Disaster colonialism: indigenous tribal community responses to Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan

IF 2.6 3区 管理学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Disasters Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI:10.1111/disa.70004
Hui-Nien Lin, Sasala Taiban
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Abstract

Limited research has been conducted to date on how disaster colonialism shapes, maintains, or destroys social organisations and relationships within indigenous societies. This study was conducted within the Hot Spring Tribal Community (HSTC) of the Rukai people, one of 16 indigenous groups in Taiwan, in the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot in 2009. Based on ethnographic research, the study reveals that the HSTC had endured more than a century of colonialism, resulting in an ‘unnatural’ disaster long before the storm struck the island. The impact of colonial forces intensified through a variety of post-disaster intervention strategies, spawning numerous power struggles within the modern organisations of the HSTC. This study supports the theory of disaster colonialism, which refers to the perpetuation and amplification of power conflicts through so-called natural and unnatural disasters. It also demonstrates how government intervention strategies have continued both to marginalise and exploit indigenous people via existing settler structures.

灾难殖民主义:台湾南部原住民部落社区对莫拉克台风的反应
迄今为止,关于灾害殖民主义如何塑造、维持或破坏土著社会中的社会组织和关系的研究有限。本研究于2009年莫拉克台风过后,以台湾16个原住民族群之一如开族温泉部落社群(HSTC)为研究对象。基于民族志研究,这项研究揭示了HSTC已经忍受了一个多世纪的殖民主义,在风暴袭击该岛之前很久就导致了一场“非自然”灾难。殖民势力的影响通过各种灾后干预策略而加剧,在HSTC的现代组织中产生了无数的权力斗争。本研究支持灾难殖民主义理论,即通过所谓的自然灾害和非自然灾害使权力冲突永久化和放大。它还表明,政府干预战略如何通过现有的定居者结构继续边缘化和剥削土著人民。
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Disasters
Disasters Multiple-
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5.60
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期刊介绍: Disasters is a major, peer-reviewed quarterly journal reporting on all aspects of disaster studies, policy and management. It provides a forum for academics, policymakers and practitioners to publish high-quality research and practice concerning natural catastrophes, anthropogenic disasters, complex political emergencies and protracted crises around the world. The journal promotes the interchange of ideas and experience, maintaining a balance between field reports, case study articles of general interest and academic papers. Disasters: Is the leading journal in the field of disasters, protracted crises and complex emergencies Influences disaster prevention, mitigation and response policies and practices Adopts a world-wide geographical perspective Contains a mix of academic papers and field studies Promotes the interchange of ideas between practitioners, policy-makers and academics.
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