Contemporary Taiwanese Aboriginal Literature as a Tool for Expressing Cultural Identity Based on the Example of Sakinu Ahronglong’s Work

Keywords: rights of nation, anthropology, Taiwanese Aboriginal literature, Taiwan, Taiwanese Aborigines

Abstract

The rise of Aboriginal literature in Taiwan is directly linked to the development of a movement demanding rights for indigenous peoples in the 1990s. Crucial to this were the rights to cultivate their cultural identity, to use their indigenous language, and to indigenous land and natural resources. In this article, through an anthropological analysis of Taiwanese Aboriginal literature, using the example of the short story collection Boar, Flying Squirrel and Sakinu by a writer from the Paiwan people, Sakinu Ahronglong, an attempt is made to present the contemporary situation of Taiwanese Aborigines and their struggle for respect for cultural rights, customs and ethnic identity.

Author Biography

Tobiasz Targosz, Jagiellonian University

Absolwent Wydziału Historycznego Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego na kierunkach historia i etnologia. Ukończył również studia magisterskie w Wydziale Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych UJ na kierunku studia dalekowschodnie oraz studia magisterskie z zakresu sinologii w Instytucie Orientalistyki Wydziału Filologicznego UJ. Praca doktorska o tytule Symboliczne wymiary birmańskiego nacjonalizmu i polityki w latach 1885–2015 została obroniona w Instytucie Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej UJ. W latach 2010–2017 studiował język chiński i antropologię oraz prowadził badania terenowe zarówno w Chinach kontynentalnych, jak i na wyspie Tajwan. W latach 2015–2016 zrealizował w National Chengkung University projekt badawczy o tytule: Taiwan’s policy towards Myanmar 2010–2015, sfinansowany przez Wspólnotę Wyszehradzką. W latach 2013–2016 prowadził intensywne badania terenowe na obszarze Birmy i terenów jej pogranicza. Od początku marca 2023 r. realizuje roczny projekt badawczy o tytule: Southeast Asian Immigrants, Students and Migrant Workers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan – an anthropological study.

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Published
2023-03-09
How to Cite
[1]
Targosz, T. 2023. Contemporary Taiwanese Aboriginal Literature as a Tool for Expressing Cultural Identity Based on the Example of Sakinu Ahronglong’s Work. Perspectives on Culture. 41, 2/2 (Mar. 2023), 207-226. DOI:https://doi.org/10.35765/pk.2023.410202.14.