CASE
Taiwan Kaohsiung’s petrochemical transition and communication journey
In the negotiation theater, participants wear handmade props to embody contaminated land, ocean, and air, entities that were unable to speak for themselves. By materializing these "non-human roles," participants practice articulating their conditions and demands under petrochemical impacts from environmental and ecological perspectives, challenging anthropocentric frameworks in industrial transition.
Participants fill out a role card for "petrochemical contract worker" during the workshop, handwriting notes about this character's circumstances, position, and demands. Through this role-setting exercise, participants translate real stories from field interviews into concrete character profiles for negotiation theater, learning to understand industrial transition complexity from workers' perspectives.
| April 8, 2026 | cider |
- General Issues
- Environment
- Education
- Arts, Culture, & Recreation
- Specific Topics
- Youth Employment
- Public Participation
- Theme
- Participatory & Democratic Governance
