FATS Makapahay 工作假期

主題：FATS Makapahay 工作假期
時間：2013.2.28@14:00-2013.3.03@16:00
地點：花蓮東華小米集力所(關於小米集力所)
建議認募：3500起
詳細活動內容及報名網址：(已截止)

FATS—Food and Tours (FATS 辦的責任旅行。)
FATS是啥？詳見http://food-and-tourim-study.blogspot.tw/

Makapahay—阿美語（美語）對所有美好事物的統稱。
        就是「最美的、最好的、最棒的、最讚的、最能表現力與美的」！
FATS makapahay 工作假期
        就是最美的、最好的、最棒的、最讚的、最能表現力與美的食物與旅行體驗！
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1／5。新年。陽光普照。
「加家久築屋公成」落成了！小米集力所Millet Pub (Public House)

連結社區、部落、學校，三位一體的夥伴關係，
創造老年、中年、青年，跨世代的協力合作，
建構族群、社會與多元文化的校園學習空間，它是愛、勇氣和夢想的集體文化實踐。

兩周的工作天（詳見小米總監的工班日記），我們蓋了「公寮」，做好了吃飯的石板桌。
也升起了爐火，點燃小米集力所家的溫度。
和一起「百手成家」諸位相信夢想家的希望。

有家了，我們還需要煮飯烤肉煮茶做菜的空間，讓小米園的農藝祭儀文化，藉著食物的展演，更具有深刻的意涵和土地正義實踐的力道。

FATS團隊和東華小米力結合「觀光文化研究」課程，共同籌劃「FATS makapahay 工作假期」。2/28，四天三夜連假，我們和南華社區阿公要一起來蓋桶窯泥灶，野炊廚房！

我們將開放校外20名熱血人士參加，來東華和我們一起「動手動腳勞動趴」。
用雙手、雙腳、身體、汗水和歡樂，成為小米集力所親愛的家人，體驗小米力的熱情。

浸身東華自然環境的地景，瞭解族群文化的內涵，和FATS推動責任旅行的意義。
起灶外，我們也和「單車合做社」的夥伴，一同實踐DIY的修復精神。

不能來的，也請大家用力放送。
幫忙轉給會支持責任旅行，又想來東華玩耍的朋友們。
早上看環頸雉、養眼。

白天共工，健身。

晚上「達人講做」，補腦。

野炊共食，聯歡共舞。責任旅行，工作假期！

歡迎大家228來東華小米集力所 和邱阿公、小米力、FATS團隊和單車騎士
一起上工、起灶、勞動、玩耍、野炊、共食、騎單車、拆廢車、唱林班歌！

有興趣的朋友，請先留言，讓我們知道你的意願。
詳細活動內容及報名網址：http://registrano.com/events/348531

letter to friends

Dear Friends,

Wishing you and your beloved a wonderful year of the Snake.

I have been doing several interesting projects which including farming and building in 2012 and organizing a responsible working holiday now. We have been doing the millet farm project over the past year and have had our first millet harvest in the Fall. The millet public house was just completed in early January in 2013.

I am on holiday now, but am trying to get the next project going. On 2/28 to 3/3, combining students of the course of Cultural Studies of Tourism and 20 off-campus volunteers, FATS Makapahay (in Amis tribal language this means the most beautiful and powerful), we will stage a holiday to promote the concept of being a 'good' tourist, including organizing a responsible tour for students and holiday makers. We aim to build an ‘open kitchen’ for traditional indigenous foodway practices and to learn and implement indigenous ecological knowledge. We will learn about indigenous cultures through working together with the community Masters and tribal elders who have years of expertise in local construction.

I also work with students and the FATS team to build an edible garden at NDHU. We hope to start from the campus and continue to spread the idea to communities. We believe ' If you eat then you're in.' I also want to invite you to become an honorary member of FATS Center (Food and Tourism Studies). Let me know if you are interested to join us. Of course, your ideas and comments are always welcome. We are working on our English website now, but before it begins, you are welcome to check our FATS website: http://food-and-tourism-studies.blogspot.tw/

I am really enjoying my 'rooted' fieldwork on campus which has been inspired by masters’ wisdom and my own embodied experiences. It's not easy to deal with some of the paper work and rules, but I am glad and so proud of our students who have broken some of these rules. Our university is very supportive too. It's a great learning experience for me and now it's time to turn these experiences into words.

Have a wonderful year of Snake. Let's keep digging up something new in 2013!

Best Wishes, 

Joyce