"Nationalism, sex work and migration in the neoliberal age" with Sealing Cheng 新自由主義下的民族主義、性工作與跨境移動：與鄭詩靈教授對談

In today’s episode of the CUHK Anthropology podcast, we talk to Sealing Cheng, Associate Professor of the department, about her career in anthropology. Sealing speaks about how she discovered anthropology as an undergraduate student and how her research shifted from food, to herbal teas, before she eventually settled on the topic of sexuality, sex-workers in U.S. military camp towns in Korea, and migration. In this conversation, Sealing highlights the value of the ethnographic method in helping us understand those who are radically different from us. She also discusses the complexities surrounding the criminalization of sex-work and sex-workers especially in our neoliberal age. （This episode is conducted in English.） 今集節目嘉賓香港中文大學人類學系副教授鄭詩靈，除了分享她如何開始接觸人類學，也回顧了她的研究課題如何由最初的食物，到中藥，再聚焦在性與性別議題、在南韓的美軍基地的性工作者，以及人口遷徙。對談中，鄭詩靈強調人類學的田野調查如何幫助我們理解與自己截然不同的他者，也討論到在新自由主義的時代，將性工作及性工作者刑事化（criminalization）的複雜性。 （本集訪問以英語進行。） 01’33 Introduction to anthropology and research on food and herbal tea shop in Hong Kong｜如何開始接觸人類學，並研究食物和香港的涼茶舖 12'00 From Chinese medicine to nationalism and sexuality in South Korea｜由中醫到南韓的民族主義與性別研究 18'08 Sex-workers in U.S. military camp towns in Korea｜南韓的美軍基地的性工作者 31’12 Neo-liberalism and sex work｜新自由主義與性工作 41'53 Asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong, as social beings｜作為「社會存在」的在港難民和尋求庇護者