Democracy on Trial: Social Movements and Cultural Politics in Postauthoritarian Taiwan

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS During my fieldwork I had working relationships with several organizations such as the Labor Front, the Taipei Women Awakening Association, the Taipei Association for the Promotion of Women’s Rights, the Chilin Education Foundation, the Humanist Education Foundation, the Yongkang Community Development Association, the Meinong People’s Association , the Fuzhuli Office, the Yongkangli Office, the Gangkouchun Office, and the Rahic’s Workshop. I am very grateful to the employees of these organizations. Their kindness in offering me their life stories and assistance is the main reason why this book can be written and published. Many of their names appear in this book, which is my particular way of saying thank you. My deep appreciation extends to those whose names do not appear. To decide whether to use names or pseudonyms in this book, I follow the lead of my PhD adviser, Orin Starn, in his book about the history of the rondas, a peasant movement in Peru. I am sure that Chung Yung-feng, Hsu Chia-ching, Kuo Kuo-wen, Li Yi-kuan, Lin Cheng-hsiu, Rahic, and many others would prefer to have their real names published since they are proud of what they have achieved. For others who I consider would prefer not to be named, I simply omit their names or use pseudonyms and in some cases change details. Many people inspired me in the long process of the book’s composition . Orin Starn and Arif Dirlik guided me in creative and critical ways and offered plenty of productive suggestions. Anne Allison, Ayse Gul Altinay , Anya Bernstein, John Burdict, Chang Mau-kuei, Antonio Chao, Chao Kang, Chen Hsin-yi, Chen Shang-chih, Chen Yi-ling, Leo Ching, Allen xii | DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL Chun, Jeongmin Eom, Katherine Ewing, Jennifer Hasty, Jennifer Hirsh, Ho Ming-sho, Hong Chi-ming, Jung Shaw-wu, Hsieh Lili, Kent Liu, Hsu Cheng-kuang, Dongyoun Hwang, Masamichi Inoue, Lan Pei-chia, Liao Ping-hui, Lii Ding-tzann, Sylvia Lim, Ralph Litzinger, Lu Hsin-yi, Charles Piot, Donald Ronini, Irene Silverblatt, Clare Talkwalker, Tsai Yenling, Nilgun Uygun, Wang Chin-shou, Wei Ti, Masahiro Wakabayashi, Paul Willis, You Jun-ming and Zhou Yongming, either commented on various chapters of this book or discussed related subjects with me. Different parts of the book were presented orally at conferences. I thank the participants in these conferences for their feedback. Several portions of the book have appeared in Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique, Critique of Anthropology , and the anthologies Understanding Modern Taiwan: Essays in Economics , Politics and Social Policy and Sociology and Anthropology in Twentieth Century China: Between Universalism and Indigenism. Several articles in Chinese, published in Taiwan shehui yanjiu jikan 台灣社會研究季刊, Shehuixui yanjiu 社會學研究, Taiwan renleixui kan 台灣人類學刊, and two anthologies (Chongjian xiangxiang gongtongti: Guojia, zuqun, xushu 重建想 像共同體: 國家－族群－敘述 and Maixiang ershiyi shiji de Taiwan lishixue lunwenji 邁向21世紀的台灣歷史學論文集), are based on parts of an earlier draft of this book. I appreciate the editors’ and reviewers’ comments. This book would not have been possible without grants from the Asian Pacific Studies Institute of Duke University, the Chiang Chingkuo Cultural Foundation, the National Science Council, the Hakka Affairs Council, and the Council of Indigenous Peoples. I also thank Chang Chuan-fen, Chen Jun-lin, Chen Yu-fen, Cheng Chia-chi, Hong Ruolan, Huang Shui-kuei, Huang Ya-hesien, Li Chang-chi, Li Hsin-wen, Lin Ching -lan,, Lin Mei-ying, Liu Chin–hsin, Luo Ziyin, Ina Nogi, Tsai Chunghan , Yang Ju-yi, and You Ying-lung for their support. Chang Chu-chin, Chang Jing-fang, Chen Chen-hsien, Chen Hsin-ting, Chiu Shu-chi, Chiu Yan-hua, Hsia Jui-yuan, Li Jie-ying, Alf Lien, Liu Hao-ling, Liu Ju-yi, Liu Yung-fen, Vicki Low, Julia Lazarus, Teng Ya-ping, Huang Ning-jen, Cheryl Sheridan, Tsai Yu-ting, Mike Sperr, Weng Hsing-hui, Weng Yuting , Wu Hui-ju, Xiaoqing and Youyou provided me valuable assistance. Special thanks go to Chang Wei-an, Sara Chen, Jonathan Chiang, Chien Chao-jung, Chou Ping, Chuang Sheng-yi, Guo Pei-yi, Huang Shih-hui, Kang Pei-de, Robin Kirk, Thomas H. C. Lee, Lin Chung-hsi, Louis Lim, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | xiii Pan Hsu-pin, Pei Yuan-ling, Terry Risher, Wang Hong-zen, and Robert Young. They have warmly lent me encouragement at difficult times. I am grateful to Gan Qi, Lin Ying, and Yang Jing at the Chinese University Press for their professionalism and enthusiasm in producing this book. I also appreciate the anonymous readers’ greatly...