Abstract
The Western Pacific island of Formosa, historically claimed by both Japan and China, is usually depicted as “Taiwan” in narratives about its economic accomplishments, high-tech industry, and robust democracy1 It is portrayed as a “laboratory of Chinese culture,” yet also as a “laboratory of identities” and conflicting nationalisms (Corcuff, 2002, p. xxiii). After nearly four centuries of Chinese settlement, the dominant social and political groups on the island are strongly influenced by southern Chinese institutions and norms. Yet the craggy highlands and windswept coastlines of the island are inhabited by small communities of Austronesian peoples who have struggled to maintain their livelihoods amidst social thslocations caused by the imposition of Japanese and Chinese colonial regimes. They are Chinese only in the sense that Chinese citizenship was imposed on them by Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China (ROC) after World War II (WWII).
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Simon, S. (2010). Animals, Ghosts, and Ancestors: Traditional Knowledge of Truku Hunters on Formosa. In: Kapoor, D., Shizha, E. (eds) Indigenous Knowledge and Learning in Asia/Pacific and Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230111813_6
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