台灣的東南亞族裔地景與媒體再現

Southeast Asian Ethnic Landscape and Media Representation in Taiwan

This article aims to explore the diverse meanings of Southeast Asian ethnic landscapes and to reflect on their potential as a new cultural public sphere. This article first uses data to illustrate that the increase in the number of Southeast Asian immigrants/workers is the main driving force for the formation of the ethnic consumption landscape in Taiwn. Secondly, by reviewing the existing empirical studies, this paper clarifies the diverse meanings of the Southeast Asian consumption landscape. The third is to reflect on Taiwan's hospitality society and culture by analyzing media representations of Southeast Asian consumption landscape. The study found that representations of mainstream print media reflect the lack of imagination of Southeast Asian ethnic groups in Taiwanese society; representations of new media highlight that the public space where ethnic landscapes have hidden meanings for the host society is gradually developing into a public space with an interactive new cultural public sphere. In conclusion, this paper points out that it is the intellectual actions of researchers, local non-profit organizations, and the autonomous actions of Southeast Asian ethnic groups that have been seen in the past, which together make such a new cultural public sphere gradually take shape.