顏學誠 Hsueh Cheng Yen

Hsueh-cheng Yen 顏學誠

[Education]

Ph. D. , Michigan State University

[Positions]

Assistant Professor

[Research Interests]

Reseach of Han Chinese in Southern China, Anthropology of the body

[Contact]

E-mail: yenhsueh@ntu.edu.tw
TEL: (02)3366-4741
Office: Room 404

【Reserach Interests】【Publications】【Honors】【Courses】

Reserach Interests

　　My research focuses on social order; more specifically, the order of complex societies. It is examined from five vantage points.

　　First is the social typology. I distinguish the different natures of social order between small-scale and large-scale societies. My main argument is that while the former could be based on kinship as its organizing principle, in a complex society where contact between strangers increase, kinship principle would no longer be enough to maintain social order. Something new must give rise to solve the stranger problem.

　　My second research focus on the concept of person. I argue there are different ways of dealing with the stranger problem. In a comparison between models of problem solving, I argue the mainstream of the West adopts a dualist model as the dominant strategy. In which a person is conceptually divided into two aspects. On the one hand, there are contingent social roles which separate people; on the other hand, it is assumed underneath the social masks individuals share same essence. Thus while one may be a stranger to another socially, they are equal brothers as individuals. Chinese of the Warring-States period dealt with the problem differently. They came up with a ladder structure which put people in various steps of a ladder that guides their interaction. However, one is able to change his/her ladder position through self-cultivation. Mobility is the hallmark of the ladder structure.

　　Thirdly, I want to find out whether anthropological analytical frameworks are based on the dualist model. I contend that the distinction between nature and culture, individual and social position (or social role) take the dualist model as its basis. I trace the duality of human universality and diversity to the Enlightenment and the subsequent Romanticism. The dualism in anthropological theories not only reflects a dominant strategy of the West in solving the stranger problem, it self-reproduces as anthropologists adopt them to analyze the world. This leaves the question of whether the dualism could provide a better understanding of another model in solving the stranger problem.

　　In recent studies of the body, the dualist model is called into question. My empirical works are mostly reflections and critiques of the dualist model, especially the concept of culture, from the perspective of the body. Moreover, they demonstrate how the ladder and one’s mobility on ladder are experienced through the body in self-cultivation of various sorts.

　　Lastly, I am interest in collective conflicts in the modern world. I argue in the wars between nation-states, religious conflicts or ethnic cleansings, people still treat others as strangers. While the dualist and the ladder models try to cope with the problem, it still haunts us in the 21th century. My studies on them are examinations of their pros and cons in solving the world problem on hand.

Publications

1.Journal Articles

	2008	＜內丹是文化嗎？一個對修煉經驗的身體研究＞，《中正大學中文學術年刊》11：，嘉義：國立中正大學。
	2007	＜考古人類學刊中漢人研究的回顧與展望＞《考古人類學刊》66：
	2006	＜什麼是好茶？茶葉比賽的人類學研究＞《考古人類學刊》65：
	2006	＜連續與斷裂：兩種人觀的比較＞《丹道研究》創刊號。
	2006	＜前言＞《思與言》44(1)「身體研究」專輯
	2005	＜身體＞文化研究月刊。第53期。2005年12月25日。
	2003	＜先秦諸子與「陌生人」：一個社會秩序的研究＞《考古人類學刊》61：3-38
	2002	＜修煉與身心互動：一個氣的身體人類學研究＞《考古人類學刊》58：112-145
	2000	〈功法初探—人類學的觀察〉。台北：丹道文化24期。

2.Conference Papers

	2008b	Is Daoism Cultural? A Study of Daoist Cultivation，USB Conference on Daoist Studies，University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. October 23-27, 2008
	2008a	National Glory in Sports Globalization，Conference on Taiwan Issues Charismatic Modernity: Popular Culture in Taiwan，Center for Asian Studies, University of South Carolina ，Gambrell Hall, University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina，October 3-5 2008.
	2007b	Globalization Through Nationalism: A Case Study of Taiwanese Baseball，「資料與詮釋—人類學知識的當代理解」工作坊暨國際學術研討會，台北：國立臺灣大學人類學系，2007年11月8日至10日。
	2007a	酸的形狀，日常生活的身體感工作坊，台北：中央研究院，2007年9月27日至29日
	2006b	Making Tea and Drinking Tea，身體修練工作坊(中央研究院主題研究計畫感同「身」受：日常生活與身體感的文化研究，台北：中央研究院，2006年9月5日至7日。
	2006a	Spontaneity in the Daoist Cultivation of the Body，Third International Conference Daoism and Contemporary World – Daoist Cultivation in Theory and Practice，德國：慕尼黑，2006年5月25 日至5月28日。
	2005a	＜什麼是好茶：從感官知覺探討茶葉比賽的可能性＞發表於中央研究院主題研究計畫感同「身」受：日常生活與身體感的文化研究。「2005物與身體感工作坊」。2005年9月5日至7日。
	2005b	＜客家擂茶：傳統的創新或是新創的傳統？＞發表於「第九屆中華飲食文化學術研討會」。2005年11月11日至13日。
	2004	＜茶葉、商品與身體感＞發表於中央研究院民族學研究所主辦之「階序與權力」學術研討會。2004年10月6日至8日。
	2002a	＜內丹身體的知覺：兼論幾個身體研究的取向＞。發表於中央研究院民族學研究所與中央研究院臺灣史研究所籌備處主辦之「醫療與文化」學術研討會。2002年10月24日至25日。
	2002b	＜連續與斷裂：兩種人觀的比較＞。發表於『第一屆道教學術研討會』。玄奘宗教學研究所，新竹都城隍廟，中華大道文教基金會，丹道文教基金會主辦。2002年5月25日至26日。
	2001a	＜跳躍旋轉：一個身體主動性的討論＞。發表於財團法人喜馬拉雅研究發展基金會主辦，中央研究院歷史語言研究所協辦之『第三屆【中華文明二十一世紀新意義】學術討論會：科學、知識與中國文化傳統』2001年12月27日至29日。
	2001b	＜『異』與『同』的人觀＞。發表於中央研究院民族學研究所主辦之『人類學與漢人宗教研究』。2001年10月26日至27日。
	2000	〈修練與身心互動〉。發表於氣的文化研究：文化、氣與傳統醫學學術研討會。
	1999	〈『修練』初探〉。發表於國立台灣大學人類學系五十週年系慶學術研討會。

3.Monographs and Book Sections

	2008	＜專家、物性、身體感：茶葉比賽中的社會秩序〉《體物入微：物與身體感的研究》，新竹：國立清華大學出版社。
	2006	＜「客家擂茶」：傳統的創新或是創新的傳統？〉《第九屆中華飲食文化學術研討會論文集》，台北市：中華飲食文化基金會。
	2003	＜跳躍旋轉：一個身體主動性的討論＞。收入《理性、學術和道德的知識傳統》，李弘祺編，台北：喜瑪拉雅研究發展基金會。
	1998	〈長江三角洲農村父系親屬關係中的「差序格局」--以二十世紀初的水頭村為例〉《華南農村社會文化論文集》台北，南港：中央研究院民族學研究所
	1997	"Power Structure in Shuitou: Punishment and Reward in Three Periods of a Chinese Village in the Yangtzi Delta." Ph. D. dissertation. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University

Academic Honors

Award Title	Time
國科會甲種研究獎勵	87年度
文學院優良教師	92學年度
校教學優良教師	93學年度

Courses

Academic Year & Semester		Course Name	Course No.	Designated for
86 AY	1st Semester	PATTERNS OF RURAL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHERN CHINA	105 29950	Undergraduate
	1st Semester	READINGS ON LATIN AMERICA	105 31900	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	READINGS IN HUNTING AND GATHERING SOCIETY	105 40460	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	TYPOLOGY OF SOCIETIES	105 40470	Undergraduate
87 AY	1st Semester	PATTERNS OF RURAL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHERN CHINA	105 29950	Undergraduate
	1st Semester	READING DURKEIM	125 M2100	Graduate
	2nd Semester	READINGS ON LATIN AMERICA	105 31900	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY	125 D1040	Doctor
88 AY	1st Semester	ETHNOGRAPHY OF CHINA (1)	105 30201	Undergraduate
	1st Semester	ANTHROPOLOGY OF BODY	125 M2200	Graduate
	2nd Semester	ETHNOGRAPHY OF CHINA (2)	105 30202	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	TYPOLOGY OF SOCIETIES	105 40470	Undergraduate
89 AY	1st Semester	FIELD METHODS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(WITH PRACTICES) (1)	105 30401	Undergraduate
	1st Semester	ANTHROPOLOGY OF BODY	105 41200	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	FIELD METHODS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(WITH PRACTICES) (2)	105 30402	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	SEMINAR ON CULTURE CONCEPT	125 M2280	Graduate
90 AY	1st Semester	FIELD METHODS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(WITH PRACTICES) (1)	105 30401	Undergraduate
	1st Semester	CHINESE BODY	125 U2040	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond & Master
	2nd Semester	FIELD METHODS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(WITH PRACTICES) (2)	105 30402	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	ANTHROPOLOGY OF BODY	125 U2120	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond & Master
91 AY	1st Semester	HAN-CHINESE SOCIETY AND CULTURE	105 30110	Undergraduate
		FIELD METHODS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(WITH PRACTICES) (1)	105 30401	Undergraduate
		PREFIELD RESEARCH	125 M1000	Master
	2nd Semester	FIELD METHODS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(WITH PRACTICES) (2)	105 30402	Undergraduate
		TYPOLOGY OF SOCIETIES	105 41620	Undergraduate
		CONCEPT OF PERSON	125 U2190	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond & Master
92 AY	1st Semester	ANTHROPOLOGY CONSTRUCTIONISM	105 41630	Undergraduate
		COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN SOCIAL CONCEPTS	125 U2240	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond & Master
		SEMINAR ON EDUCATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY	125 M2480	Graduate
	2nd Semester	OCNCEPT OF PERSON	105 41660	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	READING DURKEIM	125 M2100	Graduate
93 AY	1st Semester	HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (1)	105 30101	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond
		ETHNOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA	125 M2550	Graduate
		PREFIELD RESEARCH	125 M1000	Master
		PREFIELD RESEARCH	125 M1000	Master
	2nd Semester	WORLD ETHNOLOGY	105 12100	Undergraduate
		HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (2)	105 30102	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond
		ANTHROPOLOGY OF BODY	125 U2120	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond & Master
94 AY	1st Semester	FIELD METHODS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(WITH PRACTICES) (1)	105 30401	Undergraduate
	1st Semester	HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (1)	105 30101	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond
	2nd Semester	FIELD METHODS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(WITH PRACTICES) (2)	105 30402	Undergraduate
		HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (2)	105 30102	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond
		HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (I)	105 24300	Undergraduate
95 AY	1st Semester	ANTHROPOLOGY OF BODY	105 41200	Undergraduate
	1st Semester	HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (II)	105 24400	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond
	2nd Semester	TYPOLOGY OF SOCIETIES	105 40470	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond
	2nd Semester	GUIDE TO CLASSIC WORK OF ANCIENT CHINA	125 M1200	Graduate
96 AY	1st Semester	GROUP CONFLICT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT	105 41740	Undergraduate
		READINGS SELECTED FROM ANTHROPOLOGIAL JOURNALS	125 U2560	Undergraduate students of junior year and beyond & Master
		SEMINAR ON THE CONCEPT OF PERSON	125 M2730	Graduate
	2nd Semester	ANTHROPOLOGY OF BODY	105 41200	Undergraduate
	2nd Semester	TEXT IN CONTEXT	125 M2360	Graduate