新作坊 Humanity Innovation and Social Practice

Pacavalj Fabric Workshop—, situated in Daniaw village, Daren Dawu Township, Taitung County—was, initially emerged as a handicraft learning community formed after Typhoon Morakot in 2009 with the formed by the support of various governmental and private resources after the damage caused by Typhoon Morakot in 2009. Today, it has evolved into a workshop renowned for its sale of handmade sewn fabric bagsbags and, mainly operated by women. Beginning in 2019, National Taitung University's Research Center for Humanity Innovation and Social Practice（RCHISP） initiated collaborative courses and joint curation with the workshop. Through these exhibitions, we began to learnlearned about the external connections of the workshop . "External" can be refered to entities beyond its boundaries, including individuals, community groups within the village, and external outside organizations.
This article starts with the exhibition content, delving into the experiences accumulated by the workshop over more than a decade. It explores the dynamics of interaction and fluctuations in resources within internal and external social networks. The focus is on how the workshop adapts its operation strategies between internal and external domains based on time and local conditions. This process aims to foster a shared consciousness and mutual emotions internally, facilitating not only the workshop's independence but also empowering its members to switch between different roles at home and work—an evolving manifestation of female strength.In the current phase, the workshop actively participates in local public affairs, expanding its connections within the community. As a university entity involved to support the workshop's goals during this period, RCHISP put these concerns into designeding an exhibition and held an interactive event on the campus, involving workshop members, their families, and university students. This, was a as a way to involve the university in the empowerment of women emerging from the everyday life of this community.