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Native Peoples of Taiwan in Present-day Society
Scott Simon, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Ottawa will speak on native peoples of Taiwan at Columbia University.
When:
April 12, 2011 2:15pm to 4:00pm
Where
Scott Simon specializes in the political anthropology of indigeneity and development in the Austronesian communities of Taiwan. He has done ethnographic research on this topic in both Hualien and Nantou counties of Taiwan since 2004. He has served as co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies and is author of two books on the social and political dimensions of development in Taiwan. He is currently President of the Canadian Asian Studies Association: http//canadianasianstudies.concordia.ca/.
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Phone Number:
(212) 854-2592
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