{"id":3093,"date":"2023-03-20T23:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T23:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2024-05-06T22:44:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T22:44:56","slug":"book-talk-truly-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2023\/03\/20\/book-talk-truly-human\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Talk: Truly Human with Scott Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-key=\"205\">On Monday, April 17, 2023, at 3:30p.m. PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Scott Simon to discuss his newly published monograph, <em>Truly Human: Indigeneity and Indigenous Resurgence on Formosa<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-key=\"205\">The Sediq and Truku Indigenous peoples on the mountainous island of Formosa \u2013 today called Taiwan \u2013 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, <em>Truly Human<\/em> portrays these peoples\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Truly Human with Scott Simon\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iDnuOj5p_xw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-key=\"205\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3078 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/0418_Remembering-HU-Tai-Li_Scott-Simon-e1678924289676-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/0418_Remembering-HU-Tai-Li_Scott-Simon-e1678924289676-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/0418_Remembering-HU-Tai-Li_Scott-Simon-e1678924289676-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/0418_Remembering-HU-Tai-Li_Scott-Simon-e1678924289676-530x353.jpg 530w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/0418_Remembering-HU-Tai-Li_Scott-Simon-e1678924289676-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/0418_Remembering-HU-Tai-Li_Scott-Simon-e1678924289676-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/0418_Remembering-HU-Tai-Li_Scott-Simon-e1678924289676-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/03\/0418_Remembering-HU-Tai-Li_Scott-Simon-e1678924289676.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Scott Simon (University of Ottawa), is a socio-anthropologist trained in both disciplines (anthropology and sociology). Co-holder of the Chair of Taiwan Studies at the University of Ottawa, he has lived in Taiwan for ten years and returns annually for field research. His research interests include Indigenous rights, development, the contribution of Taiwan to the Indo-Pacific, Taiwan\u2019s international status, and Canada-Taiwan relations. He has written four books and numerous articles about Taiwan. He does policy-oriented research as member of the Centre for International Policy Studies and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa, and as Senior Fellow at Ottawa\u2019s Macdonald-Laurier Institute.<\/p>\n<p data-key=\"205\">This event was made possible by the generous support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, April 17, 2023, at 3:30p.m. PT, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Scott Simon to discuss his newly published monograph, Truly Human: Indigeneity and Indigenous Resurgence on Formosa. 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