About
Tales of Margins is a compilation of projects done by students of the course HUMN4036 Identity Politics in the Era of Globalisation, which is a collaboration between the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing and the Centre for Innovative Service-Learning at Hong Kong Baptist University. The course explores the formations, negotiations, and power struggles of identity in film, literature, cultural history, theoretical discourse, and in daily life. It examines the politics and ethics of representing identity and difference, especially cultural and sexual differences in various local, national, and global settings.
In order for the students to utilise their knowledge, the service-learning project is assigned to bridge the gap between academia and the outside world. Students are asked to conduct an interview with a person of marginalised identity in the community and document it in methods they deem appropriate. While some have chosen the more traditional approach of journalistic writing, others have exercised their creativity and articulated their learnings and experience through artistic expressions like poetry and drama as well as forms of modern media such as podcast episodes and social media posts. Projects displayed on this website are selected for their originality and insight.
關 於
香港浸會大學人文及創作系和浸大創新服務學習中心於2019-2020學年合辦了一個名為「全球化下的身份政治」的課程。課程主要探討不同文本如文學、電影、歷史或理論中，邊緣身份的形成和呈現，並延伸討論及至日常生活，觀照各種不同的文化、性別、種族身份在本土、民族和國際的層面，或掙扎求存，或改變轉化，各自有其軌跡。
課程的其中一份習作是一個訪談計劃，旨在協助同學從學院中走出去，真正接觸課堂中談及的各種人。習作要求學生挑選一名身份屬非主流的人做訪問，深入交流後紀錄他們的故事。除了傳統的敘事模式，也有不少同學以藝術創作回應相關議題。邊緣誌正是該班同學優秀作品的選輯。
Gender & Sexuality
Projects in this section mostly explore gender and sexuality as lived experiences situated in networks of power and social relations. A number of works deal with the stigma surrounding people with queer identities and their struggle to self-definition. Some other projects discuss gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, class, and religion, producing representations that are authentic and informed.
性 別 身 份
在邊緣誌收錄的十六個作品中，有不少都聚焦於隱蔽卻又與生活息息相關的性別身份上。同學們透過短片、微型小說、劇本、漫畫，以及新媒體如Instagram帖文，重現受訪者的故事，刻劃不同性小眾的真人真事，揭示性別與種族、階級、宗教等元素重疊下折射出的多元光譜，並解構我們對於性和性別的刻板印象。
National & Ethnic Minority
This section consists of four projects that examine the hardships and alienation one experiences on account of their national and/or ethnic identity. While each focusing on a different race / ethnicity, these works demonstrate how language and the power structure it projects play a crucial role in the construction of one’s racial identity. They have presented a way to imagine racial identities through the lens of everyday life and its many challenges.
民 族 及 種 族 身 份
邊緣誌的第二部分收錄了四件探討民族、種族身份的作品，它們主要述說作為少數族群的苦處。雖然它們各自討論不同的國族身份，但卻一致地指向語言以及語言衍生出的權力結構在建構個人民族、種族身份所扮演的重要角色。這四件作品展示了少數族群在日常生活中的種種面貌與挑戰。
Alternative Marginality
Not all marginal identities fall under the previous two categories (gender & sexuality and national & ethnic minority). This section is dedicated to the projects of those students who went out of their way in noticing, acknowledging, and representing people with other types of struggles. The two projects in this section look into the rarely-discussed marginalisation of people being clinically depressed and vegan. They serve as an important reminder that there are certains groups that receive less attention than others within what are normally considered marginalised communities and that they deserve to be known, discussed, and destigmatised.
另 類 邊 緣 身 份
除了性別和國族這類主流的邊緣身份，邊緣誌也收錄了兩件較為「另類」的作品，記載幾個小眾中的小眾身份的故事。透過書寫和描繪，同學嘗試把抑鬱症患者和純素食者的日常與想法呈現並梳理，讓他們得以在文本的討論和傳播中被看見、被關注。同時，這些作品也提醒我們多留意身邊的人和事，因為邊緣身份之所以為邊緣身份，是源於它們無處不在，卻無聲無形。
