Bo‐wei Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4428692 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bo‐wei Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bo‐wei |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN B W |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Kaohsiung Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9711-6373 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Aging in place with disabled and non-disabled children: Widowed mothers aged 80 + in an East Asian Familialist Welfare Context
The ageing-in-place experiences of widowed mothers caring for adult children with intellectual disabilities remain underexplored in gerontology and long-term care research. This study compares the experiences of widowed mothers aged 80 and over in Taiwan, an East Asian context in which filial piety continues to shape housing and care arrangements, among those with and without adult children with intellectual disabilities. Drawing on Clapham's Hou…
Aging in institutions in East Asia: Care poverty pathways among older adults with intellectual disabilities
Despite policy commitments to aging in place and deinstitutionalization, little research has examined older adults with intellectual disabilities who continue to age in long-stay institutions, particularly in East Asian and other non-Western contexts. Using Taiwan as an East Asian case, this study explores how place-specific care arrangements, unmet support needs, and welfare infrastructures shape pathways into institutional care and experiences …
Governing Personal Assistance in Three East Asian Countries: Policy Choices and the Experiences of Disabled People
Personal assistance (PA) is central to the independent living movement, yet comparative research on its governance in East Asia remains limited. This study brings a disability rights perspective on autonomy into dialogue with Gilbert & Terrell's (2012) four policy dimensions—allocation, provision, delivery, and finance—to analyse PA systems in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Drawing on documentary research and 30 interviews with PA users, the study fin…
Impact of Covid-19 on anxiety and mental well-being: A comparison between people with and without disabilities in Taiwan
This article compares disabled and non-disabled people in terms of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on their levels of anxiety and mental well-being and their satisfaction with the government’s responses. Taiwanese disabled ( N = 324) and non-disabled ( N = 1985) citizens aged 20 or older completed a cross-sectional online survey in April 2020. During the pandemic, Taiwanese disabled citizens were more likely than their non-disabled counterpar…
Assessing disability rights in four Asian countries: The perspectives of disabled people on physical, attitudinal and cultural barriers
Geographers have connected the experiences of disabled persons with specific socio-spatial-political phenomena such as disability policies and laws, economic conditions, disability movements, and welfare systems. However, debates over disability theories and accessibility rights have lacked empirical data representing the perspectives of disabled people in Asia. In this study, the first to explore experiences with accessibility in an inter-Asian …
Unpacking the cultural paradox of attentive care for institutionalized people with intellectual disabilities
Towards cultural landscapes of care
This paper sets out a theoretical agenda for Cultural Landscapes of Care. It highlights the importance of engaging the cultural vectors within different 'care-ful geographies', in order to highlight the role of culture as both a lens of knowing a meaningful way of life, and a critical hermeneutic. Through revisiting discussions around everyday practices of care, both in this journal and elsewhere, we outline a research agenda that re-engages cult…
Lost in translation: Implementing personal assistance in an East Asian context
Since 2012, Taiwanese citizens with disabilities have been entitled to personal assistance from local authorities. To explore current features of personal assistance and barriers to its implementation, and distinguish it from homecare services, 33 disabled people and 12 staff members representing 10 local authorities in Taiwan were interviewed. Findings indicate that disabled people prefer personal assistance to homecare and perceive that relatio…
Awareness of Sexual Rights and Empowerment: Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of a Sexual Health Intervention for Adults with Intellectual Disability
Young people with intellectual disability (ID) rarely have opportunities to form intimate relationships or receive long-term interventions promoting their sexual health and awareness of sexual rights. To promote sexual health in adults with ID in Taiwan, we utilized intervention research and inclusive research to introduce three interventions that involved adults with ID, their parents, and service workers. This paper primarily evaluates the outc…
Touching intimacy: Bodywork, affect and the caring ethic in erotic gay massage in Taiwan
This paper explores the relatively unexamined topic of interactions between corporeal and affective dimensions in male sexual labour, focusing on the role of intimacy in the bodywork of erotic gay massage in Taiwan. Feminist perspectives on bodywork and affective embodiment are used to analyse how intimacy is lived out during commodified same‐sex engagements. Drawing upon in‐depth interviews with 34 self‐identified gay masseurs, I examine two pro…
Exploring detraditionalisation through gender reflexivity in late modernity: The negotiation of family/filial responsibilities among Taiwanese (younger) professional men
This article maps out gendered practices among Taiwanese (younger) professional men, examining how they make sense of their gendered identities through local traditions and cultural practices, such as kin values and filial responsibilities. Although existing literature suggests that late modernity is marked by a decline in tradition, such claims are often under-theorised, with little connection to lived experience. Drawing on qualitative research…
The Classing Gaze and its Gendering Effects: Dis)-Respectability, Emotional (in)-Competency, and the Counselling Experiences of Domestically Violent Taiwanese Men
Research on domestically violent men typically takes an oppositional logic of gender. While the significance of class in researching domestically violent men is identified, class and gender are often treated as separate entities that do not complicate each other. Drawing upon group observations and in-depth interviews, this paper identifies how intersections of class and gender manifest in the counselling experiences of domestically violent Taiwa…
Towards cultural landscapes of care
This paper sets out a theoretical agenda for Cultural Landscapes of Care. It highlights the importance of engaging the cultural vectors within different 'care-ful geographies', in order to highlight the role of culture as both a lens of knowing a meaningful way of life, and a critical hermeneutic. Through revisiting discussions around everyday practices of care, both in this journal and elsewhere, we outline a research agenda that re-engages cult…
Touching intimacy: Bodywork, affect and the caring ethic in erotic gay massage in Taiwan
This paper explores the relatively unexamined topic of interactions between corporeal and affective dimensions in male sexual labour, focusing on the role of intimacy in the bodywork of erotic gay massage in Taiwan. Feminist perspectives on bodywork and affective embodiment are used to analyse how intimacy is lived out during commodified same‐sex engagements. Drawing upon in‐depth interviews with 34 self‐identified gay masseurs, I examine two pro…
Lost in translation: Implementing personal assistance in an East Asian context
Since 2012, Taiwanese citizens with disabilities have been entitled to personal assistance from local authorities. To explore current features of personal assistance and barriers to its implementation, and distinguish it from homecare services, 33 disabled people and 12 staff members representing 10 local authorities in Taiwan were interviewed. Findings indicate that disabled people prefer personal assistance to homecare and perceive that relatio…
Unpacking the cultural paradox of attentive care for institutionalized people with intellectual disabilities
Exploring detraditionalisation through gender reflexivity in late modernity: The negotiation of family/filial responsibilities among Taiwanese (younger) professional men
This article maps out gendered practices among Taiwanese (younger) professional men, examining how they make sense of their gendered identities through local traditions and cultural practices, such as kin values and filial responsibilities. Although existing literature suggests that late modernity is marked by a decline in tradition, such claims are often under-theorised, with little connection to lived experience. Drawing on qualitative research…
Assessing disability rights in four Asian countries: The perspectives of disabled people on physical, attitudinal and cultural barriers
Geographers have connected the experiences of disabled persons with specific socio-spatial-political phenomena such as disability policies and laws, economic conditions, disability movements, and welfare systems. However, debates over disability theories and accessibility rights have lacked empirical data representing the perspectives of disabled people in Asia. In this study, the first to explore experiences with accessibility in an inter-Asian …
Awareness of Sexual Rights and Empowerment: Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of a Sexual Health Intervention for Adults with Intellectual Disability
Young people with intellectual disability (ID) rarely have opportunities to form intimate relationships or receive long-term interventions promoting their sexual health and awareness of sexual rights. To promote sexual health in adults with ID in Taiwan, we utilized intervention research and inclusive research to introduce three interventions that involved adults with ID, their parents, and service workers. This paper primarily evaluates the outc…
Exploring detraditionalisation through gender reflexivity in late modernity: The negotiation of family/filial responsibilities among Taiwanese (younger) professional men
This article maps out gendered practices among Taiwanese (younger) professional men, examining how they make sense of their gendered identities through local traditions and cultural practices, such as kin values and filial responsibilities. Although existing literature suggests that late modernity is marked by a decline in tradition, such claims are often under-theorised, with little connection to lived experience. Drawing on qualitative research…
The Classing Gaze and its Gendering Effects: Dis)-Respectability, Emotional (in)-Competency, and the Counselling Experiences of Domestically Violent Taiwanese Men
Research on domestically violent men typically takes an oppositional logic of gender. While the significance of class in researching domestically violent men is identified, class and gender are often treated as separate entities that do not complicate each other. Drawing upon group observations and in-depth interviews, this paper identifies how intersections of class and gender manifest in the counselling experiences of domestically violent Taiwa…
Touching intimacy: Bodywork, affect and the caring ethic in erotic gay massage in Taiwan
This paper explores the relatively unexamined topic of interactions between corporeal and affective dimensions in male sexual labour, focusing on the role of intimacy in the bodywork of erotic gay massage in Taiwan. Feminist perspectives on bodywork and affective embodiment are used to analyse how intimacy is lived out during commodified same‐sex engagements. Drawing upon in‐depth interviews with 34 self‐identified gay masseurs, I examine two pro…
Awareness of Sexual Rights and Empowerment: Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of a Sexual Health Intervention for Adults with Intellectual Disability
Young people with intellectual disability (ID) rarely have opportunities to form intimate relationships or receive long-term interventions promoting their sexual health and awareness of sexual rights. To promote sexual health in adults with ID in Taiwan, we utilized intervention research and inclusive research to introduce three interventions that involved adults with ID, their parents, and service workers. This paper primarily evaluates the outc…
Lost in translation: Implementing personal assistance in an East Asian context
Since 2012, Taiwanese citizens with disabilities have been entitled to personal assistance from local authorities. To explore current features of personal assistance and barriers to its implementation, and distinguish it from homecare services, 33 disabled people and 12 staff members representing 10 local authorities in Taiwan were interviewed. Findings indicate that disabled people prefer personal assistance to homecare and perceive that relatio…
Unpacking the cultural paradox of attentive care for institutionalized people with intellectual disabilities
Towards cultural landscapes of care
This paper sets out a theoretical agenda for Cultural Landscapes of Care. It highlights the importance of engaging the cultural vectors within different 'care-ful geographies', in order to highlight the role of culture as both a lens of knowing a meaningful way of life, and a critical hermeneutic. Through revisiting discussions around everyday practices of care, both in this journal and elsewhere, we outline a research agenda that re-engages cult…
Assessing disability rights in four Asian countries: The perspectives of disabled people on physical, attitudinal and cultural barriers
Geographers have connected the experiences of disabled persons with specific socio-spatial-political phenomena such as disability policies and laws, economic conditions, disability movements, and welfare systems. However, debates over disability theories and accessibility rights have lacked empirical data representing the perspectives of disabled people in Asia. In this study, the first to explore experiences with accessibility in an inter-Asian …
Governing Personal Assistance in Three East Asian Countries: Policy Choices and the Experiences of Disabled People
Personal assistance (PA) is central to the independent living movement, yet comparative research on its governance in East Asia remains limited. This study brings a disability rights perspective on autonomy into dialogue with Gilbert & Terrell's (2012) four policy dimensions—allocation, provision, delivery, and finance—to analyse PA systems in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Drawing on documentary research and 30 interviews with PA users, the study fin…
Impact of Covid-19 on anxiety and mental well-being: A comparison between people with and without disabilities in Taiwan
This article compares disabled and non-disabled people in terms of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on their levels of anxiety and mental well-being and their satisfaction with the government’s responses. Taiwanese disabled ( N = 324) and non-disabled ( N = 1985) citizens aged 20 or older completed a cross-sectional online survey in April 2020. During the pandemic, Taiwanese disabled citizens were more likely than their non-disabled counterpar…
Aging in place with disabled and non-disabled children: Widowed mothers aged 80 + in an East Asian Familialist Welfare Context
The ageing-in-place experiences of widowed mothers caring for adult children with intellectual disabilities remain underexplored in gerontology and long-term care research. This study compares the experiences of widowed mothers aged 80 and over in Taiwan, an East Asian context in which filial piety continues to shape housing and care arrangements, among those with and without adult children with intellectual disabilities. Drawing on Clapham's Hou…
Aging in institutions in East Asia: Care poverty pathways among older adults with intellectual disabilities
Despite policy commitments to aging in place and deinstitutionalization, little research has examined older adults with intellectual disabilities who continue to age in long-stay institutions, particularly in East Asian and other non-Western contexts. Using Taiwan as an East Asian case, this study explores how place-specific care arrangements, unmet support needs, and welfare infrastructures shape pathways into institutional care and experiences …
Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Disabled people (3 works) · Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (3 works)