Gender Representation of the AMA Museum: Curating an Exhibition in Memory of Taiwanese Comfort Women

「阿嬤家」博物館的性別再現：紀念前臺籍慰安婦之策展

Yu-Luen Tzeng(曾于倫)

《科技博物》 27卷4期 (2023/12) Pp. 5-31

摘要

The Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation (TWRF) was founded in 1987, and workers in this organization devoted themselves to ending gender-based violence in Taiwan. The TWRF is concerned with the military sexual slaves during World War II and comfort women all over the world who were in a disadvantaged situation. Moreover, the TWRF continues to care about 59 Taiwanese comfort women and their families. Via different approaches to social work and art therapy, the TWRF makes use of helping the various professions to assist in this Taiwanese comfort women's recovery. On 10 December 2016, the Peace Memorial Museum of Comfort Women and Women's Rights (the AMA museum) was set up in memory of the Taiwanese comfort women. This study presents the opening permanent exhibition theme, 'healing and companionship,' its content and curating process, as well. Furthermore, the TWRF's anti-sexual violence and museum studies' perspectives on representation shall be discussed, respectively. Through research findings, the public will have a better understanding of co-curating the permanent exhibition of this new museum and its meaningful process.

關鍵字

AMA museum ； Taiwanese comfort women ； curating ； gender representation

並列摘要

台北市婦女救援基金會（以下簡稱婦援會）於1987年成立，其宗旨為終止性別暴力。自1992年起，婦援會關注二次世界大戰時軍事性奴隸制度、戰後各國慰安婦在社會的不利處境；持續關懷59名前臺籍慰安婦及其家人，以社會工作、藝術治療的工作方法，協助前臺籍慰安婦受創身心之復原。2016年國際人權日，「阿嬤家」博物館（全稱為「阿嬤家─和平與女性人權館」）開幕常設展以1996至2012年「身心工作坊」為展覽主題─「療癒與陪伴」；除再現婦援會的性別觀點、不同專業的策展詮釋外，亦蘊含前臺籍慰安婦的療癒創作和姊妹情誼的故事。本研究呈現2016年間婦援會與筆者一同構思「身心工作坊」展覽內容、策展過程以及意義，進一步討論婦援會的性別立場與博物館學的再現觀點；藉此研究結果，讓社會大眾瞭解婦援會和筆者協力完成「阿嬤家」博物館的常設展歷程。

並列關鍵字

阿嬤家博物館 ； 臺籍慰安婦 ； 策展 ； 性別再現

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