看夜景：政治經濟、城鄉發展與光暗組成的夜晚地理學

Seeing the Nightscape: Political Economy, Urban-rural Development, and the Diurnality-nocturnality of Night Geographies

本文聚焦晚近人文地理學次領域－夜晚地理學的發展與討論，探討英文文獻有關夜晚研究（night studies）的論辯與議題探究，並說明夜晚研究對於國內理論及經驗研究之可能貢獻。尤其聚焦夜晚作為前沿（night as frontier）的概念，觸及當代在政治經濟、文化、制度、技術與基礎設施等多重面向，對「夜晚」這樣的時空間產生資源化、破碎化與連結性的反思，進而開展當前人文地理學者對於夜晚轉向的重視，探究政治經濟下的產業與勞動、城鄉發展中的夜間經濟與基礎設施、以及由光與暗構成的夜景與氛圍。

This article reviews the recent developments and discussions within the subfield of human geography known as“night geography.”The night studies illustrate a spatiotemporal dimension across multiple aspects such as political economy, culture, institutions, technology and infrastructure. By conceptualizing the debates and issues in Western literature, I expound on the potential contributions of night studies for future domestic theoretical and empirical research. Specifically, this article concentrates on the concept of“night as frontier,”addressing contemporary reflections on the commodification, fragmentation, and connectivity of“night.”The article highlights the increasing attention human geographers pay to the night turn, investigating the political economy of industries and labor, the night-time economy and infrastructure in urban and rural development, as well as the landscapes and affective atmosphere created by light and darkness.