Re-examining the Development of the Nanzhuang Area and the Ethnic Boundary of the Saisiat in Taiwan
Resource
臺大文史哲學報 59, 215-266
Journal
臺大文史哲學報
Pages
215-266
Date Issued
2003-08-18
Date
2003-08-18
Author(s)
Hu, Chia-Yu
Lin, Hsin-Yi
DOI
246246/2006121215550741
Abstract
This paper aims at discussing the connection between the establishment of ethnic boundary of the Saisiat people and the development of the adjoining Nanzhuang area. By using historical materials, archives, ethnographies, field notes, and the Saisiat self-produced materials, on the one hand, we would like to examine the influences brought by the changes of state policies, exploitation of local resources and cross-cultural encounters in different times. On the other hand, we propose to investigate the constantly manifested “Siasiat-ness” features, as well as the possible institutions for shaping up the ethnic boundary under historical changes. In the case of Saisiat, it is shown that its ethnic boundary was influenced by the interactions with different groups of people who entered in the mountainous area of Xinzhu and Miaoli counties, and also reinforced by the outside economical and political impacts, such as trade market, land reclamation, military operation and administrative classification. Yet, in distinction to the external socio-economic changes, certain cultural codes and conceptual schema in the aboriginal society ought to be highlighted as extending agencies for integration.
Subjects
ethnic boundary
Nanzhuang semi-subdued aborigines
cultural codes
“clan name” symbols
Hefan aborigines
agency for integration
SDGs
Publisher
臺北市：臺大文史哲學報編輯委員會
Type
journal article
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