Research Center for Asia-Pacific Languages and Cultures

DRGPA 2025 Panel 7

DRGPA 2025 (day 2) is live! (Panel 5)

DRGPA 2025 (Panel 4)
Wu Chong-chieh - “Using tombstones to explore the distribution of Han Chinese subgroups in Taiwan: A case study of the Duan-zhu section of Chiayi City”
Liu Yen-Tang - “Localization and Evolution of Burial Typologies at La’k-Tianna-lue Muslim Cemetery”
Lou Ching-Wen - “From a Desolate gravesite to a ‘Temple within a Temple’: The development, landscape transformation, and manifestation of divine power of the Shang Gong Ma Temple in Lingya, Kaohsiung”

Tomorrow we will hold for a seventh time DRGPA, the conference on Documenting and Researching Gravesites in Pacific Asia.

The 7th International Conference on Documenting and Researching Gravesites in Pacific Asia:
Academia and citizen science, theory and practice, publication and conservation
第七屆研究記錄亞太墓地研討會:
學術界和公民科學、理論和實踐、出版和保護
第7回研究文書に関するアジア太平洋墓地シンポジウム：
学術と市民科学、理論と実践、出版と保存

DRPGA 2025: Registration -- 報名 https://forms.gle/UZQc2MJG4S5r122z8
DRPGA 2025: Preliminary Program – 初>步會議議程

https://aplac.github.io/conferences/DRGPA2025Program.pdf

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The registration for DRGPA 2025, the conference on Documenting and Researching Gravesites in Pacific Asia, is open. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkut9s2KyVSJRkJ0Gl44bISx-pJL-owmRkDkVoN7i1NHQbKg/viewform

Here again the basic facts.

Theme: Marginalized Spaces – Silencing Voices
Date: November 14–16, 2025
Location: Fengshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Organized by: APLAC (Asia-Pacific Languages and Cultures Research Center), National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Fengshan Community College (高雄市鳳山社區大學) and Tainan Above the Ground (civic graveyard preservation movement)

主題： 邊緣空間・沉默的聲音
日期： 2025年11月14日至16日
地點： 台灣高雄市鳳山區
主辦單位：國立高雄大學亞太語言與文化研究中心（APLAC）、高雄市鳳山社區大學及地上台南- 南山公墓

透過這項調查，我們致力於進一步推進 DRGPA 2025 的設計，並確定會議的規劃。我們希望了解有多少人將參加此次會議以及會議日期。透過回答這些問題，您將幫助我們確保會議圓滿成功，惠及所有人。

DRGPA 2025 參與調查 | Participation Survey Theme: Marginalized Spaces – Silencing Voices Date: November 14–16, 2025 Location: Fengshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Organized by: APLAC (Asia-Pacific Languages and Cultures Research Center), National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Fengshan Community College (高雄市鳳山社區大學) and Taina...

https://youtu.be/ouJ4aB3qRo8?feature=shared

Localizing Community Resilience within the Digital Humanities: Examples from the Penghu Archipelago This video features the presentation "Localizing Community Resilience within the Digital Humanities: Examples from the Penghu Archipelago" by Oliver Streiter...

𝗬𝗮-𝗤𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗭𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁
𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝗬𝗮-𝗤𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗭𝗵𝗮𝗻 (𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮-𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻 & 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮̈𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆) Joins Geographers from Around the World to Examine Reciprocal Scholarship, Colonial Legacies and Restoration and Resilience at Annual Conference April 16-20.

Ya-Qing will organize a panel on ‘’𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲’’ during the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, which takes place onsite in Honolulu, Hawai‘i and through hybrid and virtual options worldwide April 16 through 20, 2024.

“𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀,” said Ya-Qing.

“AAG's Annual Meeting is a source of inspiration for geographers worldwide,” said Rebecca Lave, President of the American Association of Geographers and Associate Dean for Social and Historical Sciences at Indiana University-Bloomington. “I’m proud to have been part of the creative engagements to develop this meeting this year.”

The meeting will host more than 1,000 sessions, panels, workshops, and land engagements on topics along themes established with local Hawaiian thought leaders and AAG’s local institutional partner, the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa Department of Geography and Environment (GEO):

• 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 - ʻ𝗔ʻ𝗼𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘂 𝗸𝗮 ‘𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶 𝗸𝗮 𝗵𝗮̄𝗹𝗮𝘂 𝗵𝗼ʻ𝗼𝗸𝗮𝗵𝗶 (“All knowledge is not taught in the same school”), focusing on reciprocal scholarship, a method of inquiry that prioritizes non-extractive research and community-building engagement.
• 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 - 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗶ʻ𝗶 𝗸𝗮 ‘𝗮̄𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗮𝘂𝘄𝗮̄ 𝗸𝗲 𝗸𝗮̄𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗮 (The land is a chief; humans are its servant), confronting exploitative economic and governing systems that have damaged the earth and our relations, and asking how we can rectify their harm and move beyond them.
• 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗠𝗼̄𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗶 𝗸𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗶 𝗸𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗼 𝗸𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗮 (Unfolded by the waters are the faces of the flowers), reflecting the agency and urgency we have to create better relationship to place, land, and water.

Ya-Qing’s own presentation responds to the cultural perspective of resilience to wind, exploring wind resilience in the landscape on the Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan. She will present the wind Resilience in the landscape of the Penghu Archipelago, the mapping result of her fieldwork on the Penghu islands.

“The content and approach to this year’s AAG Annual Meeting reflects a remarkable range of practice in geography, infused with the desire to better the world,” said Gary Langham, PhD, Executive Director of American Association of Geographers.

For more information on the annual meeting, please visit aag.org/events/aag2024/.

𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦
The American Association of Geographers (AAG) is a nonprofit scientific and educational society founded in 1904. Its members from nearly 100 countries share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography. The AAG promotes discussion among its members and with scholars in related fields, in part through the activities of its affinity groups and more than 70 specialty groups and nine regional divisions.

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2024/solicitations/57/sessiongallery/7560

Photo: AAG annual meeting

中心消息 Latest Activity

The Seminar on Korean and East Asian Literature was held on 24 Jan 2024 at National University of Kaohsiung. A memorandum of understanding has been signed with The Asian Culture Research Institute of Yong In University for fostering future exchanges and cooperations.

2024年1月24日，本中心與韓國龍仁大學亞洲文化研究所，Woori 文學會等單位合作，假本校人文社會科學院舉辦了「韓國文學與亞洲國際學術大會」，並簽訂了合作備忘錄，冀日後有更多交流機會。

There are some conference clips which remind us of the intense and interesting talks and exchanges of DRGPA2023.
Thanks to APLAC researcher, Tyng-Ruey Chuang, shares his photos with photographer's eyes.