季風影像第9期：Metamorphosis 灣區變形記

Metamorphosis of the Bay Area 
《灣區變形記》紀綠片放映

with Helen F. Siu & Denise Y. Ho

April 3, 2026｜In English & Cantonese 

Based on four decades of fieldwork, Metamorphosis of the Bay Area traces the transformation of South China’s Pearl River Delta from a water-based society into a modern urban landscape. Through historical images and ethnographic storytelling, the film explores how local communities were reshaped by state power, land reform, and global economic forces. More than a regional history, it offers a profound reflection on how China entered modernity.

基於長達四十年的田野調查，《灣區變形記》以珠江三角洲為核心，講述一個關於水域社會如何逐步轉變為現代城市空間的歷史。從明清時期的水上生活，到當代高速城市化進程，影片以影像與人類學敘事交織，呈現出地方社會在國家與全球資本力量之間的重塑與掙扎。這不僅是一部區域史紀錄，更是一個關於「如何成為現代」的中國故事。

About the Speaker 

Helen F. Siu, a Professor of Anthropology and former chair of the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University. Her teaching interests are political and historical anthropology, urban and global culture change. She has conducted decades of fieldwork in Southern China, exploring agrarian change and commerce, the nature of the socialist state, and the refashioning of identities. Lately, she explores rural-urban interface in China, inter-Asian connections, China-Africa encounters, popular music and new political space in Hong Kong.

蕭鳳霞，耶魯大學人類學教授，曾任東亞研究委員會主席。她長期從事華南地區田野研究，關注農業轉型、商業網絡、社會主義國家形態與身份重構等議題。近年研究延伸至中國的城鄉交界、跨亞洲連結、中非互動，以及香港的流行文化與新興政治空間。

Moderator Denise Y. Ho is a historian at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where she teaches modern Chinese history.  She is the author of Curating Revolution and the co-editor of Material Contradictions in Mao's China.  She is currently completing a manuscript entitled  The Nation's Gate: A Cross-Border History of Hong Kong and China.

何若書，喬治城大學外交學院歷史學者，研究現代中國歷史與文化政治。著有《Curating Revolution》，並合編《Material Contradictions in Mao's China》。目前正撰寫新書《The Nation’s Gate》，探討香港與中國之間的跨境歷史。