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巴勒斯坦——每位流連過、觸碰過、經歷過、感受過的都不盡相同。千年以來，這地區位處通往地中海重要的香料貿易之路上，因貿易、民族遷移所產生的「移動」，使得各傳統、文化與食物面向上的交融。
因長期政治情勢，「衝突」卻成為這裡既定印象中的代名詞。然而，移動應為一種基本權利，在這裡卻是一種特權。這堵將土地劃分開來的隔離牆、重重的檢查站，以及不同顏色的身份證明，不停劃分著巴勒斯坦人之間的緊密聯繫。
與當今受政治影響所受限的身體不同，在民族與土地認同的衝突中，其中食物成了傳遞身份象徵、歷史、文化與價值觀的其一途徑，也成為各方間的共同話題。
這場線上共筆會不會聚焦以巴衝突現場，但你將會聽到在台巴勒斯坦人Husam分享自己的文化以及故事；朱筱琪透過柴米油鹽與巴勒斯坦人產生的對話與感悟。
共筆會主要語言為英文，於Microsoft Teams進行
講者簡介
Husam Kafena
巴勒斯坦人，出生於阿聯酋，在約旦和巴勒斯坦長大。 目前居住在台灣。 現為化學博士後和研究員，致力於通過巴勒斯坦美食介紹巴勒斯坦及其文化和傳統。
共筆討論資料
討論方式：將參與者分成兩組，每組討論四個預先準備好的問題，討論完後回到主會議室，各組分享討論成果與進行提問
預先準備好的問題以及討論摘要(點擊►看更多)：
何謂文化？ 文化組成要素有哪些？
- 食物、音樂、藝術、傳統、語言(如文學)、社會規範、宗教
- [文化的定義為何？] 被偷竊的文化算文化的一種嗎？
- (共同) 記憶
- 編按：互動性、流動性 (原文
- 人與人的關係、人與土地，生物、植物的關係；現代資本主義（殖民主義）看世界的方式不同，不同層面的世界觀、看土地的方式、生活的方式
食物的力量
- 食物作為身分的象徵
- 食物成為跨文化溝通的媒介
- 食物成為多重來源(hybrid origins)的代表
- 每個人都會吃，製作傳統文化食物過程中透過使用手、眼、舌、胃、心創造的體驗，並且累積對於食材的自然樣貌和精神意義等知識，於此同時，食物具有強大的潛能去融和新的想法，適應和創造新的觀點
- 搭起連結
- 意識到國家身分(認同)和文化背景
- 自我療癒
- 食物傳承應聚焦在「製作過程」還是「意涵保存」又或是「風味」
- 將樹木視為家庭成員反映了一種不同的生存方式：不同於殖民主義和資本主義將其他生物視為經濟資源和「財富」。 許多土著文化還將其他生物視為生活中不可或缺的一部分，而不僅僅是可以利用的資源。 保持這些關係不僅對保護文化、抵制佔領/定居者殖民主義至關重要，而且也是世界各地反對新自由主義和氣候變化鬥爭的一部分。 台灣原住民的經歷可能會提供進一步的見解：他們與環境的關係是如何改變/消失/被壓迫的？
如何保留你的文化？ 如何在新的國家中保留自身文化？保存過程中預期會遇到哪些挑戰？
- (找到)務實的方法以保存你的文化
- 會遇到的挑戰可能包含缺少(支持的)社群、經濟條件有限，或是當地人的抵制(或不諒解)
- 透過宗教儀式與活動
- 我們該如何決定哪種文化(哪部分文化)應該被保留？
- 保存傳統與適應現狀(如有些儀式或活動會觸犯到現有法律)之間的衝突，與主流文化的權利抗衡
- 傳統食物多半油膩且為多醣類，而我們這代逐漸重視健康、低醣飲食，傳統食物製作方式或風味會隨著與時俱進的飲食習慣而淘汰嗎？如果改變烹調方式，那還是傳統嗎？
- 分享巴勒斯坦食譜，讓人們可以在家製作，並一起上傳照片至社群媒體？
- 除了舉辦展覽或慶典外，也需考量到移民政策規範和執行過程等影響
- 文化議題是各地需要保存，也可以反思台灣原住民與環境的關係、這個關係怎麼受到制度的壓制、怎麼消失了？
- 講座主要為巴勒斯坦人的觀點，而以色列人的觀點，以色列的食物呢？食物與文化融合的部分會如何形成？
你對於「移民融入新國家而忘卻自己的文化」的態度和想法如何？
- 影響移民融入當地的要素有哪些？
- 「融入當地文化」以及「忘卻自身文化遺產」是個零和問題嗎(一方的收益必然代表著另一方的損失)？
- 倘若主詞從「移民」換成「移民二代」呢？想法會有不同嗎？
- 無論是台灣或巴勒斯坦，第一代、二代、或甚至三代，隨著時間、工作型態和飲食習慣(的改變與更迭而有所變動)
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Event Description
Speaker’s bio
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English below)
The main language of the co-writing conference is English and will be held on Microsoft Teams
Husam Kafena
English
Event Description
Everyone who has been to Palestine has a unique experience. For thousands of years, this land has been a key stop of the spice trade route to the Mediterranean area. The movement caused by trade and ethnic migration contributes to exchanges of diverse cultures, traditions, and food in the area.
Because of long-term political turmoil, Palestine has become synonymous with conflicts in the eyes of many. Freedom of movement should be a basic human right, yet a luxury for many Palestinians. They live on both sides of concrete walls and are separated by countless checkpoints. They have identification cards in different colors. The color difference is not only an approach to further restrict movement but also a way to split up the ties among Palestinian communities.
However, unlike the ‘imprisoned body’ by political influence, food culture has developed vividly and become one way to express their status of symbols, history, tradition, and values. It has also become a common topic among all communities.
This online co-writing workshop will NOT focus on the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Instead, you will hear from Husam, a Palestinian living in Taiwan, sharing Palestinian cultures and his stories. Also, Hsiao-Chi will share her observations about the connection between food and identity/values during her travels there as an artist.
Speaker’s bio
Husam is a Palestinian who was born in the UAE and grew up in Jordan and Silat ad-Dhahr, Palestine. Also, currently, he is based in Taiwan. He has worked as a postdoctoral and researcher in the chemistry field and is devoted to introducing Palestine and its culture and heritage through Palestinian cuisine.
Guiding Questions and Discussion Notes (Click ► for more info)
What is culture? What are its elements?
- Food, music & arts, traditions, languages (ex. literature), social norms, religions
- [What is the definition of culture?] Is a stolen culture a culture?
- (collective) memories
- Interchangeable
The power of food
- Food as a symbol of identity
- Food as a means of intercultural dialogue
- Food as a representation of hybrid origins?
- Everybody eats. The process of making cultural food creates the experience through your body like, by your hands, eyes, tongue, stomach, heart, you feel and get the knowledge of the natural features / spiritual features of ingredients. At the same time, the food has a huge possibility to mix with new ideas, adapting or creating with new perspectives.
- Everybody eats. The process of making cultural food creates the experience through your body like, by your hands, eyes, tongue, stomach, heart, you feel and get the knowledge of the natural features / spiritual features of ingredients. At the same time, the food has a huge possibility to mix with new ideas, adapting or creating with new perspectives.
- building connections
- realizing national identity and other cultural backgrounds
- self-healing
- Share a Palestini recipe and let’s make it at home and upload the images together?
- Question: The inheritance of food is focused on the “process of production”, “preservation of meaning” or “taste”.
How do you preserve your culture? How to do that in a new country? What are the challenges you may encounter?
- Tangible ways to preserve your culture
- Some of the challenges may include a lack of community, financial constraints, or pushbacks from local people.
- practices of religious rituals?
- How to decide what kind of cultures (which cultures) we should preserve?
- the conflict between preserving traditions and modern laws (some practices that are against law today), the power struggle with mainstream culture
- Traditional food is mainly oily and polysaccharides in cooking. Coming to our generation because it is different from the past labor style, it appeals to “health”.
- Besides holding festivals and exhibitions, including immigrants in policy making and implementing process
- I was very moved by Husam’s presentation on Palestinians’ relationships with olive trees. Seeing trees as a family member reflects a different way of being in the world: different from those of colonialism and capitalism which see other living beings as merely economic resources and ‘wealth’. Many indigenous cultures also see other beings as integral to their life rather than just resources to utilize. I feel that preserving these relationships is not only essential to preserve culture, to resist occupation/settler-colonialism but also part of the struggle against neoliberalism and climate change everywhere in the world. The experiences of Taiwan’s indigenous populations may offer further insights: how have their relationships with the environments changed/disappeared/oppressed?
What is your attitude towards (im)migrants assimilating into the host culture and forgetting their heritage?
- What factors affect (im)migrant assimilation?
- Is ‘assimilation into host culture’ and ‘forgetting heritage’ a zero-sum problem?
- What if the subject changes to ‘second generation
- Whether in Taiwan or Palestine, in the first, second, and third generations with time, region, work style, or consumption habits.