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理想與目標
台灣作為多元文化的社會,促進多元族群文化的發展是重要的課題之一,也是檢視民主與開放社會的重要指標。再者,多元文化主義更是當今世界各地近年所熱烈、積極追求的理想。教育與學術資源的投入對於多元族群的瞭解與發展有紮根的作用,更是多元族群傳承的希望工程。
國立交通大學位於1958年於新竹復校後,即與桃竹苗客家地區緊密結合,值2000年左右中央政府有籌設客家大學院校的政策目標,加上台灣客家族群分布比例最高的新竹縣亦有所期盼,爰以本校學術長遠發展的考量,同時配合中央政府、新竹縣政府之政策,以發展國際級之客家學術研究重鎮及政策研究中心為目標,於2002年底向教育部提出「國立交通大學客家文化學院」之籌設。
學院的特色
國立交通大學客家文化學院經教育部核准於2004年3月5日成立,目前(2020年)下設有人文社會學系暨族群與文化碩士班、客家社會與文化碩士在職專班、傳播與科技學系及其碩博士班、客家文化學院博士班及國際客家研究中心。在人文與社會、傳播與科技的基礎上,積極建立台灣客家知識體系,以國際客家研究中心整合學院與社區聯繫客家社群的資源,走入客家族群的生活世界,並與全球以客家研究、族群研究等相關課題之研究機構、大學院校建立合作交流關係,共同致力台灣客家研究學術的發展與成果的積累。
本學院對於大學部的教學,其重點在於結合客家文化專業課程與人文社會科學知識,同時亦著重文化產業、傳播科技相關的實務訓練。課程的特點在於著重培養學生具有跨學科的人文社會基礎訓練,並透過對台灣及全球客家族群的理解,訓練學生兼具學術與實作的能力。目前兩系所提供之課程,甚受校內非客家學院之師生歡迎。研究所方面,設有客家社會與文化碩士在職專班,人文社會學系族群與文化研究所碩士班,傳播與科技研究所碩博士班(分別與人文社會學院傳播所及應藝所合辦),以及2018年甫成立之客家文化學院博士班,皆以培養對客家社會文化有興趣的跨領域研究人才。
位置與建築
本學院座落於離新竹高鐵站附近的客家民俗公園,是一個走進社會,結合社區的研究教學機構,2010年客家文化學院主體建築落成啟用,由著名建築師謝英俊設計,結合客家圓樓建築與圍龍屋建築意象,從外表可看到的是圓樓式的建築主體,圓樓北面兩側另有半圓則展現著圍龍屋的意象。主體建築內設有先進的虛擬攝影棚、網路電台、民意調查實驗室、多媒體教室、文化產業專業教室及國際會議廳。三樓更設有以台灣及全球客家研究為典藏主題的圖書室,目前藏書圖書17769冊、期刊234種、視聽資料928件。
除上述客家文化學院主體建築之外,本學院另有兩棟歷史建築,作為研究計畫執行空間並提供短期研究人員研究空間與住宿設備。忠孝堂則供作客語創作音樂歌謠的據點及獨立書店之店址,以此作為本學院文化創意激盪的空間及履行大學社會責任(University Social Responsibility, USR)的基地。
另外,本學院與周邊傳統的客家宗祠、廟宇與歷史建築,除共同形成融合傳統與現代的景觀,更使本學院具又豐富的生命力與實踐性格,堪稱全球最為獨特之客家教學與研究機構。
研究中心與推廣教育
本學院目前設有一研究中心與一個客家社會與文化碩士在職專班。
「國際客家研究中心」以成為全球客家研究重鎮為願景,植根台灣本土,積極推展與全球各地客家學術機構與客家社群的交流與研究合作等策略,作為本學院與台灣及全球各地公私部門、社區在社會、文化、產業等各方面國際接軌的平台,以達成整合在地化與國際化的任務。前者之具體工作方針為在新竹地區建立田野工作室,提供本學院與地方文史工作者、教師及社區研究者的交流合作平台;後者尋求與國內外學術機構合作,展開跨國或跨學科的中長期研究計畫,近期以竹苗地區作為田野調查的對象,長期的發展則從台灣出發延伸到東南亞及世界其他地區的客家社群研究。「客家社會與文化碩士在職專班」為本學院強化客家相關的研究與教學,經積極向教育部爭取人事名額,所設立以社會人士為對象的推廣教育機構,招收有志於從事客家社會與文化研究之學生。專班師資由本院人文與社會學系及傳播科技系支援,歷年開設領域廣泛之課程與論文指導研究。開辦初期的學生以中小學教育人員為主,近來已擴大招收公務人員、民間非營利組織工作人員及公司行號人士,前來進修。截至108年度,已完成地方社會、產業、信仰、社區史、性別、文學與傳播等視角之客家研究碩士論文178篇,獲得行政院客家委員會優良博碩士論文獎勵70篇,對於客家文化之研究、推廣已發揮相當大的作用,並與本學院兩系及國際客家研究中心成為推動本學院客家及相關議題研究與教學的重要支柱。
Visions and Goals
As a multicultural society, one of Taiwan’s most important issues is to promote the development of multi-ethnic culture, and this is also a crucial indicator of a democratic and open society. In addition, multiculturalism is an ideal that has been enthusiastically and actively pursued around the world in recent years. The injection of both educational and academic resources has a deep-rooted effect on the understanding and development of multi-ethnic groups, and it is also a project of hope to carry on traditions of diverse groups.
Since NCTU was reopened in Hsinchu in 1958, it has been closely associated with the Hakka communities in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli. Around the year 2000, the central government had a policy goal of establishing a Hakka college, as well as an aspiration for Hsinchu County—with the highest distribution of Hakka communities formed in Taiwan. After taking long-term academic development into consideration, and with the aim to develop a major international center for Hakka academic and policy research in line with the policies of the central government and Hsinchu County Government, NCTU proposed establishment of the “College of Hakka Studies, National Chiao Tung University” to the Ministry of Education at the end of 2002.
College Characteristics
The NCTU College of Hakka Studies was established on March 5, 2004, with the approval of the Ministry of Education. At present (2020), the college consists of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and its Graduate Program of Ethnicity and Culture; the Degree Program of Hakka Society and Culture; the Department of Communication and Technology and its graduate program; the Ph.D. Program of Hakka Studies; and the International Center for Hakka Studies. On the basis of humanities, social sciences, communications, and technology, the College actively builds a Hakka Knowledge System for Taiwan, and further enters Hakka communities’ lives and world through connections and resources integrated by the International Center for Hakka Studies from both the college and the community. By establishing cooperation and exchanges of information with research institutions and universities around the world who engage in Hakka studies, ethnic group studies, and other relevant issues, all parties are committed to academic development and accumulating achievements in Hakka Studies in Taiwan.
The emphasis of the College’s undergraduate program is on combining specialized courses in Hakka culture with knowledge of the humanities and social sciences, as well as practical training related to the cultural industries and communication technologies. The program is characterized by its focus placed on providing students with fundamental training in cross-disciplinary knowledge of the humanities and social sciences, along with the development of both academic and practical skills through an understanding of Hakka communities in Taiwan and around the world. Currently, the programs offered by the two departments are also extremely popular among non-Hakka-studies faculty and students on campus. As for graduate school, the Degree Program of Hakka Society and Culture; the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Graduate Program of Ethnicity and Culture; the Graduate and Ph.D. Programs in Communication and Technology (offered in collaboration with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Institute of Communication Studies, and that Department’s Institute of Applied Arts, respectively); and the Ph.D. Program of Hakka Studies, which was just established in 2018, all aim to cultivate multidisciplinary research talents who are interested in Hakka society and culture.
Location and Architecture
Located in the Hakka Folk Park near the Hsinchu High Speed Rail Station, the College is a socially engaged, community-integrated research and educational institution. The main building of the College was completed and put into operation in 2010. Designed by renowned architect Ying-Chun Hsieh, the building combines impressions of a Hakka round house with that of a Hakka walled village. From the outside, it can be seen as a round building; while from the north side, half-circles on both sides represent a Hakka walled village. It is equipped with an advanced virtual studio, an Internet radio station, a laboratory for public opinion polls, a multimedia classroom, a cultural industry classroom, and an international conference hall. On the third floor is a library that stores the collection of Hakka studies in Taiwan and around the world, which currently contains 17769 books, 234 periodicals, and 928 pieces of audio-visual material.
In addition to the above-mentioned building, the College has two other historical buildings that serve as an implementation space for research projects, and provide research space and accommodation for short-term researchers. The Zhongxiao Hall, a place where the Hakka music and songs are composed as well as an independent bookstore, serves as a space for the College’s culture and creativity to spark new ideas and a foundation on which to fulfill the College’s University Social Responsibility (USR).
Apart from that, the College, together with the surrounding traditional Hakka ancestral halls, temples, and historical buildings, form a landscape that blends tradition and modernity, giving the College a rich vitality and practical personality that makes it one of the most unique Hakka educational and research institutions in the world.
A Research Center and the Promotion of Education
The College has currently established a research center and a Degree Program of Hakka Society and Culture.
The International Center for Hakka Studies, rooted in Taiwan, aims to become the world’s leading center for Hakka studies and actively promotes exchanges and research cooperation with Hakka academic institutions and communities around the world. Besides, it also serves as a platform for the College to connect with public and private sectors, and communities locally and globally in every aspect including social, cultural and industrial in order to accomplish the mission of incorporating both localization and internationalization. The specific direction of the former is to establish a field research workshop in the Hsinchu region to provide a platform for exchanges and cooperation between the College and the researchers who engage in local cultural and historical work, teachers, and community researchers. Whereas the latter seeks to collaborate with domestic and foreign academic institutions to initiate mid- and long-term research projects across countries or disciplines. Furthermore, its recent fieldwork has been conducted in Hsinchu and Miaoli area, but long-term development has extended from Taiwan to other Hakka communities in Southeast Asia and other parts of the world.
The Degree Program of Hakka Society and Culture was established by the College after actively seeking a quota for the required personnel from the Ministry of Education. The Degree Program aims to promote Hakka studies by strengthening Hakka-related research and education, and to recruit students who are interested in research on Hakka society and culture. The program faculty is supported by both the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Communication and Technology, which has offered courses and thesis advising in a wide range of disciplines over the years. Initially, the majority of students were elementary and secondary school educators, but recently the program has expanded to include civil servants, employees of private non-profit organizations, and corporate executives. As of 2019, 178 master’s theses on Hakka studies had been completed, including perspectives such as local society, industry, beliefs, community history, gender, literature, and communication. 70 of these theses have been awarded as outstanding theses and dissertations by the Hakka Affair Councils of the Executive Yuan, illustrating the significant role the program has played in research and promotion of Hakka culture. Alongside together the other two departments and the College’s International Center for Hakka Studies, the Degree Program of Hakka Society and Culture has become an important pillar in the College for its promotion of research and education on Hakka and related issues.