The anthropologist Dr Derek Sheridan shares his fascinating experiences conducting field research in Tanzania. His study explores how martial arts, or Kung Fu, serve as a lens to examine the interplay between individual experiences, relationality, and geopolitical imaginaries. Of particular interest is the connection between East Africa and East Asia, offering fresh insights into their cultural and historical interactions. We invite you to join us for this compelling interview. Below, you’ll also find additional resources on Dr Sheridan’s research for those eager to delve deeper.

#Anthropology #Tanzania #Chinese #Immigrants #KungFu

人類學家謝力登(Derek Sheridan)博士分享了他在坦尚尼亞進行田野研究的精彩經歷。他的研究探討了武術（或功夫）如何成為檢視生命經驗、社會關係性以及地緣政治想像交互作用的媒介，尤其是東非與東亞地區間鮮少被關注的聯繫，為兩地的文化與歷史提供了不同的觀點。在這場引人入勝的訪談影片下方，我們亦附上更多關於 謝立登博士的研究資料，供有興趣深入了解的讀者參考。

關鍵字：#人類學 #坦尚尼亞 #華人 #移民 #功夫

☯ About Dr Derek Sheridan ☯
Dr Derek Sheridan is an anthropologist whose research examines global imaginaries within South-South political-economic contexts. His work investigates Afro-Asian connections, with a particular focus on trading dynamics, interpersonal relations, and narratives of nationhood and culture. His ongoing project explores Afro-Asian cultural exchange, specifically the historical trajectories of East Asian martial arts in East Africa and their significance in Tanzanian filmmaking and embodied practices. His forthcoming book, "Chinese Migrants and the Interpersonal Ethics of Global Inequality in Tanzania", draws on 17 months of ethnographic fieldwork and critically analyses Chinese-Tanzanian relations through the lenses of migration, trade, and ethical engagement.

✦ Dr Derek Sheridan's Website ✦
https://dereksheridan.wordpress.com/

✦ Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica ✦
https://www.ioe.sinica.edu.tw/

☯ About the hosts ☯

Lou Mo is a Chinese-Canadian artist and curator whose research focuses primarily on modern and contemporary exchanges between Asia and Africa, as well as the works of Third World artists. She is also interested in the dynamics of center and periphery, diaspora, identity, and the perceptual differences emerging from post-colonial history.

Musquiqui Chihying is a Taiwanese visual artist. Specialising in the use of multimedia such as film and sound, he investigates the human condition and environmental system in the age of global capitalisation and engages in the inquiry of and research on issues of subjectivity in contemporary social culture in the Global South.

☯ 關於謝力登博士 ☯

謝力登博士是一位人類學家，他的研究聚焦於南南政治經濟背景下的全球想像，並探討非洲與亞洲間的聯繫，特別是貿易動態、人際關係及有關國族與文化的敘事。他目前的研究項目集中於亞非文化交流，特別是東亞武術在東非的歷史軌跡，及其在坦尚尼亞電影製作和身體文化中的重要性。他即將出版的專著《中國移民與坦桑尼亞全球不平等的人際倫理》，奠基於長達17個月的民族誌田野調查，從移民、貿易和倫理互動的視角深入剖析中坦關係。

☯ 關於主持人 ☯

莫奴是加拿大籍華裔藝術家和策展人，他的研究主要側重在現當代的亞非交流與第三世界藝術家的創作，也對中心與邊緣、後殖民的歷史中產生的離散、身份認同與感知差異剛興趣。

致穎是臺灣視覺藝術工作者，他擅長運用聲音及影像等媒材進行創作，以探討全球資本化時代人類生存語境與環境體系之關聯，並多方關注全球南方當代社會之主體性研究與探查。