DRGPA2025

The 7th International Conference on Documenting and Researching Gravesites in Pacific Asia:
Academia and citizen science, theory and practice, publication and conservation

第七屆研究記錄亞太墓地研討會:
學術界和公民科學、理論和實踐、出版和保護

第7回研究文書に関するアジア太平洋墓地シンポジウム：
学術と市民科学、理論と実践、出版と保存


APLAC, the Research Center for Asia-Pacific Languages and Cultures at the National University of Kaohsiung, in conjunction with Kaohsiung Fengshan Community College and the civil rights movement Tainan above the Ground - Nanshan Cemetery, are pleased to announce the 7th DRGPA conference and workshops scheduled for November 14–16, 2025.

This will be a bilingual event, with presentations given in both English and Chinese.

We invite submissions of papers and presentations on topics related to gravesites in Pacific Asia, including, but not limited to: gravesite and mortuary studies in Pacific Asia; burial grounds and tombs as heritage resources; land management of cemeteries; burial ground marginalization and development issues; ritual and liminal practices associated with gravesites; diaspora practices and gravesites abroad.

Theme: Marginalized Spaces – Silencing Voices
Date: November 14–16, 2025
Location: Fengshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Organized by:
Paper Submission and Contact: apalctw@gmail.com
Conference Link: DRGPA2025 on Facebook

Topics of Interest

徵稿主題

Papers can address, but are not necessarily limited to, one of the following topics:
  • Local history (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Mazu, East Asia, South China coasts, Southeast Asia, South Asia)
    • the genesis and transformation of sites and practices
    • the transformation of landscapes and space
    • genealogical research
    • Chinese diaspora and networks
    • local residents, artists, artisans and scholars
  • Studies of local religious, cosmological and funerary practices
    • concepts of life, death and afterlife
    • spiritual and cosmological conceptions of space
    • interactions between spiritual and cosmological beliefs and landscapes
    • Feng Shui; geomancy
    • epigraphic and funerary practices
    • local deities, architecture, materials, and craftsmanship
    • the arts and aesthetics of folk traditions
    • local practices in literature and movies
    • digitalization of religion and death
  • Local politics and burial landscape management
    • nation, state and ethnicity
    • national or cultural identity recognition
    • governmental induced transformation of burial and religious practices
    • management and preservation of burial sites
  • Heritage sites
    • function and importance
    • endangerment
    • preservation and management
    • in situ preservation of cultural heritage
    • local landscape management
  • Theoretical studies
    • theories of culture
    • theories of interpretation
    • bridging the emic and the etic
  • Methodological studies
    • GPS and geography
    • analysis techniques and tools
    • archiving
    • research networking
    • fieldwork techniques
    • technologies for cultural heritage documentation and preservation
    • the preservation of digital resources
本會議敬邀徵集以下題目之論文：
  • 地方歷史 (台澎金馬，華南及東南亞，東亞，南亞等)
    • 地方及其風俗的起源與轉變
    • 地景和空間的轉變
    • 家譜研究
    • 海內外華人社群網絡
    • 本土人物，藝術家、工匠與學者
  • 宗教、宇宙觀與喪葬習俗
    • 生死與來世之概念
    • 從信仰角度與宇宙觀理解空間的概念
    • 信仰及宇宙觀與現實地景的互動互塑
    • 風水地理
    • 碑銘與喪葬習俗
    • 地方神祉，地方建築，地方材料及工藝
    • 民間傳統藝術美學
    • 文學與電影裡的地方風俗
    • 信仰與死亡相關知識及記錄的數位化
  • 地方政治與墓葬地景管理
    • 國家與民族
    • 國家或文化身份認同
    • 政府政策引導的宗教/墓葬風俗易變；政府墓葬用地規劃及地景管理
    • 墓地管理與保存
  • 文化遺產場域
    • 功能與重要性
    • 消逝的危機
    • 保存與管理
    • 地方文化遺產的原地保存
    • 地景管理
  • 理論發展研究
    • 文化理論
    • 詮釋理論
    • 構連局內觀(emic)與局外觀(etic)
  • 研究方法
    • 地理資訊系統
    • 分析技術與工具
    • 檔案典藏
    • 研究網絡
    • 田野調查的技術
    • 紀錄與保存文化遺產的科技
    • 數位資源的保存

Paper Submission, Reviewing Process, Program Committee


Paper Submission


Paper Submission Due: September 15th
Final Paper Submission: October 15th
Submission per email at: aplactw@gmail.com
論文提交截止日期：9月15日
最終論文提交截止日期：10月15日
投稿電子信箱: aplactw@gmail.com

Paper Submission, Reviewing Process, Program Committee


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