17/08/2026
🌊連結世界的藍色地圖 夏曼．藍波安海洋文學交會臺澳文化航道💫
❤️🔥駐雪梨台北經濟文化辦事處在文化部支持下，結合澳洲台灣影展「台灣書櫃」(Taiwanese Bookshelves)單元及紀錄片《大海浮夢》，邀請夏曼．藍波安(Syaman Rapongan，線上)與其子希．藍波安(Si Rapongan，實體)赴澳以「海洋文學:重新認識達悟族在世界地圖中的位置」為題辦理講座，探討傳統文化、海洋哲學與現代文學的碰撞與融合。
🌟雪梨場次於8月16日在知名獨立書店Title Store Barangaroo辦理，由酷兒螢幕(Q***r Screen)執行長兼澳洲台灣影展策展人Benson Wu主持，現場觀眾雲集，在書櫃、書架、階梯間用心聆聽夏曼．藍波安遠從蘭嶼連線分享。📖
🌊夏曼．藍波安從自身書寫理念出發，講述他所創作的海洋文學並不同於城市文學、大陸文學，而是奠基於達悟族的神話與哲學，體現人類與海洋的生存關係，例如在達悟的世界裡，一年有三個季節：飛魚的季節、停止捕獵飛魚的季節，以及等待飛魚的季節，對他們而言，魚類是有智慧的，魚類的飲食文化奠定了達悟家庭、父子的關係。他打破漢人的文體，書寫出這些獨一無二的經驗。
🎤當主持人Benson Wu問及夏曼．藍波安會怎麼推介自己的書時，夏曼．藍波安笑著回答說他不敢保證大家都能看得懂他的書，但感謝蘭嶼乾淨、漂亮的藍海，吸引了很多新一代的自由潛水者，當大家來到蘭嶼親近海洋時，也就更容易親近他的書，並幫忙和其他人分享。夏曼．藍波安也感嘆隨著年歲增長，沒辦法再負擔長途旅行，之後要請兒子希．藍波安當代言人，走到更遠的地方，和大家述說達悟、蘭嶼、海洋的文化。
✨️在稍早的《大海浮夢》映後座談中，觀眾詢問希．藍波安有關達悟族的命名方式時，希．藍波安也解釋，達悟族是以下一代為本，因此以達悟男人為例，一生會經歷三個階段：希（孩子）、夏曼（父親）、夏本（祖父），並會在後面冠上兒子或孫子的名字，譬如夏曼．藍波安意思就是藍波安的父親。
另外當觀眾提及紀錄片裡，其他族人選擇用現代船隻捕飛魚，但藍波安父子依舊選擇自己造拼板舟，並划著拼板舟用傳統的方式捕撈時，希．藍波安笑道:「爸爸和我是浪漫的人。」他們捕飛魚不求多、不求利，只是希望家裡有熱滾滾的魚湯、爸媽能吃上新鮮的魚。「我們也祝福其他現代船隻的豐收，而且不會去想這樣浪漫的、傳統的文化究竟能持續多久，」希．藍波安表示：「我們只想做自己現在能做的，盡己之力傳承保存多少是多少。」
雪梨場講座結束後，觀眾報以熱烈感動的掌聲👏有人特地帶來三十年前赴蘭嶼旅遊購買的拼板舟模型開心合影、有人依依不捨，不停上前詢問更多臺灣原住民文化的思想與議題、也有人立刻衝去書店櫃台，購買中文版書籍《大海之眼》、《天空的眼睛》或訂購英譯本，並請希．藍波安在書上代為簽名。🖊🖊
📖「台灣書櫃」坎培拉場次將於8月17日與澳洲國立大學(The Australian National
University)合作舉辦，主持人為歷史、文化及語言研究所教授班傑明．佩尼(Benjamin Penny)，講座上線門票立即售罄；8月20日達爾文場次則於被譽為澳洲原住民記憶與生存史堡壘的北領地圖書館暨檔案館 (Library & Archives NT)辦理，並與北領地作家中心(Northern Territory Writers' Centre)聯名舉行。
⭐️夏曼．藍波安為2023年第23屆國家文藝獎，集文學作家、人類學者於一身，在他細膩優美、詩意的筆下，海洋、飛魚、傳統達悟人的生活智慧和現代衝擊下的悲喜，皆成創作的源泉、深邃的故事。散文集《大海之眼Mata nu Wawa》、小說《天空的眼睛》英譯本先後於2025、2026年問世。
💫由周文欽執導的紀錄片《大海浮夢》則以夏曼．藍波安為主角，完整紀錄夏曼與兒子希．藍波安從潛水、捕魚、伐木、造舟到迎海啟航的壯闊旅程；展現夏曼曾與父同行，現在與兒相伴，父子三代伐木造船、夜航捕魚的文化傳承。🛶🛶
🌊 Mapping the World in Blue: Syaman Rapongan’s Oceanic Literature Converges with the Taiwan-Australia Cultural Voyage
🖊💫 With the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Sydney, in collaboration with the Taiwan Film Festival in Australia's "Taiwanese Bookshelves" section and the documentary "I Dream of the Ocean", invited renowned indigenous Taiwanese author Syaman Rapongan (online) and his son, Si Rapongan (in person), to Australia. They hosted a lecture titled "Oceanic Literature: Reimagining the Tao's Place on the Global Map," exploring the collision and integration of traditional culture, maritime philosophy, and modern literature.
🌊 The Sydney session was held on August 16 at the prominent independent bookstore TITLE Store Barangaroo. Moderated by Benson Wu, CEO of Q***r Screen and Festival Director of the Taiwan Film Festival in Australia, the event drew a full house. Audiences nestled among bookcases, shelves, and stairs to attentively listen to Syaman Rapongan's remote sharing live from Lanyu. Drawing from his personal writing philosophy, Syaman explained that his oceanic literature differs from urban or mainland literature; instead, it is grounded in the mythology and philosophy of the Tao people, reflecting the survival relationship between humanity and the ocean. For example, in the Tao world, a year consists of three seasons: the season for flying fish, the season to stop hunting flying fish, and the season of waiting for flying fish. To them, marine life possesses wisdom, and the dietary culture surrounding fish establishes the foundation of Tao family and father-son relationships. He breaks away from traditional Han literary styles to write about these unique experiences.
💫 When moderator Benson Wu asked Syaman Rapongan how he would recommend his books, Syaman smiled and replied that he couldn't guarantee everyone would understand his work. However, thanks to Lanyu's clean and beautiful blue sea, which attracts a new generation of free-divers, visitors who come to Lanyu to connect with the ocean naturally find it easier to connect with his books and share them with others. Syaman also expressed a sentimental realization that due to his advancing age, he can no longer manage long-haul travels. Henceforth, he will ask his son, Si Rapongan, to act as his ambassador, traveling further to share the culture of the Tao, Lanyu, and the ocean with everyone.
✨️During the earlier post-screening Q&A of I Dream of the Ocean, when an audience member asked about the Tao naming system, Si Rapongan explained that Tao naming is centered around the next generation. Taking a Tao man as an example, his life goes through three stages: Si (child), Syaman (father), and Syaben (grandfather), prefixed with the name of his son or grandson. For instance, "Syaman Rapongan" means the father of Rapongan.
🛶When audience members mentioned in the documentary that while other villagers chose modern boats to catch flying fish, the Rapongan father-son duo still insisted on crafting their own traditional plank boat and rowing it to fish in the traditional way, Si Rapongan smiled and said, "My father and I are romantic souls". They do not fish for abundance or profit; they simply hope for a warm bowl of fish soup at home and fresh fish for their parents. "We also bless other modern boats for their bountiful harvests, and we don't dwell on how long such a romantic, traditional culture can last," Si Rapongan stated, "We just want to do what we can right now, preserving and passing on as much as we can with all our might".
📖 Following the Sydney lecture, the audience offered warm and deeply moved applause. Some specially brought a traditional plank boat model they had bought during a trip to Lanyu thirty years ago to take a joyful photo, others lingered with reluctance, continually coming forward to ask more about Taiwanese indigenous culture and issues, and many rushed right to the bookstore counter to purchase the Chinese editions of "Eyes of the Ocean" or "Eyes of the Sky", or order the English translations, asking Si Rapongan to sign the books for them.
🗺️ The "Taiwanese Bookshelves" Canberra session took place on August 17 in partnership with The Australian National University, moderated by Benjamin Penny, Professor at the School of Culture, History and Language, with online tickets selling out instantly. The Darwin session on August 20 was hosted at the Library & Archives NT—hailed as a fortress of Northern Territory indigenous memory and survival history—in a co-branded event with the Northern Territory Writers' Centre.
🖊 Syaman Rapongan is the recipient of the 23rd National Award for Arts in 2023. As both a literary writer and an anthropologist, under his delicate, graceful, and poetic pen, the ocean, flying fish, the life wisdom of traditional Tao people, and the joys and sorrows under modern impacts all become sources of creation and profound stories. The essay collection "Mata nu Wawa (Eyes of the Ocean)" and the English translation of the novel "Eyes of the Sky" were successively published in 2025 and 2026.
🎬 Directed by Chou Wen-chin, the documentary "I Dream of the Ocean" stars Syaman Rapongan, fully documenting the magnificent journey of Syaman and his son, Si Rapongan, from diving, fishing, logging, and boat-building to setting sail into the ocean. It showcases the cultural heritage of Syaman once walking alongside his father and now accompanied by his son, with three generations of father and son logging, building boats, and navigating night fishing.
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