The Representation of Womankind in Dutch Formosa

Mittwoch, 10. April 2024, 18:30 - 20:00 iCal

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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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. M�rz 2024, 10:56