ABSTRACT With its emphasis on establishing lines of connection between the multiple localities, historical experiences and social movements traversing and forming our region, the methodology of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies has always emphasized the need for intellectual work to engage in a serious way with activities and situations that initially lie “outside” our own immediate concerns. Today, however, the conditions of precarious labour and the brutal performance imperatives imposed by neo-liberal management in universities make it hard for academic workers in particular to risk any experiments that are not prescribed by their jobs. Arguing that it is possible to learn fighting skills that can help us find ways, at times, to get around these limitations, this article asks what practical measures might be able to help scholars thrive as well as survive in university contexts today. To explore this question it draws on Eleanor H. Porter’s novel Pollyanna, on Chan Koonchung’s discussion of “kung fu smarts,” and on the collective wisdom of colleagues.

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机构功夫：创造事物的艺术

摘要亚洲间文化研究的方法论着重于在遍及并构成我们地区的多个地区，历史经验和社会运动之间建立联系，因此一直强调需要智力工作认真地参与各种活动和活动。最初位于我们自己最关注的问题之外的情况。然而，如今，大学中新自由主义管理所带来的不稳定劳动条件和残酷的绩效要求使学术工作者尤其是冒险冒着工作所没有规定的任何实验的困难。认为有可能学习战斗技巧，这可以帮助我们有时找到克服这些限制的方法，本文提出了哪些切实可行的措施可以帮助学者在当今的大学环境中蓬勃发展和生存。为了探究这个问题，它借鉴了埃莉诺·波特（Eleanor H. Porter）的小说《波莉安娜》（Pollyanna），陈孔宗对“功夫聪明人”的讨论以及同事们的集体智慧。