Overview
- Is the first book on indigenous knowledge in Taiwan in the English language
- Demonstrates why indigenous knowledge in Taiwan is relevant to all indigenous knowledge systems around the world
- Approaches indigenous knowledge from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives
Part of the book series: Sinophone and Taiwan Studies (STS, volume 1)
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Table of contents(16 chapters)
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Indigenous Knowledge, Education, and Research
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Forms of Indigenous Knowledge
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Settler Colonial and Decolonial Critique
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Creative Coda
About this book
This book is useful to readers in indigenous, settler colonial, and decolonial studies around the world, not just because it offers substantive content on indigenous knowledge in Taiwan, but also because it offers conceptual tools for studying indigenous knowledge from comparative and relational perspectives. It also greatly benefits anyone interested in Taiwan studies, offering an ethical approach to indigeneity in a classic settler colony.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Shu-mei Shih, Lin-chin Tsai
About the editors
Lin-chin Tsai received his PhD at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA, with a focus on Taiwan as a settler colony and its cultural productions. His articles on Taiwan literature and cinema have been published in academic journals in English and Mandarin, as well as edited volumes, including Keywords of Taiwan Theory (2019), and Cinematic Settlers: The Settler Colonial World in Film (2020). He also co-authored a book with scholars specializing in Taiwan literature, entitled 100 Years of Taiwan Literature (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Indigenous Knowledge in Taiwan and Beyond
Editors: Shu-mei Shih, Lin-chin Tsai
Series Title: Sinophone and Taiwan Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4178-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4177-3Published: 16 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4180-3Published: 16 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4178-0Published: 15 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2524-8863
Series E-ISSN: 2524-8871
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 348
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Anthropology, Human Geography, Asian Culture