胖子之大，何處可容身？胖身體在胖監視下的身份斡旋

Abstract

本文以多媒體報導網站形式，探討在臺灣社會沈默多年的肥胖污名，角度聚焦於社會、自我認同與空間，呈現胖子何以掌握身體的主體性與恐胖社會和平相處，並找到與胖身材共生或重生的方法。 本文共分為兩個部分。第一部分以示意圖和文案，呈現多媒體報導網站的主視覺和設計風格，首先呈現臺灣人歷年審美觀轉變的年代表，接著四篇圖文專題報導，分別以健康、心理成長、空間歧視和肥胖網紅為主題。 第二部分說明報導企畫和製作心得。首先藉由文獻探討「胖子」的定義，包含受訪者處在客觀外部環境時對胖身份的認同，臺灣社會創造的胖空間有其特有的價值觀、文化思維和在地性。 社會規範多為瘦子（一般體型）所制定，也會加劇環境與社會歧視與監視產生權力作用在公共空間、親近關係和個人場域中，使胖子受苦。在受苦處境中，受訪者的胖身份、自我認同便在自嘲、逃避、減肥中，產生順應和抵抗。因為當代網路社群的蓬勃發展，胖子也更容易尋找到具有同樣特質的社群和同溫層，藉由現身、連結創造主體性。 製作筆記是筆者記錄兩年來製作多媒體報導的成敗經驗、細節和心得討論，同時並記載多報導網站的視覺、互動設計、配樂等等與報導主題的連結方法。並於文末提出多媒體報導的最大限制是在一人團隊下，難以兼顧新聞即時性與實現所有的設計；但限制仍促使筆者發揮更多創意，勉力讓任何形式都能創造出報導價值。

The social stigma of obesity in Taiwan has been ignored by the public. The purpose of this thesis is to reevaluate the obesity stigma from a sociological perspective. The report demonstrates how fat people reestablish subjectivity and self-adjust accordingly to this society, a society that discriminates against “unpopular” body types. First, it demonstrates the social prejudice against obesity using designed graphics and an interactive website, aiming to showcase the concept and design of a multimedia website. First, I document the change in the public’s aesthetic over time in Taiwan. Then I focus on four different topics regarding the obesity stigma: health concerns, mental evolution, spatial discrimination, and the phenomenon of fat internet celebrity. The second part documents the project making process. A literature review was conducted to better define “fat.” And how the objective environment influence fat people’s the self-identification. Moreover, the unique “fat-space” that the Taiwanese society has created: its value, culture, and localization. In addition, social standards are established by the average-sized population. This phenomenon drastically increases the social prejudice against fat people in their family, work space, and in public. This type of public surveillance results in the average-sized people to dominate the use of public space, intimate relationship, and even the person's self-evaluation. During the time of hardship, the (fat people) interviewee's self-identification would respond to this domination through self-deprecating, escaping, and losing weight. Due to the popularization of social networking, fat people can easily reach out to the population of similar concerns, using personal examples to inspire subjectivity. At the end of the thesis, I have reflected this multimedia report including the reason behind why I address the oversized population as 'fat people' and how I developed the outline of the interactive website and my inspirations when designing the visual, interactive mechanism, and background music of the website. Moreover, I have suggested the limitations of a one-man team making the entire process longer and the difficulty to balance instantaneity and creativity, however, the value of this report still persists.