“Family Therapy in China” with Teresa Kuan 關宜馨談中國家庭治療研究

After “accidentally” taking one introductory course as an undergraduate student, Teresa Kuan, now Associate Professor at CUHK Department of Anthropology, decided to declare anthropology as her major. In this episode, Teresa walks us through her anthropology journey: how the first encounter of China anthropology blew her mind, how the experience of filmmaking can be related to fieldwork, and how her latest research on family therapy in mainland China engages with recent theoretical debates in the anthropology of morality and ethics, from people’s efforts in problematizing and addressing certain realms of human suffering and flourishing, to anthropologists’ positioning between “being suspicious of the power relation” and “appreciating the practical wisdom”.

(This episode is conducted in English.)

香港中文大學人類學系副教授關宜馨（Teresa）在本科時期「意外地」修讀了一個人類學的入門科目，由此開展了她的人類學歷程。本集訪問中，Teresa和我們分享首次接觸中國人類學的驚奇，電影製作的嘗試與田野調查的相通之處，以及她近期於中國大陸進行的、有關家庭治療的研究，在道德人類學視角中的理論討論：從人們「問題化（problematize）」特定範圍的人類處境並嘗試加以改善的努力，到人類學家在與受訪者互動之中，在「懷疑權力關係」和「理解實踐智慧」之間的定位。

（本集訪問以英語進行。）

01’11 An unexpected enter into the world of anthropology 意外走進人類學的大門

18'34 Motivation behind the research on family therapy in China 為何在中國大陸研究家庭治療

26'20 Mental illness, psycho boom and family therapy 精神疾病、「心理熱」與家庭治療

40’54 The logic of social practice 社會實踐的運作邏輯

55’28 Anthropology being eye-opening 人類學開闊人的眼界