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:: Jun-Hua Lin 林潤華 ::​

About Me.

:: Dr. Jun-hua Lin 林潤華:: 
 

Tel                       +886 (0) 3 890 5216 

Email                 junhua.lin@gms.ndhu.edu.tw 
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2019.08- Associate Professor in Department of Taiwan and Regional Studies, NDHU  

2012.02-2019.07 Assistant Professor in Department of Taiwan and Regional Studies, NDHU

2019.06-2021.06 Editor in Dong Hwa Journal of Humanities and Social Science Online 《人社東華》 

Education.

2006-2011

PhD

Department of Geography
The University of Sheffield

I received my PhD degree of Social and Cultural geography in 2011, the Department of Geography, The University of Sheffield, UK. The main topic of the dissertation is abou modernity in Taiwan. With two different cases, I argue that modernity in Taiwan is not only related to modernisation and westernisation, but a series processes of hybridisation. Within he processes of hybridisation, local and traditional characteristics are intertwined with new elements, and transformed into new image of Taiwan.  

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The most contributive discussion of this dissertation is about 'ghostly modernity'. The chapter shows us how so-called traditional element, ghost, still reforms modern space, and influences on people's practices in their everyday life. 

2001-2003

Master
Department of Geography

National Taiwan University

The master degree was received in 2003. The topic is to research how 'luxury house' constructs urban image. Luxury houses in Xinyi Planning District, Taipei City, Taiwan, are the cases in this research. In this dissertation, I argue commercials and advertisements did reflect the lifestyle in this Planning District, but the lifestyle is also reshaped by these advertisements. Also, 'who' are the maker of the urban image must be discussed. Key architects, construction companies and marketing companies form several blocs to manipulate the image of this city. In other words, as researchers, we do not only care about the processes of constructing urban image, but also have to pay more attentions on powers behind the processes of manipulating. 

1997-2001

Bachelor

Department of Geography
National Taiwan University

Research interests.

Dr. Lin's research interests are focusing on Social and cultural geographies, including ghosts and dark tourism, transnational migrants and materials, and human-animal relations. These subjects have been seen as 'others', and by rethinking and focusing on these othersied subjects, I attempt to understand and explore the history and our society in alternative ways.

 

目前我任職國立東華大學臺灣文化學系副教授。主要的研究領域在社會與文化地理學的範疇中，包含鬼與黑暗觀光、跨國移民與物質，以及最近幾年專注的人與動物的關係。無論是「鬼魂」、「移民」或「動物」，在過去的主流社會多半被視為「他/她/牠者」，我試圖從這些過去長期被他者化的對象，重新去發掘文化與社會的脈絡，重新看待我們所處的環境與當代。

Current research topics.

'Place is not only concrete material but also space fulling of powers, social functions and cultural meanings'. Thus, as a human geographer, Dr. Lin's research interests are always associated with the cultural, social and political aspects of 'place'. By discovering the reasons why 'ghosts' return, she attempts to explore the social functions and cultural meanings of the 're-enchantment' in modern society. 'We have never been modern'. Not only exploring the cultural and social meanings of 'ghosts' or 'enchanted subjects', she also draws on a combination of gender studies and material studies to explore the cultural politics in Transnationality and mobility. Foreign spouse and globalization of 'bubble tea' are the research projects in the last few years. Her current projects focus on human-animal relations in urban environment, such as case studies of cat cafes. She attempts to elaborate physical space where people and animal encounter to each other, as well as the changing human-animal relations emerging within these 'contact zones'.
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當我們回望「地方」，該注意的是它不只是一個物質性的描述，但是是一個充斥著權利、社會關係以及文化意義的空間與場域。因此，作為一個人文地理學研究者，我關注在空間與地方中流動的權力與關係。我的研究興趣長期與地方的文化、社會與政治面向息息相關。主要的研究關注有三：包含延續博士研究，對於都市中仍然充滿「鬼魅」的空間以及傳說，試圖釐清「鬼未曾遠去」以及「重回人間」的文化與社會意義；其次，我也研究跨國主義與流動中的性別議題與物質研究，如珍珠奶茶與跨國婚溫移民；最近幾年則關注于「人與動物關係」的議題，尤其關注在都市尺度中的現象。透過發覺這些物質空間中人與動物的互動，我試圖發掘當代社會中動物與人的互動如何同時改變都市空間，以及都市空間如何同時影響著動物在都市中的角色、以及與人的互動模式，以及在過程中有關的權力議題。

Publication.

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Papers and publication

  • 林潤華 ( 2024) 重返人間的鬼魅──讀《噤聲之界：北臺灣客庄與原民的百年纏結和對話》。報導者。1-1。

  • 林潤華 (2021) 貓貓狗狗一家人：多元成家的另類思考。性別平等教育季刊，95，33-38。  

  • 林潤華 (2020) 嚐風味、理解風土：觀光中的食物。嗨！地理，3，5-6。

  • 林潤華 (2020) 一個混血的國家：和洋折衷的日本。嗨！地理，2，4-5。

  • 林潤華 (2019) 骷髏堆中的觀光：捷克人骨教堂。嗨！地理，1，4-6。

  • 林潤華、遲恒昌 (2019) 貓奴也瘋狂：貓咖啡歷史與空間文化。芭樂人類學。1-1。

  • 遲恒昌、林潤華 (2019) 去貓咖啡吸貓。芭樂人類學，1-1 。

  • Loan, T. P., Jou, S. C. and Lin, J. H. (2019). Gender Inequality and Adaptive Capacity: The Role of Social Capital on the Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam. Sustainability, 11(5), 1257. (DOI: 10.3390/su11051257) (SSCI)

  • 林潤華、遲恒昌 (2018) 臺灣貓咖啡的演進與空間創造。地理學報，91，59-82。(DOI: 10.6161/jgs.201812_(91).0003) (Download) (TSSCI)

  • Lin, J. H. (2018) ‘Assisting you to become a local’: NGOs and constructed foreign spouses in Eastern Taiwan. Gender, Place & Culture, 25(1), 118-133. (DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2017.1395819) (Download) (SSCI)

  • 林潤華、張瓊文、遲恒昌 (2017) 跨國的珍珠：英國珍珠奶茶消費地景的浮現與轉變。地理學報，87，1-20。(DOI: 10.6161/jgs.2017.87.01) (Download) (TSSCI)

  • 林潤華 (2017) 鬼地方：鬼魅地理學初探，人社東華電子季刊，第15期。(Download) 

  • 林潤華 (2015) 「無用之用」：從二手物改造到布衛生棉，人社東華電子季刊，第8期。(Download) 

  • 林潤華 (2015) 你眼中的「她」：外籍配偶、想像與建構．地理眼GeogDaily．(Download) 

  • 林潤華 (2014) 觀看與死亡：淺談黑暗觀光，人社東華電子季刊，第4期 (Download)

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Conference Papers

  • 林潤華、李樹 (2025) 給花蓮人一條安全回家的路：道路、情感與地方認同。亂碼／Code Breaking：2025文化研究年會暨國際學術研討會，臺中市：靜宜大學，3月15-16日。[Accepted]

  • 林潤華 (2024) 給花蓮人一條安全回家的路：交通設施、情感與地方認同。第七屆花蓮學研討會：21世紀的花蓮20年，花蓮縣：國立東華大學，10月25日。[Accepted]

  • Jun-Hua Lin (2024) Travelling with me: animal mobilities in/between cities. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, UK. 28-30 August. ​

  • 林潤華 (2024) 住在錢包的神明：信仰、現代性與護身符。2024中華民國地理學會年會暨國際學術研討會，臺北市：國立臺灣大學，4月27日。

  • 林潤華 (2023) 不只是數字：人、地方現象與歷史彼此交融的觀光書寫。第六屆花蓮學研討會：承先啟後《續修花蓮縣志》的想像與實務，花蓮縣：國立東華大學，10月27日。

  • 林潤華 (2023) 與我一起旅行：拼裝體、移動與動物治理。2023中華民國地理學會年會暨國際學術研討會，臺北市：文化大學，4月29日。

  • 林潤華 (2022) 旅行拼裝體：同伴動物、旅行與治理。第十四屆發展研究年會，花蓮縣：國立東華大學，11月18-20日。

  • 林潤華 (2021) 何謂發展？一個後發展的視角。第13屆發展研究年會-後疫情時代的區域發展轉型與大學社會實踐，臺北市：國立臺北教育大學，10月30-31日。

  • 林潤華 (2021) 為什麼「一起做布衛生棉」不成功?一個關於「我」與「她們」的身份互動的研究反省。第13屆發展研究年會-後疫情時代的區域發展轉型與大學社會實踐，臺北市：國立臺北教育大學，10月30-31日。

  • Jun-Hua Lin (2021) Gods living in your wallet: faith, modernity and changing amulet. The East Asian Popular Culture Conference, ONLINE, Japan, 11-12 January. (該會議原應在日本福岡舉行，但因為疫情改為線上會議。 https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/eapca2/day-1-list-of-presenters-and-abstracts#h.b5ctcykqj0z2)

  • 林潤華 (2020) 為何布衛生棉不成功？一個研究者的反思。2020東暨論壇暨學術研討會，花蓮縣：國立東華大學，11月21-22日。

  • 林潤華、遲恒昌 (2020) 貓咖啡中的生命政治與動物治理。第24屆臺灣地理國際╳2020中國地理學會聯合學術研討會，臺北市：國立臺灣師範大學，11月14-15日。

  • Jun-Hua Lin (2020) Gods living in your wallet: faith, modernity and changing amulet. Politics in East Asian Popular Culture: Taiwan, Japan and China.  Taiwan: Taipei City.  4-5 January.

  • 張瓊文、 林潤華 (2019) 多重導向式學習法導入田野調查教學的教學實踐。2019教學實踐研究暨校務術討會，臺灣： 宜蘭市， 4月26日。

  • 林潤華 (2018) 貓咖啡與貓治理。圓桌會議「重新部署自然與社會」。2018臺灣社會學年會：行動中的社會學，新竹：國立交通大學，12月1-2日。

  • Lin, J.H. and Chi, H.C. (2018) ‘In the name of love’: cat café and animal governance in urban area. 2018 IGU Regional Conference, 6-10 August, Quebec City, Canada.(發表人暨共同作者) 

  • 林潤華、遲恒昌 (2018) 貓咖啡廳與動物治理。第7屆兩岸經濟地理學術研討會，臺北：國立臺北大學，5月31-6月1日。(發表人暨共同作者) 

  • 莊喜如、林潤華 (2018) 台灣同人誌寄賣書店經營型態初探。文化研究年會2018，臺北：國立臺灣大學文學院，3月10-11日。 (共同作者)

  • Lin, J.H. (2017) The line between doing research and sharing my privacy’: The female researcher’s reflection in an empowerment project. The 1st RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia, 11-14 September, Taipei, Taiwan. 

  • 林潤華、遲恒昌 (2017) 貓奴的凝視：貓咖啡廳的空間探討。第21屆臺灣地理國際學術研討會暨潘朝陽教授榮退紀念學術研討會，臺北：國立臺灣師範大學，5月13-14日。(發表人暨共同作者) 

  • Lin, J.H. and Chi, H.C. (2017) ‘In the name of cats’: The emergence of feline economics and cat café in Taiwan. Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers, 05-10 April, Boston, USA. (發表人暨共同作者)

  • 葉湘雯、林潤華 (2016) 身體與陰性知識：華人地區布衛生棉的發展與使用之研究。2016年臺灣社會學年會暨科技部社會學門成果發表會，花蓮：國立東華大學，11月26-27日。(共同作者) 

  • 葉湘雯、林潤華 (2016) 女性身體知識的轉變：布衛生棉的發展與使用之研究。 第14屆性別與健康研討會：多元性別、社群與生殖技術。高雄：高雄醫學大學，10月14-15日。(共同作者) 

  • Chi, H.C., Lin, J.H. and Chang, C.W. (2016) Transnational bubbles: making Taiwanese bubble tea in the UK. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 30 August – 2 September, London, UK. (發表人暨共同作者) 

  • 林潤華、遲恒昌、張瓊文 (2016) 跨國的珍珠：英國珍珠奶茶文化的初步探討。第20屆臺灣地理國際學術研討會暨潘朝陽教授榮退紀念學術研討會，臺北：國立臺灣師範大學，5月21-22日。(共同作者) 

  • 林潤華 (2016) 二手店裡的烏托邦：生活風格移民的花蓮地方想像。2016年中國地理學會年會，臺北：南港展覽館，5月18日。 

  • Lin, J.H. (2016) Floating Utopia, floating community: Lifestyle migrants and second-hand shops in Hualien, Taiwan. The European Association of Taiwan Studies, 30 March-1 April, Prague, Czech Republic. Lifestyle migrants’ utopia in Hualien, Taiwan: Second-hand shops and the landscape of “better life”. The 13th International Asian Urbanisation Conference, 6-8 Jan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

  • 林潤華 (2015) 誰的培力？培誰的力？一個關於行動者培力實踐的反省，2015台灣社會研究學會年會。臺北：國立政治大學大學，10月3日。 

  • Lin, J.H. (2015) Constructing “a good lifestyle”: second-hand shops and lifestyle migrations in Hualien, Taiwan. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2015, 01-04 September, Exeter, UK. 

  • Zhang,Y.C. & Lin, JH. (2015) The Practice of a Multicultural Education Project: the space of educators' thinking about the new immigrant issues in Taiwan, The 3rd International Symposium on Education, Psychology, Society and Tourism (ISEPST 2015), 22-24 March, Osaka, Japan.

  • Lin, J.H. (2014) Becoming a local (?): NGOs, governance, and Vietnamese female spouses in eastern Taiwan, IGU Annual International Conference, 18-22 August, Krakow, Poland. 

  • Lin, J.H. (2014) The cooperation of imaging others: NGOs, governments, and Vietnamese female spouses in Taiwan, RGS Annual Conference, 27-29 August, London, UK.

Supervision.

Several main topics are related to my supervision.

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  • Fan cultures
  • Material culture studies
  • Gender issues
  • Human-nonhuman relationship

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Most supervised issues are about cultural material or phenomenon. Such as lifestyle magazines, paper-tape cultures in Taiwan, coffee cultures in Indonesia, and the social and political construction of indigenous cultures in Taiwan. Some students are also interested in gender issues, such as relations between women and climate change in Vietnam, transnational spouses in Taiwan, and home-birth practices in Taiwan. 
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Students who are interested in these issues are always welcomed. you can write your academic work either in Mandarine or in English. And as Dr Lin's supervised student, you will be required to participate any domestic or  international academic conference before your final defense; so that you not only get advanced academic experiences, but also can hear more suggestions from other audiences. Welcome, and enjoy the academic journey together.   

Former graduate students (MA program, updated 28 Jan 2024) ​

  • 巫若蘭（2023）關係的建立與心意的化身：臺灣同人社群的認親實踐。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/f3em26。

  • 應尚樺（2023）人類、植物與照顧：園藝治療中的多重關係。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/qr72hd。

  • 溫巧如（2022）編織生產支持網: 花蓮八位女性的居家生產經驗及其網絡關係。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/s862sz。

  • Pakorn Phalapong（2022）Milk Tea Alliance: The construction of transnational identity through the consumption of milk tea in the Asian context。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/j4nn63。

  • 余詩涵（2021）電視劇、想像與認同：中國電視劇對臺灣年輕女性閱聽眾的影響。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/382gk6。

  • 葉湘雯（2021）遇見布衛生棉：手作布衛生棉的發展歷程與生產者圖像。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/s648vb。

  • Anthony Basile（2018）Making an idol: Digital media, image building and fan-idol relations。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/pjthm7。

  • 洪珮瑜（2017）臺灣當代紙膠帶消費文化之探討。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/pjx75a。

  • Phan Thi Loan（2016）Vulnerability of aquaculture farmers in the context of climate change in Dong Minh commune, Vietnam from gender perspective。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/yrxzm3。

  • 莊喜如（2014）誰的傳統？臺南地區西拉雅 傳統文化復振（1990-2013）。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/ju6j4f。

  • Diah Retno Permatasari（2014）Going to Starbucks or Angkringan Kopi Joss? The Different Attractions of Global and Traditional Coffeehouse Cultures in Yogyakarta, Indonesia。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/xd7k8x。

  • 顏欣怡（2014）小雜誌的逆襲：臺灣「小雜誌」的生產理念及風格塑造。﹝碩士論文。國立東華大學﹞臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統。 https://hdl.handle.net/11296/s3jq6a。​

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Current students (MA program)

  • ​張光承：該生研究將關心於太魯閣區域的部落面臨0403花蓮大地震後，山與不同行動者之間關係的變動。

  • 簡偉哲：該生議題將以參與運動組織的參與觀察，探索同志運動組織如何在地方的脈絡及背景下，
                         發展出獨特的策略以及生存之道。

Teaching Modules.

Significant modules host for undergraduate 

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​社會地理學
Social Geographies

'Social Geographies' is one of the major modules in the department. The students are encouraged to think 'differences' of different groups of people in our society. Different people with various social, economic and cultural backgrounds will emerge diverse thinking and lifestyle in our everyday lives. Thus, by hosting this module, I would like to bring students to recognise the 'diversity' and 'differences' of our society. 

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​文化、社會與自然
Culture, Society and Nature

Optional module welcoming students from different disciplines. Different from the perspective of traditional physical geography, this module emphasises the interactions among human society, culture and environment, such as how 'human beings' and 'nature' collide, conflict with each other, compromise and find a way for each other to survive. 

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鬼魅地理學​
Necro Geographies

Optional module in this department. 'Spectre' has played an important role in human society, even in the so-called modern society. We can recognise 'ghost' in the increasingly prosperous texts and endless urban legends, and strengthen its influences in social, cultural and economic aspects.  To understand the importance and influence of 'modern ghost', the module aims to 

  • Understand the significance of ghosts in different cultures and eras;

  • Understand how contemporary society is manipulated on ghost issues;

  • Understand the modernization and commercialization of 'ghost' and its potential in tourism or cultural industries.

For research students

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​文化地理研究專題
Key issues in cultural geographies
 

This module has been taught in English for international students, as well as in Mandarin for local students. This module is to elaborate the topics from cultural geographies to ‘new’ cultural geography, particularly on the ways that feminism and post-colonial studies have shaped this discipline. The course will also move the attentions to explore more-than-human and more-than-textual understandings of the world, including coverage of themes of nature-culture, ‘new materialism’, and non-representational theory. 

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The main topic and themed issue of the module will be verified every year according to students' interests and academic background.  In fall 2024, the keywords applied in this module are 'landscape', 'place', 'mobility', 'governance', and 'food'.  

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