About Chung Chung Kan

Chung Chung Kan (種種看) or, literally, “let's try to farm,” is an eco-rooftop garden and a community farm founded by Shiuhhuah Serena Chou and 23 of her colleagues from the the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, in 2019. Farming in Taiwan's most prestigious research center as perpetual beginners, Chung Chung Kan is becoming a radical site that aims to test out popular understandings of “organic,” “cultivation,” and “farming as spirituality.” Chung Chung Kan participants are also encouraging words and themes that embody the ethos and tactics of world-building and care-giving practices.