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Transfer: A Special Exhibition on the Records of Taiwanese Women's Mobility
"Transfer: A Special Exhibition on the Records of Taiwanese Women's Mobility" uses "mobility" as a keyword to review how Taiwanese women over the past century have sought possibilities for change within the constraints of systems, bodies, and social frameworks, moving towards broader life stages.
The special exhibition begins with "Pre-departure Preparation," exploring the social disciplines that have long bound women's actions, such as foot binding, the adopted daughter system, and menstrual taboos. Then, following the exhibition route, visitors can choose to board the "Domestic Line" or "International Line,"穿梭 through 9 boarding gates (GATE), and enter the life journeys of 16 female figures.
The "Domestic Line" uses important eras in Taiwan's development as nodes, corresponding to key women's mobility issues of each period. From the rise of the modern midwifery profession during the Japanese era, to women shouldering the burden of carrying the elderly and young and rebuilding homes amidst the turmoil of 1949; to the touring lives of railway train attendants and the Yi Hsia Song and Dance Troupe in the 1970s, as well as the laboring figures of factory women workers supporting the "Made in Taiwan" economic miracle, further incorporating the experiences of lesbian visibility and settlement, and extending to the social situations faced by women's rights struggles and transnational marriages in the 1990s.
The "International Line" leads the audience across oceans, tracing the footsteps of Taiwanese women going out into the world. Starting with Chang Tsung-ming (張聰明), the first Taiwanese to travel around the world, extending to the aspirations of Chen Chin (陳進), Lin Yueh-yun (林月雲), Chuang Shu-chi (莊淑旂) and others who went to Japan for advanced studies; looking back at Hsieh Hsueh-hung's (謝雪紅) life turning point in the Soviet Union, and presenting the multiple meanings of the United States as a place for study, immigration, and political exile; then entering the Sahara described in San Mao's (三毛) writings, opening up readers' yearning for distant places.
The special exhibition begins with "Pre-departure Preparation," exploring the social disciplines that have long bound women's actions, such as foot binding, the adopted daughter system, and menstrual taboos. Then, following the exhibition route, visitors can choose to board the "Domestic Line" or "International Line,"穿梭 through 9 boarding gates (GATE), and enter the life journeys of 16 female figures.
The "Domestic Line" uses important eras in Taiwan's development as nodes, corresponding to key women's mobility issues of each period. From the rise of the modern midwifery profession during the Japanese era, to women shouldering the burden of carrying the elderly and young and rebuilding homes amidst the turmoil of 1949; to the touring lives of railway train attendants and the Yi Hsia Song and Dance Troupe in the 1970s, as well as the laboring figures of factory women workers supporting the "Made in Taiwan" economic miracle, further incorporating the experiences of lesbian visibility and settlement, and extending to the social situations faced by women's rights struggles and transnational marriages in the 1990s.
The "International Line" leads the audience across oceans, tracing the footsteps of Taiwanese women going out into the world. Starting with Chang Tsung-ming (張聰明), the first Taiwanese to travel around the world, extending to the aspirations of Chen Chin (陳進), Lin Yueh-yun (林月雲), Chuang Shu-chi (莊淑旂) and others who went to Japan for advanced studies; looking back at Hsieh Hsueh-hung's (謝雪紅) life turning point in the Soviet Union, and presenting the multiple meanings of the United States as a place for study, immigration, and political exile; then entering the Sahara described in San Mao's (三毛) writings, opening up readers' yearning for distant places.
Event Details
- 2026-01-01 — 國立臺灣歷史博物館