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Connecting: Special Exhibition of Taiwanese Women's Migration Chronicles (轉機：臺灣女子移動紀事特展)
"Connecting: Special Exhibition of Taiwanese Women's Migration Chronicles" (轉機：臺灣女子移動紀事特展) uses "migration" as a keyword to review how Taiwanese women have sought opportunities for change within the constraints of institutions, bodies, and social frameworks over the past century, moving towards a broader stage of life.
The special exhibition starts with "Pre-departure Preparation," exploring social disciplines that have long restricted women's actions, such as foot binding, the foster daughter system, and menstruation taboos. Next, visitors can follow the exhibition route and choose to take the "Domestic Line" or "International Line," traveling through 9 boarding gates (GATEs) and entering the life journeys of 16 female figures.
The "Domestic Line" uses important eras of Taiwan's development as nodes, corresponding to key female migration issues in each period. From the rise of the new midwife profession during the Japanese era, to 1949 when women bore the burden of carrying the old and young and rebuilding homes during war; to the touring life of railway attendants and the Yixia Musical & Dance Troupe (藝霞歌舞劇團) in the 1970s, and the labor figures of factory girls supporting the "Made in Taiwan" economic miracle, and further incorporating the appearance and settlement experiences of lesbians, then extending to the social situations faced by women's rights protests and transnational marriages in the 1990s.
The "International Line" leads visitors across the ocean to follow the footprints of Taiwanese women walking into the world. Starting from Zhang Cong-ming (張聰明), the first Taiwanese person to travel around the world, extending to the ambitions of Chen Jin (陳進), Lin Yue-yun (林月雲), and Zhuang Shu-qi (莊淑旂) to study in Japan; looking back at Xie Xue-hong's (謝雪紅) life turning point in the Soviet Union, and presenting the multiple meanings of the United States as a place of study, immigration, and political exile; then walking into the Sahara described by Sanmao (三毛), opening up readers' yearning for distant places.
The special exhibition starts with "Pre-departure Preparation," exploring social disciplines that have long restricted women's actions, such as foot binding, the foster daughter system, and menstruation taboos. Next, visitors can follow the exhibition route and choose to take the "Domestic Line" or "International Line," traveling through 9 boarding gates (GATEs) and entering the life journeys of 16 female figures.
The "Domestic Line" uses important eras of Taiwan's development as nodes, corresponding to key female migration issues in each period. From the rise of the new midwife profession during the Japanese era, to 1949 when women bore the burden of carrying the old and young and rebuilding homes during war; to the touring life of railway attendants and the Yixia Musical & Dance Troupe (藝霞歌舞劇團) in the 1970s, and the labor figures of factory girls supporting the "Made in Taiwan" economic miracle, and further incorporating the appearance and settlement experiences of lesbians, then extending to the social situations faced by women's rights protests and transnational marriages in the 1990s.
The "International Line" leads visitors across the ocean to follow the footprints of Taiwanese women walking into the world. Starting from Zhang Cong-ming (張聰明), the first Taiwanese person to travel around the world, extending to the ambitions of Chen Jin (陳進), Lin Yue-yun (林月雲), and Zhuang Shu-qi (莊淑旂) to study in Japan; looking back at Xie Xue-hong's (謝雪紅) life turning point in the Soviet Union, and presenting the multiple meanings of the United States as a place of study, immigration, and political exile; then walking into the Sahara described by Sanmao (三毛), opening up readers' yearning for distant places.
Event Details
- 2026-01-01 — 國立臺灣歷史博物館