萬物實踐社 Wanwu Practice Group

- Dr. MAK Yim-king Kathy, PolyU www.polyu.edu.hk/cc/en/people/academic-staff/dr-mak-yim-king-kathy

- 黎慧儀 Monti https://www.sustainablefest.org/wildcampartists9

【Tools and Methods】 ・What are the potential source of wisdom? ・How much time do we spend on these things? ・How to engage with these sources?

1. Western Thoughts (writings/ objects)

・Reading: How do we read books? ・Art of the trade: understand > absorb > internalise > emulate browse/ read/ digest/ copy ・ANCHOR  ・Writings represent the authors, not performance ・Consider regional specificity of problems/ audience ・Tips: reading reviews, dissertation, check top journal’s article titles

2. Indigenous Wisdom (writings/ oral | practice/ object)

3. East Asian Thoughts (writings/objects/practice)

・How to make it alive?  ・Traditional > ( what can bridge these two?) > contemporary theoretical language (e.g. Robin Wall Kimmerer) 

4. Art Practices (practice)

・How do you learn from artworks?  ・How do you work with artists?  ・Long-term relationship with one artist  ・Relationship with multiple artists can be developed into a community movement  ・Be selective. ‘Anchoring’ to a good project ・Truely like the work and admire the artist. Genuine interest and curiosity: look many times > trust your own judgement

5. Science (writings/practice)

・News, Media (Guardians Environment) ・Podcast (Science/ Nature) ・Talk to an expert (ecologist/ scientist) ・Take a course and get proper training (MOOC) ・Read reviews and recommended books& journals

6. Other Species (practice)

・Spend time with them ・Pay attention to other species ・Develop a habit to be outside, be with other species ・Ideas for future: science residency, nature retreat 

7. Activism (practice)

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【Career】

1. Generations

・Mentors: old famous people ・Peers: outstanding people of your generation (academics/ artists) ・Students

> Group with your generation > Always position yourself in the field

2. Vision

・Be conscious of being ahead. Don’t miss the bigger picture ・Never be able to compete with a specialist in single field > Interdisciplinarity: we connect the dots, work on the cutting-edge 

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【Blog Protocol】

・Main page is mainly for external people: show our activities and achievements (e.g. conference paper, presentation, etc.) ・Artwork: #artwork - Work info for the title/ Image/ Link ・Exhibition: #exhibition - Exhibition info for the title/ Info/ Link ・Bibliograpgy: #bibliography - Chicago Style info for the title/ description (optional)/ tags ・Other tags: #conference #grant #journal - share information with group members

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【To Do】

1. Academic

・Invite experts/ scholars (Taiwan/ Yuk Hui?) to help us for integrating ecological theories and East Asian thoughts ・Seek for ecologist advisors

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