Ministry of Education’s Transformational Justice Annual Exhibition 228 campus historical materials combined with student printmaking creations

The Ministry of Education’s Transformational Justice Annual Exhibition opened today at Beijing University of the Arts, combining 228 campus historical materials with student printmaking creations. (Provided by the Ministry of Education)

In turbulent times, how do young students choose, and how are they affected by the times and the system? The Ministry of Education launched the "Transformational Justice Education Annual Exhibition" today (16th) at the Kuandu Art Museum of the National Taipei University of the Arts. Through the campus historical materials of the 228 Incident and the printmaking creations of college students, it will lead the public to understand history from the situations of different characters.

Zhu Junzhang, deputy minister of the Ministry of Education, said that this is the last year for the promotion of the first phase of the "National Transformation Justice Education Action Plan". The first phase focused on "rooting and understanding", and the second phase (2027 to 2030) will focus on "deepening and support", shifting from single-point promotion to systematic support, guiding students to understand history, and also deepen their understanding of the value of freedom of speech, democracy, rule of law, and human rights.

The exhibition includes the document exhibition "School Life with Mechanisms" and the print education exhibition "Common Footnotes". The exhibition runs from now until January 10 next year (2027). It presents the translation results of this year's transformational justice education, allowing historical memory to dialogue with the public through historical materials and artistic creations.

"Mechanism Campus Life" takes the historical materials related to the campus in the 228 Incident as a starting point and brings the viewing perspective back to the late 1940s. The exhibition designs five different characters, inviting the audience to start from the character's situation, understand how young students respond to turbulent situations, and think about how personal actions and destiny are affected by the environment of the times and institutional mechanisms.

"Common Footnotes" brings together students from universities and colleges to create cross-field works. Although "footnotes" are located at the edge of the page, they can supplement the content and make the historical discussion more complete. Students deeply study the life stories of people with different backgrounds in the 228 incident, and then transform their understanding and thinking into prints, carving out their responses to history one by one, and transforming from readers to creators.

During the exhibition period, theme tours and educational promotion activities will be planned. Teachers, students and the public are welcome to visit. The Ministry of Education stated that in the future, it will combine school curricula, teacher training, "remedial lessons" resource area and local historical sites to support schools in developing learning activities with local characteristics, experience and cross-field spirit, so that the understanding of democracy, human rights and respect can be implemented in daily school life.

The Ministry of Education's Transformational Justice Annual Exhibition opened today at Beijing University of the Arts, including the document exhibition "Mechanism Campus Life" focusing on campus historical materials and institutional reflections on the 228 Incident, and the printmaking education exhibition "Common Footnotes" created by college students. (Provided by the Ministry of Education)