Description:
This book draws attention to the issues of Indigenous justice and reconciliation in Taiwan, exploring how Indigenous actors affirm their rights through explicitly political and legal strategies, but also through subtle forms of justice work in films, language instruction, museums, and handicraft production.
Review Quotes:
"This inspiring book by Simon, Hsieh and Kang on Taiwan's Indigenous peoples marks a breakthrough both in Taiwan's Indigenous studies and for the Indigenous policy in Taiwan. Various chapters have expanded the spectrum of Taiwan's traditional indigenous studies so to open up the frontier of proactive policy relevant topics on much needed reconciliation between the current government and the Indigenous peoples, including traditional territory, toponyms and hunting rights. Other chapters also tackle historical trauma, demand for transitional justice and call for decolonization in film making, linguistics teaching and museum exhibition. The title of the book, From Stigma to Hope, certainly adds the positive posture in envisioning the future of Indigenous peoples in Taiwan. I sincerely congratulate the editors and chapter authors for making such as a great and timely contribution to the making of the innovative Indigenous Studies in Taiwan."
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Chairman, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation and Senior Advisor to the President of Taiwan