The first lecture: 「Culture in the Body, Body in Culture.」
Moderator:Wen-Ji Wang 王文基
Distinguished Professor, Institute of Science, Technology and Society, National Yang Ming Chaio Tung University Dean,
Time: 11/7 from 10:10 AM to 12:00 PM.
Location: Room 216, Zhi Xing Building, Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
Speaker: Yu, Shuenn-Der 余舜德
Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica.
第二場演講：「台灣茶會儀式中的身體感營造」
The second lecture: 「The Embodiment of Senses in Taiwanese Tea Ceremony.」
Moderator:Karen Yan 嚴如玉
Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Philosophy of Mind at Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
Time: 11/9 from 10:10 AM to 12:00 PM.
Location: Room 216, Zhi Xing Building, Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
Speaker: Yu, Shuenn-Der 余舜德
Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica.
座談：「Q、甘甜、舒適感、美麗：身體感、文化與科技」
Panel Discussion: 「Q, Sweetness, Comfort, Beauty: Embodiment, Culture, and Technology.」
主持人：Kuei-Ying HUANG 黃桂瑩
Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Visual Culture Studies at Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
Time: 11/10 from 13:30 to 15:20.
Location: 2nd Floor, Zhi Xing Building, Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
Speaker:
Yu, Shuenn-Der 余舜德 Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica.
Discussants:
Norman Y. Teng 鄧育仁 Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica.
Wei-Wen Chung 鍾蔚文 Emeritus Professor in the College of Communication, National Chengchi University
Yunn-Wen Lien 連韻文 Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University.
Exhibition: “Drinking Tea with Anthropologists
Time: 7 November~27 November
Curators：余舜德
Artists：杜韻飛
Opening Tea Party： 11月7日星期二 12：20
Venue: National Yang Ming Chiao Tungn Uiversity , Yangming Campus, Zhixing Building, Art Space
The Pursuit of Perfect Spherical Shape Video Exhibition”: Since the 1940s, Taiwanese Oolong tea has been kneaded by foot to form a semi-spherical shape, and then the invention of the cloth ball machine replaced manual kneading (also known as Q-tea) with machines. New machines, such as the Lotus Machine, have helped to bring the shape of Oolong tea closer to a spherical shape. In recent years, the use of extruders has significantly reduced the amount of manpower and time involved in the process, making the pursuit of a perfect spherical shape even more convenient. This exhibition uses six photos taken with a 100 million pixel camera to demonstrate the almost paranoid demands of modern Taiwanese society on the shape of oolong tea.
Floor and table seating: Tea seating has been an important element in the development of the tea art in Taiwan over the past 40 years, and is the most concrete representation of the aesthetics of tea tasting. The concept of the “tea seat” is a new one, probably developed under Japanese influence. In ancient Chinese paintings, there are no tea seating arrangements, and although there are ancient texts that describe what objects should be in a teahouse, there are no descriptions of tea setups or related aesthetics. These two tea tables are a very important part of the development of the tea culture in Taiwan in the last forty years.
The film “Tea Ceremony – A New and Innovative Tradition of the Tea Art in Taiwan” describes how the development of the contemporary tea art in Taiwan has transformed the public tea ceremony from an event that used to be a “meeting of friends over tea” into a cultural performance.
In addition, a video entitled “Tea is Tea” will be shown at the 2F Art Exhibition Area in the front block of Chi Heng House, introducing “What is Tea” from an anthropological point of view.