2010年臺灣史研究的回顧與展望

Taiwan Historical Research in 2010: Retrospect and Prospect

本文以2011年12月23－24日中央研究院臺灣史研究所、政治大學臺灣史研究所、臺灣師範大學臺灣史研究所共同舉辦的「2010年臺灣史研究回顧與展望研討會」所發表之論文為基礎，分總類、政治、經濟、社會文化等四部分整理概述2010年臺灣史研究之成果，並提出綜合評析與未來展望。由本文的探討可知，2010年臺灣史研究仍延續近三年之趨勢，偏重近現代史及社會文化史研究，整體而言雖呈現課題多元化、論述精緻化、史料運用靈活化之現象，惟仍存在研究時代集中化、主題細瑣化、學術政治工具化、理論凌駕史料，以及史料零碎化等缺失。早期史與清代時期研究數量偏少而亟待振興，宜儘速培育相關研究人才。復次，在確立歷史研究主體性的基礎上，汲取跨學科研究之方法、概念或理論，深化問題意識，並拓展研究視野，開創縱時性、比較性之研究，為臺灣史學今後發展的重要關鍵。值得注意的是，地理資訊系統作為歷史學研究的新工具，有助於探討區域史、族群史、環境史等人地互動變遷之課題，展現科際整合輔翼臺灣史研究之實例，其影響力正在臺灣史研究社群中發酵。

Reviewing the essays delivered at the '2010 Conference on Taiwan History Research,' jointly organized by the Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, and the Graduate Institutes of Taiwan History of both National Chengchi University and National Taiwan Normal University, this article classified the Taiwan history research findings of 2010 into four categories, namely general works, politics, economics and social culture. The article also offers a comprehensive analysis on the results obtained and proposes a research prospectus for the future. The 2010 research works on Taiwan history continued the same trend as in the previous three years with greater emphasis on modern history and socio-cultural history. These studies have explored a wide variety of topics with more sophisticated arguments expounded and diverse interpretations proposed. However, they focused too much on certain eras and insignificant themes, served more as political instruments, and gave greater priority to theories rather than historical materials. More effort should be devoted to the research on history of early times and the Qing Dynasty and to cultivating talents for related studies. In addition, cross-disciplinary approaches and theories should be adopted for longitudinal and comparative research. Of note is the advent of Geographic Information System (GIS) as a new tool of historiography. Not only can GIS facilitate the studies of regional, ethnic and environmental histories, which emphasize the interaction between human and the land, it also illustrates how integration of different disciplines can contribute to history research and has lasting impact on the research community of Taiwan history.