跳至主內容
創意、自我與社會

主持人

英國語言文學系助理教授 Dr. Benedict ROWLETT

共同主持人

人文及創作系研究助理教授 Dr. Carloalberto TRECCANI

簡介

在本研究主題中,我們以革新角度審視並發展創意實踐、自我和身份觀念和哲學,以便與當代文化理論緊密結合。如是者,我們的研究放眼於實現社會轉型,甚至解放。 我們歡迎學術研究和創意藝術實踐,聚焦於環境意識、跨文化背景下的社會轉變、青年和弱勢群體的創意未來等領域,通通均與社會福祉、價值,和公共利益密不可分。
本研究小組樂於跨院合作,活躍成員來自英文、音樂、翻譯、人文及創意寫作等界別,學術專長包括文化研究、民族音樂學、流行文化、性別研究、流行音樂、語言學、敘事分析學、語言作為社會實踐、比較文學研究等。

最新活動

工作論文研究系列

Our group is launching a new working paper series. The idea for a working paper series emerged from the successful postgraduate student conference held in September 2021 – “Negotiating Selves and Identities in Times of Crisis”. The best papers from that conference have been selected as the first publication for the forthcoming series. With a focus upon research related to well-being, value, and the public good, it is hoped that the new series will provide a platform for both established and emerging scholars to share their work in progress; and, as such, will grow into a diverse and significant collection of papers spanning the humanities and social science fields.

A list of possible fields includes Humanities, Culture Studies, Literature and Linguistics, Creative Practice, Theatre Studies, Disability Studies, Gender Studies, Hong Kong Studies, Social Sciences, Visual Studies, Translation Studies, Music, Museum Studies, Intercultural Studies. 

If you have any questions about the series, or would like to submit a paper, do not hesitate to contact the editorial team at cssworkingpapers@gmail.com.

Now Open for Submission

“Exploring creativity and selves in Hong Kong disabled communities” 
StoryBoxPlayback Theatre Performance

爾劇場是一個由浸會大學主辦,以浸大學生、聾人、視障人士為對象,以一人一故事劇場(下稱作一劇場)作為媒介,讓不同能力和特質的參加者在故事中相遇和互相學習,通過藝術達到個人成長與社群對話。長遠來說,我們希望這種社群藝術可以走入本地聾人和視障人士的文化,一方面成為聾人/視障人士社群連結的一個平台,另一方面進一步拓展一劇場的共融性。

2022 StoryBox sharing of findings

爾劇場|共融一人一故事劇場成果發佈

在過去兩個學年,爾劇場的視障、聾人團員經歷了一段意想不到的歷程,在同行探索之間,我們都有了不一樣的成長──發現彼此,發現自己,也發現了更多共融的意義和可能性。新開年即將開始,在各自踏上新的旅程之前,邀請大家走進我們的盒子,分享我們在園圃種出的花與果。

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“Recomposing the Self” 
Zoom 傑出講者系列

In times of rapid changes both domestically and globally, how can young people foster their creativity and cultivate their critical thinking to navigate the changing environment around them? The more the world is changing, the more we need to consider how to refashion our self in order to think about our relationship with society, to adapt to changes, and to prepare how to contribute to it.  
 
In many ways, around the world today the increasing interests of youth on issues of climate change, impact of social media, social inequality, multiculturalism and diversity, and so on, are an indication of their yearning to “recompose” their sense of identity and selfhood, so that they may reactivate their community connections and become better prepared to meet the challenges of their generation.  

Our zoom series aims to use a storytelling approach to stimulate young people to recognize the need (and the art) of flexibly thinking about ourselves and our relation to a society with major social transformations.  
 
We have invited 5 distinctive individuals who, in their own unique ways, learn how to refashion themselves because they recognize that somehow they are different and that they are not satisfied with the common ways of being. Striving with their own sense of creativity, they have each struck a new sense of well-being and self value, and used their examples to contribute to the public good.  

1

Compose a Self While You May

Serrini is a Hong Kong-based independent singersongwriter. She debuted in 2012 with her bedroomstudio album "Why Prey’st Thou Upon the Poet's Heart”. Ever since, Serrini has published five full albums and over 100 songs. Her latest album “Songs of Experience” received "the Best Overseas Album" award in the 10th Golden Indie Music Awards (GIMA) in Taiwan. Recently, she was freshly enlisted as one of the final five candidates for "the most popular female singers" award in the 2020 Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation (叱咤樂壇流⾏行行榜頒獎典禮). Serrini is a music producer, lyricist, poet, and a PhD candidate in the University of Hong Kong. She is also a budding petite curve size model in town. 

SERRINI
Date18 March, 2021 (Thursday)
Time4-5:15pm 
LanguageCantonese 

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2

Unity in Diversity

An Indian by descent, Hong Kong-born and raised, Jeffery is one of the first ethnic minority registered social workers in Hong Kong. Committed to helping refugees and minority rights, in 2014 he travelled to the United Nations in Geneva to speak about the issues of segregated schools He has been featured in numerous documentaries, news articles, TV programmes. He has received The Secretary for Home Affairs' Commendation awarded in recognition of his dedicated service and outstanding contributions to the enhancement of racial harmony and integration. Recently been selected as 2019 JCI Top Outstanding young persons and also 2019 Cathay Pacific’s Change Makers award. He has been with Christian Action’s center for refugees for 11 years as a social worker. 

JEFFREY ANDREWS 
Date22 April, 2021 (Thursday)
Time4-5:15pm 
LanguageEnglish & Cantonese 
3

The Key to Becoming a Slashie

Kiki is the co-artistic director of Encounter Playback Theatre, as well as a freelance facilitator, artist and project coordinator. She finished her bachelor's and MPhil. degrees at the Humanities Programme of Hong Kong Baptist University, and was also a graduate of Centre for Playback Theatre (New York). She actively participates in theatre, community arts and education fields, and believes that story is one of the keys that brings changes in the world. Kiki is devoted to the promotion and development of playback theatre in Hong Kong, one of the major groups that performs extensively for different communities and continually  organizes trainings for local fellows. She had coached and led numerous community theatre groups whose core members are physically challenged in different ways. 

KIKI NG 
Date14 May, 2021 (Friday)
Time4-5:15pm 
LanguageCantonese 
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4

Spinning Outwards to a Larger We - 
Benjamin Koen x Lian-Hee Wee: A Dialogue

Benjamin Koen: Ben’s life has always been connected to the power of music in human creativity, imagination, transformation, healing, and wellbeing. Ben grew up in a highly diverse community where he had opportunities to share his music for healing and wellbeing with people from numerous backgrounds and cultures. Dr. Koen’s research and applied practice in music, meditation, healing, and wellbeing illumines the elusive process of how music heals.  He is widely published, including two benchmark books with Oxford University Press: The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology, and Beyond the Roof of the World: Music, Prayer, and Healing in the Pamir Mountains.

 

Lian-Hee Wee: Like many others, Lian-Hee’s identity may be described along different parameters. Culturally, he is a hybrid of Southeast Asia, various southern elements of Chinese, some flavours of American, and echoes of a British colonial past. Linguistically, he has a few first languages including Chiuchow and Hainanese, the latter he had lost and the former he speaks only with his parents, siblings and cousins, and necessarily only about mundane homely stuff. Lian-Hee is native in Singapore English across different social registers, Mandarin, and near native in Cantonese and Hong Kong English. His friends have kindly given him such wonderful appellations as guqin player/maker, flutist, poet, painter, animal-lover, activist, and scientist. However, friends are those who acknowledge one’s delusions. Professionally, he is a theoretical phonologist and a professor at the Department of English, Hong Kong Baptist University. 

BENJAMIN KOEN (Top)
LIANHEE WEE (Bottom)

Date18 June, 2021 (Friday)
Time4-5:30pm 
LanguageEnglish

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年份

活動

2022爾劇場|共融一人一故事劇場成果發佈。
推出全新的工作論文研究系列
2021
 
於九月,本小組將舉辦首個「Postgraduate Student Conference in Humanities」,主題是「Negotiating Identity and Creativity in Times of Crisis」。此講座邀請本港各大學的研究式研究生代表,展開新的「Online Working Paper Series」,展示傑出論文。
更多資料: http://nictc2021.wordpress.com/ 
爾劇場|共融一人一故事劇場公演。
由三月至六月,本小組將為香港中學生舉辦線上「Speakers’ Series」,主題是「Recomposing the Self」,由五位出色講者主講。
2020由李慧心教授(人文及創作系)及Dr. Benedict Rowlett(英文系)領導,名為「Exploring creativity and selves in Hong Kong disabled communities」的學術研究領域計劃獲 $1,000,000 資助。此兩年計劃自 2020 年六月展開,以戲劇作為媒界,結合文化學習、實驗,與研究探究。計劃重點是由殘疾社群與香港浸會大學學生合作創辦 Playback Theatre。
本小組擴展至研究生。到目前為止已獲3位分別來自人文及創作系與英文系的研究式研究生加入。
2019小組討論了「Articulating minority, refugee, immigrant narratives using musical improvisation」計畫,以及「Recomposing the Self」的講座系列的可行性。這些計劃將朝著創意訓練結合研究成分的方向改進。
2018

在十一月的成立會議中,與會者們分享了各自的研究興趣,發掘了共同興趣,並討論了具潛質的研究方向。 

Playback Theatre performance

Playback Theatre performance