我的研究計畫聚焦在二十一世紀初急速後工業化的瀋陽城市邊緣社區與公園，縱向承接的是社會主義工業化廢墟與農村剩餘勞動人口的底層困境，橫向遭遇的又是中國家庭主義特色的同性戀正典化及全球性/別符號系統轉碼的國際LGBT維權文明思維的進逼下，鐵西區勞動公園的「妖」社群如何自主地摸索型塑出一種底層邊緣的照護網絡以持續接納住被主流社會、同志社群及原生家庭所棄離的成員，而此一網絡又何以具有殘留的社會主義及在地的草根俠義的精神？這個社群的不畏性/別羞恥的持續向下探底的「爛逼實踐」又如何構連出一種不同於、甚而能擾亂、對抗一線城市的「高大上」同運政略的主流化、全球化的趨勢？這項研究計畫除了預期生產出關於當代中國大陸東北底層性/別少數社群的學術知識外，更希望能提供一種既雜糅又參照於西方酷兒的在地「爛逼」的認識論視角。這項研究計畫採取質性研究的取徑，具體的研究方法則結合深度訪談及參與觀察。
My research project aims to explore the disadvantaged “Yao” community based in the Labor Park, Shenyang, Northeastern China. Yao refers to males who dress as street hookers. The project examines the complicated contexts from which the community arose and how the community constructs so called “lanbility” through its members’ diverse nasty prostitution practices. It also looks into dynamic yet contested interactions between lanbility and queerness within the contexts of modern Chinese Tongzhi activisms. The project employs a qualitative approach by adopting a combination of in-depth interview and participant observation.
