長時限中共同參與並形塑當代經驗的行動者。

 This project attempts to re-frame our understanding of wet-rice ecology and landscape in rural Taiwan through notions related to “deep time”.  Too often we see landscapes composed mainly of paddy fields as either backward (in need of modernization) or idyllic (awaiting to be protected). While the modernization frame projects a temporality towards the future, the idyllic frame seeks to keep the paddy field landscape still and unchanging. Both temporalities, however, share the common framework of seeing a paddy field as the backdrop of human activities, rather than as an assemblage of agentive forces that are both transforming and transformative at the same time. Inspired by the emergent fields of volume and vertical geography (Philip Steinberg & Kimberley Peters 2015, 2019) and geological anthropology ( Zeynep Oguz 2020, Richard Irvine 2020), my study will first resituate the wet-rice landscape in Northeast Taiwan in the tectonic and the environmental histories of the Lanyang Plain, followed by a re-examination of the multispecies, co-evolutionary history of wet-rice ecology, and how such an ecology has violently displaced and emplaced the Lanyang Plain through processes of settler colonization.

倪杰(Jeffrey Nicolaisen)採用佛教與台灣的各種「教」，來重新思考與台灣的動物保護運動有關的人類與非人類網絡中多物種交互相關的能動性與倫理。他以帶有佛教精神的動物保護組織「關懷生命協會」為對象的多物種民族誌研究，探究漢人、原住民與非人類動物之間的互相關係。倪杰將繼續完善其在博士期間的研究，該研究發現：（１）在生態保護公開言談方面，受台灣宗教法律上的政治影響，佛教受到限制；以及（２）適用於一切有知覺的生命的「生命平等」概念，與基於歐洲的政治及環境理論的國際人權與環境保育法，兩者是不可通約的。與此同時，倪杰也將推進另一項研究計劃，專注於在台灣的包含人類、狗及猴子的多物種社群中，的非人類動物主體性研究，其目的是整合進化人類學的動物行為學的研究方法，與文化人類學的民族誌研究方法。倪杰已經對兩個台灣個案進行了田野調查，包含新的動物收容所零撲殺法律以及猴子與果農之間的衝突。

At the International Center for Cultural Studies, Nicolaisen will work with an emerging NYCU research team focused on multi-species ethnography. His ethnography on relationships between Han and indigenous people and nonhuman animals in Taiwan focuses on the Buddhism-inspired animal protection organization Life Conservationist Association. Nicolaisen will be further developing his dissertation research that found that (1) the politics of religion have restricted the participation of traditions such as Buddhism in public discourse on ecological issues and (2) the Buddhist concept of“equality of life,” which applies to all sentient beings, is incommensurable with international human rights and environmental conservation law based on European political and environmental theory. Nicolaisen will also continue to work on a project that focuses on the subjectivity of nonhuman animals in multi-species communities of humans, dogs, and monkeys in Taiwan. The goal is to integrate the ethological research methods of evolutionary anthropology and the ethnographic research methods of cultural anthropology to represent how both human and nonhuman animals evaluate their multi- species relationships. Nicolaisen has already conducted field research on two case studies that involve the new no-kill law at animal shelters and the conflict between monkeys and fruit farmers in Taiwan.

臺灣的在來米在帝國殖民的脈絡下於二十世紀初開始大量轉向日本米市，奠基於此主題過去幾十年由臺日學者共同累積、並明確指出日人殖民下農業措施現代化的豐厚史料、歷史批判與農業經濟研究，並受啟發於近年歐美學界包括生態政治經濟學、環境史、批判地理學等將環境納入資本主義發展理論的跨學科努力，此研究計畫回顧當時臺灣總督府採取的一系列「改良」措施，探討市場經濟如何結合殖民治理的模式，就米—既是糧食作物亦是買賣商品之物—連同該作物所連結之環境，有系統地啟動了農業現代化下人與環境在此歷程中可能具有的轉變，而其社會結構再造的啟動機制又為何，其中米的物質性也運作其中形塑著特定的社會生態生成。透過對於上述核心問題意識，此計畫也嘗試呼應Karl Polanyi在其經典著作《鉅變》中指出土地如何在現代成為虛構商品的討論。目前正在執行有關米穀乾燥與分級的檔案研究。

This project examines how the measures that Taiwan Sotokufu adopted to “improve” local rice in early colonial years initiated the long-term socio-ecological transformation of Taiwan towards its agricultural modernization, with particular focus on the impacts of the combination of market economy, commodification, colonial governance, and the materiality of rice. With insights of fruitful empirical studies and efforts to theorize the environment in capitalism, this project hopes to deepen the discussion of the making of “fictitious commodities” that Karl Polanyi forged in his classic work. The archival research about rice drying and classification is in progress for this topic.

江芝華的研究聚焦於新石器時期的蘭陽平原人與環境間的關係，透過物質遺留討論台灣早期社會的樣貌。她的研究受新物質論的影響，重新思索「物」如何在與人及其他非人生物互動過程中，展現其所擁有的能動性。無論是早期視人類文化為適應環境的產物，或是後來強調探索人與環境長期互動的過程， 傳統考古學皆將環境與人類社會視為兩組獨立客觀存在、界線分明的範疇，忽略在長時限脈絡下，環境、物及人群間多元、複雜且破碎的共構、交錯關係，而當代所見的「環境」更是在這些不同關係建構過程中的一個切面，實難一分為二。在此視角的影響下，芝華嘗試重新分析宜蘭地區新石器時期人地關係的變化，尤其強調物在這些關係建構中所展現出來的能動性，此一能動性影響了新石器時期人群及其與所生存環境間互動的過程，甚而提供我們思索新石器晚期人群移動的可能因素。在當代思索氣候變遷對人類社會的影響時，透過此一視角，將避免簡化了我們與環境間的關係，可以看到所謂的環境其實是人、非人與物透過長時間互動所建構出來的，因此，所謂的「環境變遷」並非「自然」現象，亦非單純人類行為所造成。

Chiang’s research focuses on the human-environment interactions between human and the environment in the Lanyang Plain in the Neolithic period. Her research is influenced by the new materialism, which reconsiders how "things" demonstrate their agency in the process of interaction with humans and other non-human organisms. Whether viewing human culture as a product of adaptation to the environment or emphasizing the exploration of long-term interactions between humans and the environment, traditional archaeology has regarded the environment and human society as two separate, objectively existing categories with distinct boundaries. It overlooks the diverse, complex, and fragmented co-construction and entanglements of the environment, material objects, and human communities in a long-term context.

More importantly, the contemporary understanding of "environment" is itself one facet that emerges from the processes of constructing these diverse relationships and is difficult to divide into separate parts. Under this perspective, Chiang attempts to reanalyze the changes in the human-environment interactions during the Neolithic period in the Yilan region, with a particular emphasis on the agency exhibited by material objects in these relational constructions. This agency influenced the interactions between the Neolithic populations and the environment they inhabited, even providing possible approaches to explain the migration of Late Neolithic populations. When contemplating the impact of climate change on human society in contemporary times, this perspective avoids oversimplifying our relationship with the environment. It allows us to see that the so-called "environment" is actually constructed through long-term interactions among humans, non-human entities, and material objects. Therefore, the notion of “environmental change” is not a “natural” phenomenon nor solely caused by human behavior.

吳映青的研究興趣為臺灣海洋漁業，博士論文以東北角高度商業化的鯖鰺漁業為主題。目前，她關注該漁業自20世紀中葉以來網撈漁法的引進和變化歷程，透過深入研究這個個案，試圖探討臺灣作為一個「漁業後進」國家的當代處境。

吳映青藉由考察人類漁撈活度中不可或缺的技術面向——漁具和漁法，來切入這個研究，將漁具和漁法視為人類、海洋生物和其他行動者之間共同參與演化的關係載體，通過探討特定漁法變化，她旨在闡明人類與海洋生物之間的相互關係，同時審視漁業發展中所涉及多重尺度的力量。

為了脫離將海洋漁業簡化為人類資源開發手段的主流敘事，本研究力求通過重構臺灣海洋漁業的地方脈絡，拓寬對當代海洋漁業治理的視角。

Wu’s research is focused on Taiwan's marine fisheries, particularly the highly commercialized mackerel industry on the country's northeast coast. Currently, Wu is specially engaged in the introduction and evolution of netting fishing methods in this fishery since the mid-twentieth century. Through an in-depth examination of this specific example, she hopes to investigate Taiwan's configuration as a "latecomer" country in the fisheries business.

To approach this research, Wu selected to investigate the essential technological features of human fishing activities, which are fishing gears and methods. Fishing gear and methods, in her opinion, are carriers of the co-evolutionary interaction between people, sea species, and other participants. Wu’s goal is to understand the connection between humans and marine life by researching changes in specific fishing practices, while also gaining insights into the different scales of power involved in fisheries growth.

This study aims to diverge from the mainstream narrative that simplifies marine fisheries as a means of human resource exploitation. Instead, it is dedicated to broadening the perspective on contemporary marine fisheries governance. One way to achieve this is by reconstructing the local context of Taiwan's marine fisheries. By delving into the specificities of Taiwan's marine fisheries, the study seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the complex dynamics and challenges involved in governing marine resources.

宋芝蘭為隆德大學東亞及東南亞研究中心博士生。她的研究以當代台灣和中國的蔬食主義和純素主義的發展和擴展為主。她對此主題的興趣源於兩地新興的氣候和動物倡議論述的出現，其中與避免肉食傳統與宗教實踐的關連。她的項目將研究新一代的素食主義者和純素主義者如何推動動物倫理和綠色消費。對於當地就「新興」的純素主義的理解和推廣方式，以及動物權益和可持續性等概念如何在當地脈絡下被轉譯﹐宋尤其感興趣。

Gina Song Lopez (Chih-Lan Song) is a PhD candidate at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies. Her project focuses on the development and expansion of veg*nism in contemporary Taiwan and China. Her interest in this topic draws from the emergence of new climate and animal advocacy discourses in the region where meat avoidance has traditionally been associated with religious practices. Her project looks at the new generation of vegans and vegetarians promoting animal ethics and green consumption. In particular, she is interested in how ‘new’ vegan*sm is understood and promoted locally and how concepts such as animal rights and sustainability are translated into local contexts.

Tobias Linné擁有社會學領域的博士學位，目前任職於瑞典隆德大學傳媒系的高級講師。

Linné博士的研究主要集中於批判文化研究領域，尤其對於批判動物研究和人類–動物研究感興趣。

2016年，Linné博士創立隆德大學批判動物研究網絡（Critical Animal Studies Network），網絡致力於對動物在人類社會、文化和媒體中角色進行批判分析的研究和教育工作。此外，他還在2013年和2014年擔任隆德大學普芬多夫高等研究所的「探索『動物轉向』：科學、社會和文化中人類–動物關係變革的觀點」（Exploring the ”Animal Turn”: Changing Perspectives on Human-Animal Relations in Science, Society and Culture）研究主題的項目負責人。

Linné博士在人類-動物研究領域發表了大量的論文，涉及多個主題，例如乳品行業的市場營銷策略（Linné，2016）、關於新型植物性食品產品的公眾辯論（Linné等，2019年）以及農民在社交媒體上的角色（Linné，2023年）。此外，他也經常應邀就數字媒體行動主義和動物權利等相關主題進行演講。

Tobias Linné holds a PhD in Sociology, and is currently employed as senior lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Communication and Media, Lund University, Sweden. 

Dr. Linné’s research is within critical cultural studies with a special interest in critical animal studies and human-animal studies more broadly. 

In 2016 Dr. Linné founded the Lund University Critical Animal Studies Network, a research and educational network dedicated to critical analysis of the role of animals in humans society, culture and the media. In 2013 and 2014 he also acted as project leader for the research theme Exploring the “Animal Turn”: Changing Perspectives on Human-Animal Relations in Science, Society and Culture at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University.

Dr. Linné has published extensively in the field of human-animal studies on topics such as the dairy industry marketing strategies (Linné 2016), public debates about new plant based food products (Linné et al. 2019 ) and farmers on social media (Linné 2023). He is also a frequently invited lecturer on topics related to digital media activism and animal rights.

Linné, T. (2016) ”Cows on Facebook and Instagram: Interspecies Intimacy in the Social Media Spaces of the Swedish Dairy Industry” Television and New Media. 17: 8, 719-733.

Linné, T., Jönsson, E., & McCrow Young, A., (2019) ”Many Meats and Many Milks? The Ontological Politics of a Proposed Post-animal Revolution”, Science as Culture. 28: 1, 70-97.

Linné, T. (2023) ”Swedish agriculture and farmed animals in social media” in Kaarlenkaski et al. (ed.) Animal Industries: Nordic Perspectives to the Exploitation of Animals since 1870. Berlin: De Gruyter