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Anthropologists look at our complex and weird world through a unique lens. In each episode, we create inspiring conversations with different anthropologists and students. With topics ranging from funerary rituals and ghosts stories, happiness and meanings in life, domestic helpers, sex workers, food culture, and so on, we will share their field stories and insights with you.

由香港中文大學人類學系製播的節目,每集與不同人類學家及學生討論他們在田野中遇到的人和故事,由喪禮與鬼故事,到快樂與人生意義、本地外籍傭工、性工作者、飲食文化⋯⋯一起聆聽他們如何以人類學之眼,探索這複雜而有趣的世界。

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CUHK Anthropology Podcast 人類學看世‪界‬ CUHK Anthropology

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Anthropologists look at our complex and weird world through a unique lens. In each episode, we create inspiring conversations with different anthropologists and students. With topics ranging from funerary rituals and ghosts stories, happiness and meanings in life, domestic helpers, sex workers, food culture, and so on, we will share their field stories and insights with you.

由香港中文大學人類學系製播的節目,每集與不同人類學家及學生討論他們在田野中遇到的人和故事,由喪禮與鬼故事,到快樂與人生意義、本地外籍傭工、性工作者、飲食文化⋯⋯一起聆聽他們如何以人類學之眼,探索這複雜而有趣的世界。

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    穩定同位素窺探前世今生 張渟渟的科學考古 Christina Cheung on bioarchaeology, stable isotopes and the lifeways in the past

    穩定同位素窺探前世今生 張渟渟的科學考古 Christina Cheung on bioarchaeology, stable isotopes and the lifeways in the past

    DNA 儲存了人類的遺傳資訊,而穩定同位素則記錄了人類的生活環境乃至社會文化。香港中文大學人類學系助理教授張渟渟專長生物考古學,並致力以穩定同位素分析的方法,重構前人的生活方式,以解答人類學和考古學關於飲食、性別、遷移、經濟、人類與自然關係等等問題。訪問中,她解釋穩定同位素分析的原理及應用,亦分享博士論文中有關青銅時代中國殷墟祭祀坑的考古發現。

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    (本集訪問以廣東話進行。)

    DNA stores the genetic information of human beings, while stable isotopes record their living environments and sociocultural lives. Christina Cheung, Assistant Professor of the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, specializes in bioarchaeology and is keen on reconstructing the dietary habits and mobility patterns of our ancestors through stable isotope analysis, so as to address issues of gender, migration, subsistence economies, and humans/environment relationship. In the interview, she explains the principle and application of stable isotope analysis, and the archaeological discoveries of sacrificial pits in Yinxu, Bronze Age China in her PhD research.

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    (This episode is conducted in Cantonese.)

    00’50 穩定同位素與考古學 Stable isotopes in archeology19’25 穩定同位素分析與生物考古學 Application of stable isotope analysis and bioarchaeology

    33’25 考古學中的性別與中國殷墟祭祀坑研究 Sex in archaeology and research on sacrificial pits in Yinxu

    46’16 考古教與學 Teaching Archaeology in Hong Kong

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    「重新做人」:張超雄談中國戒毒者的道德經驗 “Re-become human”: Chaoxiong Zhang on Chinese drug users’moral experience

    「重新做人」:張超雄談中國戒毒者的道德經驗 “Re-become human”: Chaoxiong Zhang on Chinese drug users’moral experience

    本集我們邀請到新近加入香港中文大學人類學系的張超雄博士。訪談中,她分享自己如何由生物學轉而投入文化人類學。超雄的博士論文,研究在中國「禁毒人民戰爭」的背景下,中國西南地區吸毒者的道德經驗,以及戒毒治療的政治和倫理。為什麼,在日常生活中,吸毒者非常喜歡對每件事做道德判斷?「重新做人」,對於吸毒者和他們所身處的社會網絡而言,意味著什麼?超雄亦談到她最近的研究項目,延續她對生物學的興趣,鑽研中國西南方的糯米種植與文化、政治、經濟生活的關連。

    (本集訪問以普通話進行。)

    In this episode, we have Prof. Zhang Chaoxiong, who has recently joined the Anthropology Department, CUHK, shares her experience of switching from the discipline of biology to cultural anthropology, as well as her PhD research on the moral experience of drug users in Southwest China. In the context of China's "People’s War on Drugs", Chaoxiong discusses the politics and ethics of drug addiction treatment, and the meaning of "re-becoming human" for drug users and the social world around them. Also, she talks about her recent research on ecological restoration and the biocultural diversity of he (glutinous rice) in southwest China.

    (This episode is conducted in Putonghua.)

    00’40 由生物學到人類學 Switching from biology to anthropology

    07’52 中國西南地區吸毒者研究 Research on drug use in Southwest China

    16’55 吸毒是醫學問題還是道德問題?Is drug use a medical or moral issue?

    40’40 中國禁毒政策 Drug addiction treatment and policy in China

    56’20 回到生物多樣性 研究中國西南地區的糯米種植文化 Recent research on he (glutinous rice) in southwest China

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    人類學與性別研究 與碩士畢業生鐘馨樂談中國女同志生育研究 “Anthropology and Gender Studies - Queer Women’s Family Building in China” with Mphil Graduate Zhong Xinle

    人類學與性別研究 與碩士畢業生鐘馨樂談中國女同志生育研究 “Anthropology and Gender Studies - Queer Women’s Family Building in China” with Mphil Graduate Zhong Xinle

    隨著現代生育技術漸趨成熟以及家庭觀念的轉變,生育不再局限於異性一夫一妻制的家庭模式。中文大學人類學系哲學碩士畢業生鐘馨樂專注性別研究,其論文研究中國的女同志如何以不同策略應對家人和主流社會的限制,建立家庭,生育和撫養子女。她也分享了在中國推動性別平等的非牟利機構「友善校園」工作的經驗,以及人類學如何讓她以小見大,關顧每一個看似微小的個人生命經驗。

    (本集訪問以廣東話進行。)

    With the maturity of New Reproductive Technologies and the change of family concept, procreation is no longer limited to the heterosexual model of family. Zhong Xinle is an MPhil student in Gender Studies, CUHK, affiliating with the Department of Anthropology, CUHK. Her thesis studies the family-building of Chinese queer women, and how they adopt different strategies to cope with the constraints of their families and mainstream society. In thie episode, she also shares her experience working in a non-profit organization Gender Friendly Campus that promotes gender equality in China, and how anthropology allows her to see the ‘small things' and be attentive to each person’s  life experience.

    (This episode is conducted in Cantonese.)

    00’27 從性別研究講起 The beginning of the journay to Gender Studies

    10’01 中國女同志家庭與生育研究 Queer women’s family-building in China

    27’09 「友善校園」工作推動性別平等 Working for Gender Friendly Campus promoting gender equality

    48’39 人類學的微觀視角 Seeing things from the bottom-up

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    “The Parsi Way of Life and Death“ with Leilah Vevaina Leilah Vevaina: 巴斯社群的生活與喪葬

    “The Parsi Way of Life and Death“ with Leilah Vevaina Leilah Vevaina: 巴斯社群的生活與喪葬

    In this episode, Prof. Leilah Vevaina at the CUHK Department of Anthropology will be talking about her research on the Indian Zoroastrian, or Parsi, community in Mumbai, India and Hong Kong. Leilah does not only look at the religious endowments and the trust as a mechanism of property management in the city, but also the interaction between the Parsi community and the city and the dynamics within the group. Her recent research focuses on Zoroastrian death rituals and funerary infrastructures, offering an insight about how religious beliefs and practices adapt and evolve in contemporary society.

    (This episode is conducted in English.)

    香港中文大學人類學系助理教授 Leilah Vevaina 研究在印度孟買及香港的信奉祆教(又稱拜火教)的巴斯人社群。她的研究深入討論巴斯社群如何以宗教基金為單位,設立一套管理資產的機制,亦透露了社群與市政府的互動,在城市中扮演的角色,以及社群成員間的矛盾。她最近著手研究巴斯社群的喪葬儀式,為聽眾對於傳統宗教信仰和實踐在現代社會的演變提供更多思考。

    (本集訪問以英語進行。)

    00’48 The Parsi: a very small community in a very big city 巴斯人:大城市中的小社群

    13’25 The Parsi way of property management  巴斯式財產管理

    28’22 Parsi in Hong Kong 巴斯人在香港

    39’03 The change in Parsi death rituals in contemporary society 現代社會巴斯喪葬儀式的轉變

    47’04 Leilah’s journey to anthropology 如何踏上人類學之路

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    人類學家陳如珍:獨立音樂裡的自由與連結 Anthropologist Ju-Chen Chen on Indie Music, Freedom and Resonance

    人類學家陳如珍:獨立音樂裡的自由與連結 Anthropologist Ju-Chen Chen on Indie Music, Freedom and Resonance

    坂本龍一說音樂使人自由。本集節目嘉賓——香港中文大學人類學系前高級講師陳如珍,也在她近年關於獨立音樂的研究中,看見創作人如何摒棄以財富累積(accumulation)為目標的人生,用音樂創造一個讓人與人連結和共鳴的聲音場域(sonic moment)。她亦談到如何離開田野,以及獨立音樂研究與自身的人類學生涯的連結和思考。最後,如珍以台灣歌手米莎的作品《紙鳶》,寄託她離開香港前的感受。

    (本集訪問以普通話進行。)

    In this episode, anthropologist Ju-Chen Chen, former senior lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, CUHK, talks about her recent research on independent music. She explores how the musicians live a life not aiming at capital accumulation. Instead, they make use of music to create “sonic moments” that connect people and lead to a sense of freedom. Ju-chen also touches on how to exit the research field, and the linkage between her research and her own path in anthropology. Lastly, she shares a song Kite by Taiwanese singer Misa (米莎) to express her feelings before leaving Hong Kong.

    (This episode is conducted in Mandarin.)



    00’38 研究獨立音樂 Becoming curious about indie music

    14’50 他們是想用音樂改變世界嗎? Do people make music to change the world?

    38’11 如何離開田野 How to exit the field

    42’30 人生不是追求什麼,而是成為什麼 Pursuing versus Becoming



    《紙鷂》

    米莎

    你仔細綁我的骨架

    溫柔糊紙

    畫上彩虹的顏色

    我是你手上的紙鷂

    夏天 南風

    你放長了線 要我輕鬆去飛

    你說 不怕 慢慢的起

    你說 不怕 緩緩的去

    有時風大  你怕線沒綁牢

    有時無風  又掛心我會跌落

    我說 不怕 放手讓我去

    我說 不怕 記得回家的老路

    風大的時候 隨風高飛

    風停的時候 就回來看你

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    保育專家伍志和:每個保育項目都是田野調查 Ng Chi Wo on anthropology and conserving local culture and heritage in Hong Kong

    保育專家伍志和:每個保育項目都是田野調查 Ng Chi Wo on anthropology and conserving local culture and heritage in Hong Kong

    香港中文大學人類學系系友伍志和,多年來從事歷史建築、文物及非物質文化遺產保育工作,曾參與上水應龍廖公家塾、西貢滘西洲洪聖古廟、景賢里等修復項目,保育古建築及傳統工藝。他指每個保育項目都像做人類學田野調查,須花時間跟不同持分者建立關係,深入了解他們的文化習俗。伍曾於人類學系任教「Seminars in Hong Kong Studies」一科,帶學生到訪新界圍村,更會安排學生食盆菜,發掘香港富有歷史文化的一面。

    (本集訪問以廣東話進行。)

    UG & MPhil graduate of the CUHK Anthropology Department Mr. Ng Chi Wo has been dedicating himself to studying and preserving historical architecture, tangible and intangible cultural heritage. He has participated in the conservation of Liu Ying Fung Study Hall (Sheung Shui), Kau Sai Chau Hung Shing Temple (Sai Kung), and King Yin Lei, among many others. Ng sees each conservation project similar to fieldwork experience, which requires a solid understanding of the local culture and beliefs, as well as building good relationships with various stakeholders. Teaching “Seminars in Hong Kong Studies” at the Anthropology Department, he takes students to local villages to get first-hand experience of the other side of Hong Kong.

    (This episode is conducted in Cantonese.)

    00’45 人類學與保育 Anthropology and cultural conservation

    17’05 教授香港本土文化 Teaching about Hong Kong local culture

    27’26 滘西洲及景賢里修復項目 Kau Sai Chau Hung Shing Temple (Sai Kung), and King Yin Lei conservation projects

    44’20 歷史文化走進大眾 Connecting the public with local culture and history

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