大武壠研究與「大武壠族」正名的省思

The Taivoan and the reflection in the Study of Taivoan

本文係以研究史的形式，省思大武壠研究三項互為影響的議題：族群分類紛歧性、大武壠神靈信仰核心特質以及大武壠生活區族群人口擴大化與文化融合的現象，以遷徙、再聚群以致融合的過程，討論與其傳統文化的關係；進而從眾多的研究中凸顯其文化豐富性與特殊性，回應2009年莫拉克風災之後，大武壠地方社會族群意識建構與正名的主張。

This article, written in the form of historical research, considers three issues which affect each other in the Study of Taivoan: the diversity of ethnic classifications, the core traits of Taivoan's religious beliefs, and the phenomenon of ethnic population growth and cultural integration in Taivoan living area. Through the process of migration, regrouping and integration, to discuss the relationship with its traditional culture; furthermore, highlight its cultural richness and particularity from numerous studies in response to the claim of Taivoan's local society about the construction of ethnic consciousness and the rectification of name after Typhoon Morakot disaster (2009).