跨境與跨域：探索數位時代的亞洲華文出版
Cross-Border & Cross-Domain: Exploring Asian Chinese’s Publishing Industry in the Digital Era
with Dr Feng-en Tu
This workshop aims to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the current and future state of the Asian Chinese’s publishing industry. Participants will explore how the publishing industry can transcend genres & medias in the digital age to play a more significant role, hence creating a new age for the Asian Chinese publishing industry.
This course will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese.
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Summary
Course code: ZC1
4 online workshops of 2.5 hours each
For Intermediate to Advanced Writers
Limited places available
Selective entry – we’ll offer places to writers who show promise
Dates
- 18 June 2022, Saturday
- 19 June 2022, Sunday
- 25 June 2022, Saturday
- 26 June 2022, Sunday
2.30 pm to 5.00 pm
No partial sessions accepted
Venue
Workshops will take place online via Zoom
Successful participants will receive a private link to the workshops
Overview
Through the instructor’s lectures and discussions, this workshop aims to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the current and future state of the Asian Chinese’s publishing industry. At the same time, participants will hold brainstorming sessions to explore how the publishing industry can transcend genres and medias in the digital age to play a more significant role, hence creating a new age for Asian Chinese publishing industry.
授課方式：
每堂課將分成兩個部分，一部分由講師主講，解釋該講主題與核心概念，另一部分由所有學員根據該堂課的議題共同討論。
Teaching Approach
Each of the 4 sessions will have two segments. For the first segment, the instructor will introduce the theme of the session and explain the core concepts behind the theme. For the second segment, students will be expected to hold discussions based on the session’s theme and core concepts.
課程設計說明 Description of Workshop’s Sessions：
第一講 Trans-Asia Publishing
在第一講中，我們會對亞洲各地的華文出版市場做一整體的觀察和比較，包括各地方的類同與差異、優勢與劣勢、成長與起落。工作坊成員要共同思考：是否可能（或需要）創造出一個亞洲的華文出版圈？在這個時代有哪些契機與挑戰？數位媒介的興起又帶來了哪些影響？
Session 1: Trans-Asia Publishing
In the first session, participants will focus on the different Chinese publishing markets across Asia (including the similarities and differences; advantages and disadvantages etc. of the different markets). Participants will also discuss and brainstorm the following:
- Is there a possibility (or is there a need) to create a community for the Asian Chinese publishing industry?
- What are the opportunities and challenges of the Asian Chinese publishing industry in the current age?
- What are the implications of the rise of digital media?
第二講 Trans-local Writing
第二講要探索在流動的時代中，隨著作家、資訊與商品等頻繁且快速的移動，寫作（包括虛構與非虛構）出現了哪些變化和趨勢，透過幾位華文寫作者的實際案例，我們思考這個時代中在地與全球、邊界與跨界所形成的張力。
Session 2: Trans-local Publishing
In the second session, participants will explore how the rapid transfer/movement of information, writers and etc in the digital age has changed and created new trends in the publishing industry. Through studying the case studies of several Chinese writers, participants will also explore the tensions that writers face as a result of local, global and transborder issues.
第三講 Trans-boundary Reading
亞洲華文出版身處在全球的文化脈絡當中，也與世界的出版市場相互交流與影響。在第三講，我們要從這個角度出發，討論國際趨勢在亞洲華文創作與出版中所扮演的角色，包括不同語言語種間的翻譯與再創作，還有亞洲以外華文創作的重要性。
Session 3: Trans-boundary Publishing
The Asian Chinese publishing industry is a part of the global cultural community. It also mutually interacts and influences the worldwide publishing markets. Hence, in this session, participants will discuss the effects and role of global trends on the Asian Chinese publishing industry. The discussion will also explore topics on translation, recreation and the importance of Chinese literary works from areas outside Asia.
第四講 Trans-media Storytelling
隨著網路與科技的發展，出版產業已不再固守著紙本書的生產，從電子書到有聲書、從影音到虛擬實境，出版的下一步會走向何方？是該跨界結盟還是擴張轉型，編輯與創作者的角色在其中又有哪些變與不變？
Session 4: Trans-media Publishing
With the advancement of technology and Internet, the publishing industry is no longer just about the production of physical books. How should the publishing industry progress in view of the rise of e-books, audiobooks and virtual reality? In this session, participants will discuss whether the publishing industry should work on a cross-domain alliance or expand its offerings and transform itself. Participants will also discuss the implications of this trend for the roles of editors and creators.
Learning Outcomes
預期成果：
讓參與工作坊的成員在完成之後，對於既有的計畫（包括創作與出版）能有更為具體的想法，並讓新加坡華文創作作品更具策略性地進入亞洲出版界。
By the end of the workshop, participants should have a clearer idea on how to proceed with the publication of their existing writing projects. The workshop also hopes to assist Chinese literary works from Singapore entering the Asian publishing industry more strategically.
Who should register?
- Intermediate Writers — Writers who have chosen to pursue writing as a full time or part time career with a serious, professional intent but who are not yet published with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher, or
- Advanced Writers — Writers who have published at least one book with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher, and/or published in at least one literary journal and/or anthology.
Participants will be selected by the Visiting Writer with assistance from the Asia Creative Writing programme. A waiting list will be maintained.
Registration and Pricing
To sign up, please register at the link above with the following document:
- A short biography of ~50-100 words
There is no necessity to provide a writing sample or summary of your writing project – just let us know your bio and role in the industry or academia or writing generally.
Course Fees
- For 4 workshops of 2.5 hours each:
- $100 for adults
- $40 for students, unemployed, low income migrant workers
- Free for undergraduates and postgraduate students from Singapore tertiary institutions
- Non refundable if cancellation 2 weeks or less before course starts
- Please email us if financial assistance is needed
About Dr Feng-en Tu
現任聯經出版總編輯，故事StoryStudio執行長。畢業於臺灣大學歷史系、歷史研究所，曾任職於臺灣大學數位人文中心（原數位典藏中心），後赴美國哈佛大學東亞系取得博士學位，並於哈佛燕京圖書館擔任博士後研究員。在博士班期間，曾擔任北美臺灣研究學會會長，並與友人共創網路媒體「故事 StoryStudio」。 出版有《救命：明清中國的醫生與病人》、《大人的日本史》等書。
Dr Feng-en Tu is currently the editor-in-chief at the Linking Publishing Company and CEO at StoryStudio.tw, an online media that focuses on cultural and literary issues. He earned his B.A. and M.A. at National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages at Harvard University. He was a member of the Research Center for Digital Humanities at National Taiwan University and the Research Lab for East Asian Digital Scholarship of the Harvard-Yenching Library.
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