Mittwoch, 10. April 2024, 18:30 - 20:00 iCal
The Representation of Womankind in Dutch Formosa
Resources
Sin 1, Department of East Asian Studies, Sinology
Spitalgasse 2 Court 2 Entrance 2.3, 1090 Wien
Lecture
This presentation underscores the significance of scrutinizing both secondary research data generating historical narratives
and the nature of archival sources in making visible marginalized histories within dominant narratives. While both objectives
are interconnected, the focus here is on the former rather than contextualizing the literary generic of the source material.
The exploration of the 17th century Dutch colonial project in early modern Taiwan remains a vibrant area of research
and extends beyond the realm of historians. Of interest is to see how the research output shapes the gender and race
discourse within colonialism. Specifically, the presentation aims to understand the gendered nature of the VOC (Vereenigde
Oostindische Compagnie/ Dutch East India Company) and its impact on postcolonial historiography in Taiwan. It examines
the development of this gender narrative against the backdrop of Taiwan’s complex and multilayered colonial past, identifying
ethnic components that have been concealed, silenced, biased, or overemphasized in the historically evolved constructions
of social and cultural realities. To address these questions, an overview of themes in Dutch Formosa history (in English and
Mandarin) relating to gender will be provided, with selected illustrations subjected to in-depth analysis. The concluding
remarks will draw a renewed attention to how womankind feature in the Dutch colonial project and its civilizing mission in
the Tayouan factory on Formosa.
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Veranstalter
Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies
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Kontakt
Astrid Lipinsky
Universität Wien
Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften
+431427743844
astrid.lipinsky@univie.ac.at
Erstellt am Freitag, 12. Januar 2024, 15:54
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 05. März 2024, 10:56