社會學的公共書寫：以學術科普部落格為例

Public Sociological Writings: Academic Blogs and Knowledge Dissemination in Taiwan

過去兩三年，臺灣出現一波以「網路共筆」方式呈現的學術科普書寫風潮，本文將討論這個臺灣學界特有的現象，以及它具有的在地社會學意涵。我將先討論Burawoy分類的四種學術書寫，接著探討當前臺灣社會學界的社會參與、公共書寫與其對社會的影響，最後則討論學術科普書寫的社會意義。我認為，臺灣學術科普的網路書寫，具有三個面向的公共性意涵：一、它是一種在國家與市場之外的書寫；二、具有學術的問責性（accountability），也就是學術研究者必須對於我們的社會發展狀況負擔一定的責任；三、在此書寫過程中，大眾可以進行參與，是一種民主化的書寫。最後也探討未來此種網路公共書寫的可能發展。

In the past decade there has been a wave of online pubic writing organized by various academic communities in Taiwan that is unique when compared to online public writing in other countries. In this paper I use Burawoy’s four types of academic writing to analyze this wave as a form of public sociology. After discussing public sociology as practiced by Taiwan’s sociology community-including its participation in social movements, local communities, policy making, and media-I use STREETCORNER SOCIOLOGY ONLINE (hang’a’kao shehuixue) to illustrate the three meanings of public writing in Taiwan: as an outlet for society as opposed to the state and markets, as a means to express academic accountability, and as a venue for democratic writing to encourage members of the general public to participate in academic dialogue. I conclude the paper by discussing possible directions for the future development of online public writing.