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Truly Human
The Sediq and Truku Indigenous peoples on the mountainous island of Formosa – today called Taiwan – say that their ancestors emerged in the beginning of time from Pusu Qhuni, a tree-covered boulder in the highlands. Living in the mountain forests, they observed the sacred law of Gaya, seeking equilibrium with other humans, the spirits, animals, and plants. They developed a politics in which each community preserved its autonomy and sharing was valued more highly than personal accumulation of goods or power. These lifeworlds were shattered by colonialism, capitalist development, and cultural imperialism in the twentieth century. Based on two decades of ethnographic field research, Truly Human portrays these peoples’ lifeworlds, teachings, political struggles for recognition, and relations with non-human animals. Taking seriously their ontological claims that Gaya offers moral guidance to all humans, Scott E. Simon reflects on what this particular form of Indigenous resurgence reveals about human rights, sovereignty, and the good of all kind. Truly Human contributes to a decolonizing anthropology at a time when all humans need Indigenous land-based teachings more than ever.
The Many Faces of Taiwan's Cultural Diplomacy
This is a pioneering book on Taiwan's cultural diplomacy. It argues that cultural diplomacy is a subset of public diplomacy aiming to utilize useful cultural resources to demonstrate Taiwan's soft power so to increase the public's understanding and create positive impression toward Taiwan in the like-minded countries. It then identifies three effective areas to implement cultural diplomacy: films, music, and the academic field of Taiwan studies. Dr. Astrid Lipinsky is Managing Director of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies at University of Vienna, Austria.
Changing Taiwanese Identities
The peoples of Taiwan have been influenced by many different cultures and migrations throughout the island’s history. In the 20th and early 21st centuries especially it has been a stage for cultural and ethnic conflict, not least because of the arrival of mainland Chinese fleeing the Chinese Communist Revolution. The subsequent tensions between those who see Taiwan as a natural territory of China and those who would prefer to see it remain independent have brought to the fore questions of what it is to be ‘Taiwanese’. This book addresses the question of how Taiwanese identities have changed after the Taiwanization process which began in the 1990s. It also examines the impact of this process on cross-strait relations between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China after the return of the Kuomintang to power after 2008 and the Sunflower movement in 2014. The various contributors between them cover a range of topics including the waves of migration to Taiwan, changes of political regimes, generational differences and social movements. Taken as a whole, this book presents a nuanced picture of the patchwork of identities which exist in contemporary Taiwan.
Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes 2006
The safe and reliable operation of technical systems is of great significance for the protection of human life and health, the environment, and of the vested economic value. The correct functioning of those systems has a profound impact also on production cost and product quality. The early detection of faults is critical in avoiding performance degradation and damage to the machinery or human life. Accurate diagnosis then helps to make the right decisions on emergency actions and repairs. Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) has developed into a major area of research, at the intersection of systems and control engineering, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics and statistics, and suc...
La production des cultures
À l'heure où s'opposent la célébration d'une postmodernité " tout en mélange ", marquée par l'hybridation généralisée des cultures, et les remobilisations politiques d'identités closes sur elles-mêmes, ce livre ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur la fabrique des identités collectives. En rupture avec la pensée de la séparation dominante dans les théories de l'ethnicité, cette approche s'organise autour du concept de coculturation et dresse une typologie des formes de médiations, d'échanges ou d'interactions qui sont en réalité constitutives de toute culture. Entre dynamique créative des populations en contact, tracé de leurs frontières sociales et modalités pratiques...
Economies morales de l'injustice
Issu d’un programme de recherche hébergé par l’IRMC et consacré aux économies morales et aux sentiments d’injustice, cet ouvrage comprend une dizaine de textes nourris de terrains maghrébins et français, avec pour ambition de contribuer modestement à la réflexion actuelle sur les économies morales à partir de perspectives inédites. Il essaie de rendre compte de manière analytique d’un large spectre de sentiments d’injustice indexés sur des situations sociopolitiques différentes, allant du contexte colonial à celui des transitions démocratiques et politiques au Maghreb. Certains des articles qui composent le volume placent au centre de l’analyse les subjectivités ...
