主講者：游俊豪
（攝影：李嘉雯)
东侨乡的形成与嬗变：离散华人的论述与参与
Formation and Transformation of Qiaoxiang Areas in Guangdong:
Diasporic Chinese Discourse and Involvement
游俊豪 Yow Cheun Hoe
南洋理工大学中文系助理教授
Assistant Professor, Division of Chinese, Nanyang Technological University
日期：2010年3月26日
時間：下午3-5點
地點：HSS Conference room 05-57
讲座摘要
离散华人拥有各种各样的方式界定和重新界定跟中国的关系。主要散落在中国沿海省份的侨乡就是明显的场域，反映了中国和离散华人之间多层次而又在变更中的关系。讲座焦点放在广东，探讨侨乡的形成与嬗变。所谓“侨乡”，文字表面意思为“华侨的家乡”，但经常在华人族群的政治身份和社会意识方面带来含义上的问题。讲座将围绕“华侨”和“离散族裔”的论述，尝试修正有关中国和离散华人的迷思，认为不是所有的华人离散社群都拥有相同的本位意识，而他们跟出生地和祖籍地存在着空间和时段上的差异。更具体地说，在中国的改革开放当中，以中国为本位的原生情感和爱国主义，未必就可以转化为离散华人在中国经济和社会领域里的积极参与。相反，在决定离散华人参与的地点和内容的过程当中，商业考量和经济理性益愈重要。
Chinese diaspora have myriad ways of defining and redefining their relations with China. Scattered mostly in China’s coastal provinces, qiaoxiang areas are telling sites of manifestation of the multiple and changing linkages between China and Chinese diaspora. Focusing on Guangdong, this seminar studies the formation and transformation of qiaoxiang, a term that literally means “sojourner homeland” and often carries problematic connotations associated with political identities and social consciousness of ethnic Chinese. It is a revisionist attempt to dispel the myth about linkages between China and Chinese diaspora, surrounding the discourses on huaqiao (Overseas Chinese) and diaspora. It argues that not all diasporic Chinese communities share the same mentality and orientation, and hence the spatial and temporal variations in their linkages with their native and ancestral homelands. More specifically, it suggests that, in China’s reform era, China-centric primordial sentiment and patriotism do not necessarily translate into vigorous diasporic involvement in China’s economic and social realms. Business calculation and economic rationale, on the other hand, are gaining weight in determining the location and content of participation of Chinese diaspora.
Dr Yow’s talk will be based on the following two papers (you can access the papers at the attached links):
“Global Capitalism and Diaspora in the Modern and Postmodern Era,” Cross-Cultural Studies Vol. 12, No. 2 (December 2008), pp. 43-64.
Global Capitalism and Diasporas in the Modern and Postmodern Era
“Transforming an Old Qiaoxiang: Impact of the Chinese Diaspora on Panyu, 1978-2000” in Tan Chee Beng (ed.), Chinese Transnational Networks (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), pp. 49-70.
Transforming an Old Qiaoxiang
For further interest and reference, please refer to these papers:
“Weakening Ties with the Ancestral Homeland in China: The Case Studies of Contemporary Singapore and Malaysian Chinese,” Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 39, Part 3 (2005): 559-597.
Weakening Ties with the Ancestral Homeland in China
“Detraditionalized and Renewed Qiaoxiang Areas: Case Studies of Panyu and Wenzhou in the Reform Period since 1978” in Mette Thuno (ed.), Beyond Chinatown: New Chinese Migration and the Global Expansion of China (Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2007), pp. 83-114.
Detraditionalized and Renewed Qiaoxiang Areas
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