「人類學咁講」我説…助教們是誰？Anthropology Says: I said…WHO ARE TAs?

來到本季最後一位受訪者，我們把焦點放在課堂上可見但又不熟悉的群體 ——教學助理（TA）。相信同學們都會不時與TA聯絡（可能是交功課、請假），但又缺乏機會進一步聊天。誰可以做助教？除了開燈設定電腦、回覆同學電郵之外，助教的工作包括什麼？如何適應不同老師的教學方式，相輔相成？最難改的功課是什麼？本集節目邀請到在人類學系修讀哲學碩士的Amy分享她從美術系本科生踏入人類學擔任助教的種種。（本集以廣東話進行。）Arriving at the final interviewee of this season, we turn our focus to a group that is visible in the classroom yet unfamiliar to many – teaching assistants (TA). Students likely have interacted with TAs from time to time (maybe for submitting assignments or requesting leave), but there is rarely a chance to really get to know them. Who can become a TA? Beyond tasks like turning on the lights, setting up the computer, and replying to emails, what else does a TA do? What is it like to adapt to various teaching methods of different professors, and to create diverse learning experience?  How hard is it to grade papers? In this episode, we are lucky to have Amy, one of our TAs who just finished her MPhil in the Department, to share her experiences moving from an undergraduate in Fine Arts to becoming a TA in Anthropology. (This episode is conducted in Cantonese.)03’51 進入人類學，成為助教 Going into Anthropology and Becoming Teaching Assistant07’04 工作的學生：助教的身份和工作Working students: The identities and work of TA17’05 與老師們磨合、觀察學生的參與Cooperating with teaching staff, observing students’ participation27’25 最困難的是…改功課！？The hardest thing to do is...grading papers!?Credit: Opening and Closing Music "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/系列介紹：你講我講人類學講，歡迎收聽「人類學咁講」，我是Linus。人類學家在研究的過程中，會花費大量時間和報導人聊天，參與他們的日常，建立比研究者/研究對象更深遠的關係。「對話」往往讓我們學到更多。在這一個podcast系列中，我會和不同對象輕鬆對談，展示更多人類學人的想法和故事。於我而言，人類學是有趣而充滿情感的學科，我希望可以把這些感覺呈現出來，也希望你會喜歡：）About the Series: Hi, anthro speaking. Welcome everyone to “Anthropology Says”, I am Linus, host of this podcast series. Anthropologists spend a lot of time chatting with our interlocutors, participating in their routines, and building a relationship deeper than a typical interviewer-interviewee one. “Chatting” in this sense can teach us things beyond our expectation. Through interactions in a casual setting, this series will focus on the less theoretical side of the anthropology life and showcase the ideas and stories of those of us in anthropology. To me, anthropology is full of sentiments and fun, which I hope to share in these episodes. Thank you for listening :)