中研院社會所4/15週五論壇
2022-03-15
【講題】What Archaeology for What State? Nationalism, Indigeneity, and Taiwan Prehistory
【講者】Frank Muyard（梅豪方）（法國遠東學院臺北中心主任 /中央大學法文系副教授）
【主持】汪宏倫（中研院社會所研究員兼副所長）
【時間】2022.04.15（五），14：30-16：30
【報名】https://forms.gle/btUrE74BbATf1RmUA
【地點】中研院社會所802會議室（人文社會科學館南棟8樓）
【活動聯絡】梁雅惠， as0200802@gate.sinica.edu.tw
【演講簡介】
Since its birth in the 19th century, archaeology has been closely related to nationalist discourses and the search for historical legitimation of political powers. As such, it has often been the subject of intense interest and efforts by state power and elites. This pattern is well represented in East Asia, be it in Japan, Korea, China or Vietnam.
The significance of Taiwan for Asia-Pacific prehistory has been well documented, especially through research on Austronesian origins and dispersal. In the past thirty years, a series of new discoveries and studies on the island have contributed to the main hypotheses about Austronesian prehistory in and out of Taiwan. However, the discipline of archaeology in Taiwan remains socially and intellectually undervalued, underfunded, and understaffed, in itself and especially when compared to countries of similar economic development.
To shed light on this situation, this talk discusses the state of the archaeological discipline today and examines how its institutions and practices have been shaped by the political and social context that has characterized Taiwan's post-WWII history, in particular Chinese nationalism, the democratization and Taiwanization of the state, and the rise of Austronesian indigenous identity. It shows how both the China-centered ideology of the KMT regime and its elites, and the “New World” nature of the Taiwanese society have long contributed to a state of negligence toward Taiwan prehistory and archaeology. Looking at its current dynamics, it is suggested that Taiwan archaeology offers, more by default than by design, a rare case of non-nationalist archaeology, while still operating within a largely unreconstructed framework of Han colonialism. While the establishment of democracy has accelerated a turn toward research on Taiwan prehistory and protohistory, the anthropological and scientific orientations of Taiwanese archaeology have, with few exceptions, limited the participation of archaeologists in debates about national history and largely eschewed the question of the relationship with indigenous peoples regarding the uncovering of the prehistoric past and associated rights, a significant challenge for its future development.
【講者簡介】
Dr. Frank Muyard is Head of the French School of Asian Studies (EFEO) Taipei Center, and Associate Professor, National Central University, Taiwan.
【講者】Frank Muyard（梅豪方）（法國遠東學院臺北中心主任 /中央大學法文系副教授）
【主持】汪宏倫（中研院社會所研究員兼副所長）
【時間】2022.04.15（五），14：30-16：30
【報名】https://forms.gle/btUrE74BbATf1RmUA
【地點】中研院社會所802會議室（人文社會科學館南棟8樓）
【活動聯絡】梁雅惠， as0200802@gate.sinica.edu.tw
【演講簡介】
Since its birth in the 19th century, archaeology has been closely related to nationalist discourses and the search for historical legitimation of political powers. As such, it has often been the subject of intense interest and efforts by state power and elites. This pattern is well represented in East Asia, be it in Japan, Korea, China or Vietnam.
The significance of Taiwan for Asia-Pacific prehistory has been well documented, especially through research on Austronesian origins and dispersal. In the past thirty years, a series of new discoveries and studies on the island have contributed to the main hypotheses about Austronesian prehistory in and out of Taiwan. However, the discipline of archaeology in Taiwan remains socially and intellectually undervalued, underfunded, and understaffed, in itself and especially when compared to countries of similar economic development.
To shed light on this situation, this talk discusses the state of the archaeological discipline today and examines how its institutions and practices have been shaped by the political and social context that has characterized Taiwan's post-WWII history, in particular Chinese nationalism, the democratization and Taiwanization of the state, and the rise of Austronesian indigenous identity. It shows how both the China-centered ideology of the KMT regime and its elites, and the “New World” nature of the Taiwanese society have long contributed to a state of negligence toward Taiwan prehistory and archaeology. Looking at its current dynamics, it is suggested that Taiwan archaeology offers, more by default than by design, a rare case of non-nationalist archaeology, while still operating within a largely unreconstructed framework of Han colonialism. While the establishment of democracy has accelerated a turn toward research on Taiwan prehistory and protohistory, the anthropological and scientific orientations of Taiwanese archaeology have, with few exceptions, limited the participation of archaeologists in debates about national history and largely eschewed the question of the relationship with indigenous peoples regarding the uncovering of the prehistoric past and associated rights, a significant challenge for its future development.
【講者簡介】
Dr. Frank Muyard is Head of the French School of Asian Studies (EFEO) Taipei Center, and Associate Professor, National Central University, Taiwan.
He was Director of the French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) Taipei Office from 2004 to 2009, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado Boulder (2010-2012), and 2013 Taiwan Fellowship Scholar at the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (RCHSS), Academia Sinica. He received his PhD in Sociology at the University of Montreal in Canada, after being trained in Modern Chinese History and Sinology (BA), and in International Relations and Political Economy (MA) at the French National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) in Paris.
Dr. Muyard’s main research interests are Taiwan and China’s modern history and sociology, as weel as Austronesian prehistory and archaeology. His work focuses on the issues of national and cultural identity, comparative nationalism, and the questions of modernity, state, and nation in East Asian and Western societies.
Recent publications include Taiwan Maritime Landscapes from Neolithic to Early Modern Times, edited with Paola Calanca & Liu Yi-chang, Paris, EFEO, 2022; "Taiwan’s Place in East Asian Archaeological Studies," in Taiwan Maritime Landscapes from Neolithic to Early Modern Times, Paris, EFEO, 2022, p. 21-46; "The Role of Democracy in the Rise of the Taiwanese National Identity," in Jonathan Sullivan & Chun-yi Lee, eds., A New Era in Democratic Taiwan: Trajectories and Turning Points in Politics and Cross-Strait Relations, London, Routledge, 2018, 35-62; “Taiwan Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples: Cross-perspectives on Indigenous Archaeology and Interactions between Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities,” in Li-wan Hung, ed., Archaeology, History and Indigenous Peoples: New Perspectives on the Ethnic Relations of Taiwan, Taipei, Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, 2016, 195-262; “Voting Shift in the November 2014 Local Elections in Taiwan,” China Perspectives, 2015/1: 55-61;“Comparativism and Taiwan Studies: Analyzing Taiwan in/out of context, or Taiwan as an East Asian New World Society,” in Shu-mei Shih &Ping-hui Liao, eds., Comparatizing Taiwan, London, Routledge, 2015, 13-32.
【活動說明與注意事項】
1.本場次規劃現場參與形式，無開放線上參與。
2.與會前兩週內如曾有呼吸道症狀或發燒者，請避免參加活動。
3.來賓請自備口罩，並於活動進行時，務必全程配戴口罩。
Dr. Muyard’s main research interests are Taiwan and China’s modern history and sociology, as weel as Austronesian prehistory and archaeology. His work focuses on the issues of national and cultural identity, comparative nationalism, and the questions of modernity, state, and nation in East Asian and Western societies.
Recent publications include Taiwan Maritime Landscapes from Neolithic to Early Modern Times, edited with Paola Calanca & Liu Yi-chang, Paris, EFEO, 2022; "Taiwan’s Place in East Asian Archaeological Studies," in Taiwan Maritime Landscapes from Neolithic to Early Modern Times, Paris, EFEO, 2022, p. 21-46; "The Role of Democracy in the Rise of the Taiwanese National Identity," in Jonathan Sullivan & Chun-yi Lee, eds., A New Era in Democratic Taiwan: Trajectories and Turning Points in Politics and Cross-Strait Relations, London, Routledge, 2018, 35-62; “Taiwan Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples: Cross-perspectives on Indigenous Archaeology and Interactions between Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities,” in Li-wan Hung, ed., Archaeology, History and Indigenous Peoples: New Perspectives on the Ethnic Relations of Taiwan, Taipei, Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, 2016, 195-262; “Voting Shift in the November 2014 Local Elections in Taiwan,” China Perspectives, 2015/1: 55-61;“Comparativism and Taiwan Studies: Analyzing Taiwan in/out of context, or Taiwan as an East Asian New World Society,” in Shu-mei Shih &Ping-hui Liao, eds., Comparatizing Taiwan, London, Routledge, 2015, 13-32.
【活動說明與注意事項】
1.本場次規劃現場參與形式，無開放線上參與。
2.與會前兩週內如曾有呼吸道症狀或發燒者，請避免參加活動。
3.來賓請自備口罩，並於活動進行時，務必全程配戴口罩。
