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| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 24 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 4 months ago |
| Active | Language |  ZH-TW | |||
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拾趣力
最近，跟長沙灣咖啡室 Thirsty 的咖啡師阿立聊天，談起不少人說文科無用。
「文科無用，但有趣。中學生在作選擇的時候，也早已思考過，做了心理準備吧？」
阿立的話提醒了我兩點：一，與其局限於討論某事物有用還是無用，又或有甚麼「無用之用」，不如索性跳出「用」這概念，轉而去思考它帶來的「趣」；二，除了泛泛而論某些知識有何實用價值，不如轉向現象本身——選讀文科，其實是某群年輕人的嚴肅選擇，在思考了自己的性格和未來後，把「趣」置於「用」之上去度過幾年人生。
阿立是中文大學日本...
城市如何維修
大埔火災最多人看過的相片，應該是71歲黃先生在火場外悲痛吶喊的一幕。相片被多國媒體引用，甚至引來新聞倫理的辯論，探討攝記應如何呈現災民。
路透社後來跟進訪問黃先生的兒子，讀者才知道黃先生退休前是維修工程判頭，很早已擔心工程不安全，曾拆走單位窗外的發泡膠，改裝防火膠板，又定期向窗外的棚網淋水。那刻我才知道，黃先生不止是個災民，也是一個盡了全力維護家庭和社區的居民和裝修師傅。對裝修一竅不通的我，除了努力在社交媒體理解狀况，也覺得要找些書看。
樓宇火災的人文研究
今年，建築人...
小店：城市的文化資產
最近，新加坡推出了文化遺產企業計劃（Heritage Business Scheme）。此計劃表彰和支持一些有歷史意義的文化遺產企業（heritage business），包括有多年歷史的書店、花店、小食店等等。這些店會被收錄在文物局網站的名單，也會獲得商業諮詢服務。
如此，一些老店在倒閉潮中應該會更有韌性。除了香港，新加坡媒體也報道過食店倒閉潮。數月前，我在網上搜英文Shop closure，只要加上Singapore、Bangkok和Seoul等關鍵詞，會看到不同亞洲...
酷熱天氣下的人文社科
朝鮮和俄羅斯領導人在北京會談時，兩國人員就冷氣溫度而爭持。在場的記者注意到，朝鮮人拿起冷氣遙控器，把溫度調至23度，但俄國人堅持要20度，兩人都想握有遙控。
如此，重點就不只是雙方在溫度數值上有不同意見。調節室內氣溫，在日常的聚會很常見。但要握有遙控，便是權力的體現──冷氣遙控就像魔法權杖，可以在室內呼喚氣流。
熱的社會性
社會上較幸運的階層，往往有權力建立自己的微氣候，而不少關心全球氣溫變熱的人文社科學者，都會關注氣溫構成的環境正義問題。這群學者的主要論點之一，是指出...
無業：人類常態
全球經濟不景，愈來愈多人休息、炒散、重回校園讀書……即使有正職，都會有「隨時失業」的心理準備。
人文社科研究者如何探討失業？我想起近十多年有大量研究探討人們如何「脆弱不安」（precarity），又想起如周永新教授等研究香港失業和貧窮的一眾學者，還有一些追求政經結構改變的討論（例如那些指「自由經濟才有出路」或「問題在資本主義」的右翼和左翼觀點）。
不過，我主要好奇在「無業」這種經驗，畢竟AI正在重組人類社會的技術條件，將來的職業結構大概會使無業更普遍。經濟好景時，失業仿似...
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