工作室裡面有甚麼?

裡頭有什麼樣的人? Who is involved?

柏安潔(Angela Utschig)是本中心的創辦人,同時也是「思,生活工作室」各項活動的協調人。
柏安潔是一名油畫家,也是一名配音員。她的主修是建築,因此從事過與建築及室內設計相關的工作。她透過瀏覽網站、與人交談的方式,投注大量時間研究社會、文化、政府、商業、倫理與靈修等議題。過去,她曾在世界公民文化中心台北及新竹校區帶領一群關心社會的人進行各項議題的討論。

Angela Utschig (柏安潔) is the founder and program coordinator of The Studio for Rethinking Ourselves.
Angela is an oil painter and a voice recording artist. She majored in and has practiced architecture and interior design. She spends a considerable amount of time studying the social, cultural, governmental, business, ethical and spiritual practices of our time through reading and talking to people around the world both in person and on the internet. In the past, she has run a discussion class called Culture Class, held at Core-Corner in Taipei and Hsinchu.

Fanny Lin 負責安排中文討論會。
Fanny是一名金融研究工作者。主修財務金融,卻對數字不甚感興趣,反而喜歡觀察探究人類的思想和行為,以及人類社會的組織構成和歷史文化。因此,她選擇從事金融研究,包括:人類社會的經濟行為、金融發展歷史、金融制度與政策等。除此之外,Fanny也廣泛地關注各類議題,藉由閱讀書報、觀賞電視電影等方式,反覆思考人類的生活及社會的運作。過去曾參與世界公民文化中心台北的討論課程。

Fanny Lin coordinates the 中文討論會 Chinese Discussion meeting.
Fanny is a financial researcher. She majored in finance and banking. Rather than in numbers, she is interested in human beings’ thinking and behavior, as well as the organization, history and culture of society. As a result, she chooses to work on financial research, including human beings’ behavior in economic societies, histories about financial development, and financial regulation. Fanny also pays attention to a wide ranges of issues. She rethinks types of daily life and models of society through books and movies. In the past, she has attended the Culture Class held by Angela at Core-Corner in Taipei.

Quan Yu 負責安排不分級私影評
Quan Yu 是個自由接案者。寫稿、影視企劃兼任製片助理,有關電影拍攝的大小事都參與過。對電影與劇本有著濃厚的熱情與興趣。「影像反映著人類的情感與真實生活的片段」,宛如一面照射鏡,Quan相信透由彼此對劇本與影片的解讀,能更靠近自己的內在,呈現自己真實的相貌。

Quan Yu coordinates and hosts 不分級私影評 Movie Night on the last Friday of the month.
Quan Yu is a freelancer for writing and film and television production. As a production planning assistant she takes care of everything involved, no matter how large or small. She has a strong passion and interest for film and scripts. The images mirror human emotion and fragments of real life, reflected in light. Quan believes that through the mutual interpretation of the script and the film we can be closer to our inner self, showing our true appearance.

Stacy Yang是網站中文編輯,是此部落格固定撰稿人。
Stacy Yang是一名小學教師兼行政人員。她對孩子如何成長、如何變成大人,以及孩子與父母親的關係、家庭與社會期望之間的動態平衡、個人對於選擇自己的道路的需求等議題相當感興趣。

Stacy Yang is the site's chinese editor and is a regular contributor to the blog.
Stacy Yang is an administrator and teacher at an elementary school. She is very interested in how children grow up and become adults, and the relationships between children and their parents, and the interconnected dynamics between family and social expectations and the individual's need to choose their own path.

Next RethinkingOurselves meeting on Sunday 2/7

Hey folks! Because we kinda sorta just had a really good chat last meeting, we never got to the article. So we're going to do it for our next meeting, on Sunday, 2/7 @ 3pm, at the Catmints Cafe.
羅斯福路二段101巷9號, (捷運古亭3號出口) (02)8369-1271
Roosevelt Rd, Sec 2, Lane 101, No. 9. MRT Kuting Exit No. 3.

For the article please see the post below.

See you there!

下次討論會, 1/25(一) at 7:30pm

抱歉這麼晚po。下次中文討論會, 今天晚上1/25(一) at 7:30pm.
我們要討論現代女性在勞動力的作用,以及她們如何影響文化。

Next RethinkingOurselves meeting: Sunday, 1/17

Hello all! The next RethinkingOurselves meeting (in English) is taking place on Sunday, 1/17 at 3pm, at the Catmints Cafe.
羅斯福路二段101巷9號, (捷運古亭3號出口) (02)8369-1271
Roosevelt Rd, Sec 2, Lane 101, No. 9. MRT Kuting Exit No. 3

The article we are discussing is from the Economist.
Women in the Workforce

There is a short related article that is worth reading, too, for extra argumentative (ha!) value.
Womenenomics

There are comments to the story, too. Fanny notes that they are sure to piss me (Angela) off. Since I'm enjoying my Wednesday, I'm going to leave this for later in the week. However, I'm sure they'll be very instructive in illustrating concepts that the article glossed over.
Comments to Women in the Workforce article.

Happy reading!

所愛與所討厭的清單

下次中文討論會在1/11 (一 ) 7:30pm喔!

功課:列出兩份清單.一為關於你自己的生活與這個世界,你所愛的東西有哪些?另一為,你所討厭的東西有哪

丈夫眼中的老婆

日劇「人妻的遊戲」中,那些丈夫不是把妻子當成裝飾品(decoration),就是家事及性事機器人(robots for housekeeping and sex)。我感到很生氣。

而且,老婆把錢花去哪裡,花了多少錢,都必須跟丈夫報告。甚至,老婆跟誰見面,都必須經過丈夫同意。我感到很生氣。

若不是這些老婆被要求放棄工作,在家幫男人打掃洗衣,省去男人的麻煩,這些男人有辦法專心工作、分心花天酒地、分心養小老婆嗎? !! 我很生氣。

而這些男人要求老婆放棄工作、在家當黃臉婆,自己就覺得在外面賺錢是很了不起的事情,嫌棄老婆沒知識,罵老婆是笨蛋,卻沒有想過:他們的老婆是為了誰而犧牲?這些老婆在結婚前,哪一個不是知識份子?

我對家庭裡,丈夫、爸爸,這種覺得「自己最辛苦」、「只有自己為了家而付出」的「自以為是」(self-righteous)的想法,很生氣。

Intellectuals 知識份子

"知識份子是已存在的威權文化的信徒,並致力於該文化的推廣。"
"Intellectuals are students of the established culture, are devoted to the culture and its continued promulgation."
from: Revolution or Reform? Thoughts on the Character, Strategy and Destiny of Sudbury Valley School. Daniel Greenberg, 1971

因此我們不能依賴知識份子帶領我們走出我們所身處的混沌。
Which means, we can't count on intellectuals to lead us out of this mess we're in.

Stacy都說明:
威權文化從古至今沒有改變過。我們總是敬畏長者、害怕我們的主管,畏懼本身就是威權文化的產物。
知識份子在這樣的體制之下,無形中也接收了這樣的文化,同是進一步不斷地傳遞下去,最後在毫無感覺的情況下也成為威權文化體制下的一員。
Stacy explains further:
Authoritarian culture has not changed since ancient times. We always revere the elderly, and fear our bosses﹣fear itself is the product of an authoritarian culture.
Intellectuals, under such a system, invisibly receive this culture, and further continue to pass it along, and in the end without really realizing it also become members of the authoritarian culture system.