Elder Care, Indigeneity and the State

The Tayal People in Contemporary Taiwan
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-981-9254-87-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This book examines the relationship between the colonial state and Indigenous peoples through the lens of elderly care in Taiwan. Focusing on the Tayal people, an officially-recognized Indigenous group, it introduces a groundbreaking approach, bringing an Indigenous epistemology and Tayal hermeneutics into the study of care practices, and offering valuable insights into the importance of indigenous knowledge systems. By examining indigenous practices and perspectives on care and aging, Wasiq Silan challenges prevailing ideologies and practices, allowing readers to understand the profound wisdom embedded within indigenous cultures and their holistic approaches to well-being and elderly care. This book offers an invaluable resource for students and scholars across multiple disciplines seeking a comprehensive understanding of care, health, wellbeing, and sustainable quality-of-life systems.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Silan, Wasiq

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction.- 2.Care amongst Indigenous Peoples.- 3.Who are The Tayal? Contextualizing the Research.- 4.Towards Decolonizing Methodologies in the Tayal Context.- 5.Untangling Aging and Care: Between the Indigenous Visions and National Policies.- 6.The Tayal Elderly Meet the State in the Day Club.- 7.Indigenizing Elderly Care from the Tayal Perspective: A Web of Relations between Culture, Care and Living.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Wasiq Silan  (I-An Gao) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Indigenous Development and Social Work at the College of Indigenous Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. Previously, she was a Core Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki. She is Tayal from the Mstaranan community in the Nanshi River valley of northern Taiwan and regularly participates in Taiwan's delegation to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Her research focuses on Indigenous wellbeing and care systems, the decolonization of state-Indigenous relations, and collaborative, community-based, and Indigenous research methodologies.