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positions 6 2 0 1998 by Duke University Press. an abstract, undifferentiated, homogeneous culture but as a national aboriginal culture. T h e National Museum of Natural Science is one of the most influential repositories of aboriginal artifacts in Taiwan. Established in 1981and opened to the public in stages from 1986 to 1993, it was one of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) governmentâs key âNational Construction Projects.â T h e museumâs exhibition of Taiwanese aboriginal artifacts is titled Tâai-wan Nan-tao Min-tsu, which is translated into English somewhat infelicitously as The Culture of Taiwan Austronesian. It is located in the Chung-kuo Kohsueh-kuan, or Chinese Science Hall, along with other exhibitions titled Chinese Medicine, China: Science and Technology, China? Agriculture, Ancient Chinese, and Chinese Mind and Soul. T h e exhibition opens with a group of colorful life-size wax mannequins standing on two platforms, which are meant to represent the islands of Taiwan and Lanyu. T h e next section presents an overview of aboriginal life, with exhibits variously titled âPrehistoric Taiwan,â âImages of the Taiwan Austronesian,â âGeography of Taiwan,â and âTribal Elevation Above Sea Level and Population.â2 Following that is a section titled âNatural Environment, Settlement Patterns, and Subsistence.â It
positions asia critique – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 1998
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