Indigenous society and assimilation policy on Post-War Taiwan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15H06109
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Area studies
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	MORITA Kenji 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教務補佐員 (20761422)
Project Period (FY)	2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	台湾 / 先住民族 / 同化政策 / マイノリティ / 地域研究
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study discusses the “De-Japanization” of post-war Taiwan from the perspective of vicarious decolonization. Further, this study refers to the example of post-war Korea, which was under the Japanese colonial regime. The decolonization of Taiwan progressed vicariously through the Sinicization. The ruler’s historical background and the enemy's characteristics were taught in schools; however, the memorization-based education and experience in colonial Taiwan did not sustain and went obsolete in schools, also it could not be shared with the younger generation in families. The will of "De-Japanization" of Taiwanese who ruled over colonial Japan was not expressed. Therefore, "Japan" did not find an "enemy" in post-war war Taiwan, also "Japan" was relativized in post-war Taiwan.