Wen-Jer Chang
Biographic Data
| ID | 6380617 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wen-Jer Chang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wen-Jer |
| FAMILY NAME | Chang |
| SIGNATURE | CHANG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Taiwan Ocean University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5054-8451 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Shattering the Seafaring Stereotype
Despite the global hegemonic masculinity of the maritime sector, this ethnographic study investigates a ‘critical anomaly’ within a Taiwanese product oil tanker fleet where women occupy a majority of key navigational roles, including Master. Grounded in Feminist Standpoint Theory and the Hegelian dialectical method, the research utilises longitudinal field observations across two separate voyages (totaling 15 days) and is enriched by five in-dept…
Navigating Tokenism
Despite growing inclusion discourses, seafaring remains a bastion of hegemonic masculinity, with women comprising under 2% of the global workforce. This article conceptualizes the cargo ship as a total institution where heteropatriarchal structures and women's professional agency continually collide. Drawing on Feminist Standpoint Theory, the study centres the situated knowledges of Taiwanese women seafarers. Employing a multi-modal qualitative d…
Navigating the ‘lost at sea, lost at home’ dilemma
This study explores the intricate interplay between professional identity and domestic obligations among Taiwanese women seafarers, a token minority in a hyper-masculine industry. Drawing on Feminist Standpoint Theory, the research employs a qualitative triangulation approach, integrating data from a women seafarers’ workshop (N = 20), a ten-day ethnographic shipboard observation, and in-depth narrative interviews. The findings reveal a profound …
The cost of resilience
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Shattering the Seafaring Stereotype
Despite the global hegemonic masculinity of the maritime sector, this ethnographic study investigates a ‘critical anomaly’ within a Taiwanese product oil tanker fleet where women occupy a majority of key navigational roles, including Master. Grounded in Feminist Standpoint Theory and the Hegelian dialectical method, the research utilises longitudinal field observations across two separate voyages (totaling 15 days) and is enriched by five in-dept…
Navigating Tokenism
Despite growing inclusion discourses, seafaring remains a bastion of hegemonic masculinity, with women comprising under 2% of the global workforce. This article conceptualizes the cargo ship as a total institution where heteropatriarchal structures and women's professional agency continually collide. Drawing on Feminist Standpoint Theory, the study centres the situated knowledges of Taiwanese women seafarers. Employing a multi-modal qualitative d…
Navigating the ‘lost at sea, lost at home’ dilemma
This study explores the intricate interplay between professional identity and domestic obligations among Taiwanese women seafarers, a token minority in a hyper-masculine industry. Drawing on Feminist Standpoint Theory, the research employs a qualitative triangulation approach, integrating data from a women seafarers’ workshop (N = 20), a ten-day ethnographic shipboard observation, and in-depth narrative interviews. The findings reveal a profound …
The cost of resilience
Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender and Feminist Studies (2 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (2 works) · Hegemonic masculinity (2 works) · maritime labor (2 works) · Maritime Navigation and Safety (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Tokenism (2 works) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · affective labor (1 work)