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Abstract
This thesis discusses Sheng Wu "Notes of ChouShui River", Xin-Yao Huang documentary "Nimbus", Jiny-Uan Ke "Formosa vs. Formosa", Sheng-Xiong Zhong and Zhen-Tang Xu collaborative photography "South Wind". Through the four literature and image texts with a cross-referenced research method, I focus on discussing the issue of environmental ethics of ChouShui River estuary.
The second chapter focuses to discuss the environmental ethics in writing of "Notes of ChouShui River", sorts out the creation process of Sheng Wu, and tries to make the different interpretation from previous commentators. In addition, I'll try to find out his rustic aesthetics. "Water, Soil and rice" are attributed to the three elements of environmental ethics in "Notes of ChouShui River". With such attempts, I try to reconstruct ideal and feasible environmental ethics.
The third chapter focuses on the two environmental documentaries, "Nimbus" and "Formosa vs. Formosa," with a comparative method to discuss the issue of environmental justice of ChouShui River estuary. These two documentaries respectively emphasize the aspect of aesthetics and politics, which thereby, comes with distinctively artistic and political influences and results. Therefore, I discuss with the two films from aesthetical and political viewpoints. Furthermore, by discussing documentaries, we anticapate reflections and expantion on the area of contemporary environmental ethics.
The fourth chapter focuses on the documentary photography "South Wind". The author will explore the possibility and impossibility of documentary photography, and the potential position of "South Wind" in the development history of documentary photography in Taiwan. Meanwhile, I will also discuss with the two different perspectives of the two authors—Sheng-Xiong Zhong's "body perception" and Zhen-Tang Xu's "home feeling," with a comparison between their different subjects as well as artistic aesthetics.
Among ChouShui River estuary, because of a long period domination of economic policies and industrial development, people living within have been suppressed and marginalized, and so have the river’s surroundings. Gradually, they fall victims of the civilization. As the longest river in Taiwan, the environmental issue of ChouShui River is actually a small but complete miniature of environmental problems in Taiwan. Meanwhile, an international environmental subject can also been reflected from domestic environmental problems. By disscussing and exploring some subjects in this thesis, I look forward to a brandnew interaction between the ever-devastating ecosystem and its residents just because human beings reflect again on the ethical living. Those aboriginals affected by environmental changes and growing disadvantaged gradually could get a chance to speak up with the gaze of writers or cameras.
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