near&dear mook │犬與人雙向情感書刊

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「當犬與人其中一方的身心靈為非健全的狀況下，該如何陪伴彼此？」

透過心輔犬和殘疾犬作為主角，以三種閱讀視角搭配插畫及影像，期盼讓讀者感受故事中的情感和心靈寄託。

"How can dogs and humans be companions when one of them is mentally and physically incompetent?

Through the use of heart-helping and disabled dogs as the main characters, the story is illustrated and visualised in three reading perspectives, with the hope that readers will feel the emotions and heartfelt support in the story.

「被這世界看作有問題的雙方，其實是能互相療癒的。」

犬的型態被人類區分成不同種類，例如：工作犬、品種犬、服務犬等⋯⋯

near&dear 希望透過這項專題能讓更多人了解現今社會「犬」的型態，並且說明我們在人與犬的關係中發現的雙向情感。在主題確定後我們選定幫助特地族群（自閉症、亞斯伯格症⋯等）的「心輔犬」，以及身體上因自然老化/後天受傷的「老殘犬」，以攝影搭配文字呈現犬與人的雙向交流，成為互惠共生的橋樑。

Dogs are divided into different categories by human beings, such as working dogs, breed dogs, service dogs, etc...
Through this project, near&dear hopes to raise awareness of the 'canine' phenotype in today's society and to illustrate the two-way emotions we find in the human-canine relationship. After the theme was decided, we selected "Heart Dogs" to help special groups (autism, Asperger's, etc.) and "Older Dogs" who are physically disabled due to natural ageing/acquired injuries.