英文摘要 |
With respect to social resilience, many sociologists have reminded decision makers that unmediated disaster interpretation and independent selfhealing capacity are vital to the process of post-disaster recovery for indigenous communities. Taking this argument as a point of departure, this paper aims to investigate the role of indigenous disaster writing in the building of social resilience. In direct contrast to the prevalent anti-government sentiments in aboriginal writings, Auvinni Kadreseng focuses instead on the description of his native land and explores how his people keep rebuilding their cultural identities in the process of constant migration forced by storm damages. After the disaster, Auvinni returns to Old Village and writes these stories about home. In his prose, Auvinni not only redefines the cultural meaning of Old Village after the disaster, but also seeks to redefine the idea of “home” with Catholicism. Drawing upon the analysis of Auvinni's work, this research proposes that indigenous disaster writing is a crucial medium for constructing cultural identity through connection, performance and translation, which can be regarded as a response to the theory of indigeneity promoted by James Clifford. |