【轉載自中山新聞／公共事務組編修】
國立中山大學每年5月底於鹽埕街區推出的「鹽夏不夜埕」夜間藝術策展，今年因本土疫情爆發，師生臨機應變轉戰線上直播，集結鹽埕在地藝術家、企業及社區代表，以「做伙來陷眠」（台語：一起來做夢）為主題推出一系列直播節目，邀民眾居家防疫期間「線上相會」，一起話鹽埕、領略鹽埕風華。
中山大學人文暨科技跨領域學士學位學程助理教授宋世祥表示，鹽夏不夜埕活動自2018年起，年年舉辦，今年邁入第4年，原定要擴大活動規模，不料活動登場前，全國進入第三級防疫警戒，得取消所有實體活動。師生為不讓中山大學這項「傳統活動」臨時喊卡，在短短2週內，將取消的實體活動全面改為線上直播。
宋世祥進一步表示，今年的主題為「做伙來陷眠」，因著過往的鹽埕是各地移民實現「高雄夢」的地方，所以選用夢這個元素，期待參與的人都能重拾尋夢的勇氣，勇敢追夢。面對突如其來的疫情，學生期許自己精心策劃的鹽夏不夜埕「線上直播大會」能陪伴所有在地居民，也能藉此讓更多的民眾透過網路看到鹽埕精彩的一面。
此外，在「夏夜微醺x1950年代的鹽埕風華」節目中，邀請到坐擁小聲點、佬掉牙及埕拾參3間鹽埕酒吧的老闆阿樂，以及鹽埕在地文史工作者兼醫師沈政璋，用不同角度一同夜聊鹽埕。「我們在市集裡做夢聊天」則分別邀請到高雄市集餐車Holycow手工漢堡和市集攤商浮繞的創辦人，與民眾分享品牌創業的艱苦辛酸。面對風雲突變的疫情，中山大學師生沒有退縮，反倒使危機成轉機，讓2021年的「鹽夏不夜埕」得以全新的方式呈現給民眾。
(English) Professor Sung said that although this year’s event was affected by the epidemic, the team of faculty and students were still determined to hold the festival and hoped to make the online program as exciting as its on-site version. Don’t Sleep in Yancheng is held daily from May 29 to June 5 at 19:30 in the form of live streaming on Facebook. The live streaming program includes the opening ceremony, meetings with the representatives of the Yancheng community, local professionals, artists, and NSYSU faculty and students. Online events attracted over a hundred viewers.
(English) The program “Dreaming in Progress” invited artists Hui-Ying Tsai, Yi-Hsien Peng, Yung-Han Ruan to discuss art with the public. “Yancheng Observer – Four Secrets of Yancheng” invited students of PIS taking the Design Culture and Anthropology course to lead the audience to uncover interesting phenomena of Yancheng. “Summer Night Drinks x Yancheng in the 1950s” program invited Ah Le – the owner of three bars in Yancheng and Cheng-Chang Shen – a local historian and doctor in Yancheng, to talk about different perspectives on Yancheng. The founder of Holycow, a food truck in Kaohsiung selling hand-made hamburgers, and the founder of Furao – an artwork vendor, will talk about the hardships of starting one’s brand during “Dreaming and Chatting at the Market”.
今年活動也與高雄翰品酒店合作推出限定料理《海味酒家粽》，配合即將到來的端午節，料理採線上訂購制，詳情請洽翰品酒店高雄。
(English) The Don’t Sleep in Yancheng festival is organized by NSYSU USR Project: The City as a Commuseum – Socially Embedded Community Engagement, the Program in Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Humanity Innovation and Social Practice (HISP) Project’s Bay Shore Placemaking: Memory Representation and Innovative Transformation of the Transient Communities of Kaohsiung, with the artistic support of Radiant Education Foundation. Through this annual event, the organizers hope to combine the University’s innovation capacity with Yancheng’s old history and culture, create a new image of Yancheng by cooperating with local residents, and return the district’s former role as a trend-setter.