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Reorientating Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific
Author(s): Niki J.P. Alsford (Editor), Ti-Han Chang
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: August 7, 2025
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 252 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004727124
- ISBN-13: 9789004727120
Book Description
Reorientating Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific redefines how you see Taiwan, moving beyond land-centred perspective to embrace its deep connection with the Pacific. This interdisciplinary collection takes you on a journey through anthropology, literature, ecology, and art, revealing Taiwan as a cradle of Austronesian expansion and a hub of oceanic entanglements. You’ll discover how Taiwan’s vibrant marine culture influences its identity, from Indigenous traditions to contemporary environmental activism. This book invites you to explore Taiwan’s cultural and ecological narratives in a way that is both profound and transformative.
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About the Author
Niki J.P. Alsford is Professor of Anthropology and Human Geography, and Director for the Institutes for the Study of the Asia Pacific (ISAP), and the Institute for Area and Migration Studies (AMIS) at the University of Central Lancashire. He is a Research Associate at the Centre of Taiwan Studies at SOAS and an Associate Member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford. Alsford’s research focuses primarily on Taiwan, Korea, and the Pacific Islands. He is the book series editor for the Taiwan series at Brill, the Korean series at Routledge, and a new series on Asia Pacific Cultures, Communities, and Landscapes at Palgrave Macmillan. He is the author of Taiwan Lives: A Socio-Political History, published by the University of Washington Press in 2024.
Ti-han Chang is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Asia Pacific Studies at the University of Central Lancashire. Her research focuses on contemporary eco-literature and postcolonial studies in Taiwan and the wider region of Asia Pacific. She has published a number of articles, reviews and translations in the relevant fields. She is also the co-editor of
A Transdisciplinary Study of Global Mobilities: Identities on the Move (Springer, 2025).
