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PRESENTATION
NCKU-EFEO International Conference: Indigenous Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Asia-Pacific
03 MARCH 23
NCKU-EFEO International Conference: Indigenous Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Asia-Pacific


Organized by LIU Yi-chang (NCKU), CHAO Chin-yung (NCKU), CHUNG Kuofeng (NCKU) & Frank MUYARD (EFEO)

Date: March 15-16, 2023
Venue: Institute of Archaeology, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan
Conference Website: https://ncku-efeo-indigenousarchaeology.weebly.com/
Registration (limited number of participants): https://reurl.cc/jl7n9p
Deadline: Monday March 6, 2023

This conference aims to gather archaeologists and scholars working on indigenous archaelogy and cultural heritage in collaboration with indigenous communities in Taiwan, Japan, North America, and the Pacific.
Topics range from the role and contribution of indigenous archaeology to both the archaeological discipline and indigenous peoples, to current and past archaeological practice of researching and collaborating with indigenous communities about their prehistoric and protohistoric past, and to interactions with indigenous communities in studying ancient settlements and understanding the past. The conference is divided in two parts: a full day of presentations and discussion at the Institute of Archaeology, NCKU, Tainan, followed by a day-long field trip to an indigenous community and its old settlement in the vicinity of Tainan.
Participants include Prof. Joe Watkins (Archaeological and Cultural Education Consultants, Tucson/Hokkaido University, Sapporo), Prof. Liu Yi-chang (National Cheng Kung University), Prof. Nobayashi Atsushi (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka), Prof. Pei-Lin Yu (Fulbright Senior Research Fellow/Boise State University, USA), Prof. James Flexner (University of Sidney),  Prof. Chiang Chihhua (National Taiwan University), Prof. Chung Kuo-feng (National Cheng Kung University), Prof. Sasala Taiban (National Cheng Kung University), Prof. Awi Mona (National Dong Hwa
University) & Dr. Chieh-fu Jeff Cheng (National Taiwan University).

Sponsored by
Institute of Archaeology, National Cheng Kung University
Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, NCKU
French School of Asian Studies (EFEO)
Bureau français de Taipei (BFT)

Conference Program

Day 1 - Wed. March 15 - Conference Day

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:15 Opening remarks
CHAO Chin-yung (NCKU) & Frank MUYARD (EFEO)

9:15-10:30 Panel 1 - Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples
Chair: Frank MUYARD (EFEO)

9:15-9:45 Joe WATKINS (ACEC/GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University)
(How) Can archaeology be useful to Ainu groups? Indigenous archaeology and Japan’s Indigenouspopulation

9:45-10:15 LIU Yi-chang (National Cheng Kung University)
Taiwanese archaeology and Indigenous population: Why does it matter?

10:15-10:30 Discussion

10:45-12:00 Panel 2 - Taiwan Indigenous People and Archaeologists: Past and Present
Chair: CHIANG Chih-hua (National Taiwan University)

10:45-11:15 NOBAYASHI Atsushi (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka)
The scope of Taiwanese archaeology in the Japanese colonial period: A preliminary examination of itsrelationship with Japanese archaeology

11-15-11:45 CHUNG Kuo-feng (National Cheng Kung University)
Recent advances and issues in Taiwan Indigenous Archaeology

11:45-12:00 Discussion

12:00-13:30 Lunch and Poster Session

13:30-15:20 Panel 3 - Indigenous Archaeology in Asia-Pacific Context
Chair: SASALA TAIBAN (National Cheng Kung University)

13:30-14:00 Pei-Lin YU (Fulbright Senior Research Fellow/Boise State University)
“Places are alive as long as we remember”: Indigenous and government collaboration to protect culturalheritage of the Upper Columbia River

14:00-14:30 James FLEXNER (University of Sidney)
Community archaeology, indigenous archaeology, slow archaeology: Uncovering the past with PacificIslanders

14:30-15:00 CHENG Chieh-fu Jeff (National Taiwan University)
Searching for former settlements in the mountains of Taiwan: An indigenous archaeological studyincorporating Bunun traditional values and modern technology

15:00-15:20 Discussion

15:35-17:00 Roundtable: Taiwan Indigenous Peoples' Perspectives on Archaeology
Chair: CHAO Chin-yung  (National Cheng Kung University)
Speakers: PASUYA POICONX (Control Yuan), SASALA TAIBAN(NCKU), WALIS NOKAN (Writer), AWI MONA (National Dong HwaUniversity), LJEGAY‧RUPELJENGAN (NCKU), CHIANG Chih-hua (NTU)

17:00-17:10 Closing remarksLIU Yi-chang (NCKU) & Joe WATKINS (ACEC/Hokkaido University)

Day 2 - Thu. March 16 - Field trip (for conference speakers only )

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