《劉福才日記》中的社會關係網絡──另一個觀看日記的視角

Social Networks and The Diary of Liu Fucai: Applying Geographic Information Systems and Social Network Analysis Software

《劉福才日記》乃曾任今新社高中前身──臺中縣立新社初級農業職業學校──校長劉福才自1917年直到1977年去世為止，60年來從未間斷的日記書寫。劉福才作為日治時代大南當地少數受過師範教育的知識分子，於日記中對於時事、地方與家族事務，均有深刻的認識與體會，主要述及劉家在新社的入墾與發跡過程、個人生命歷程、地方之歲時祭儀、生命禮俗、家族事務、參與地方事務以及對時事的關懷和感受、前往臺灣各地的遊歷、見聞等，均能藉由深刻的文字描寫、記錄其心路歷程，可說躍然於紙上且彌足珍貴。本文除了介紹《劉福才日記》外，也將嘗試藉由社會網絡分析軟體，建置日記資料庫，希望能以另一個觀看日記的視角，統整地呈現《劉福才日記》中，劉福才做為一個具體而微的地方型人物，同時也是日治時代接受國語學校教育而養成的基層教育人員，其於不同時期的社會網絡關係圖像與生命軌跡變化，同時提示一個如何整合社會網絡分析方法與地理資訊系統建置日記資料庫，進而展開跨領域研究之方法取徑。

This paper introduces the reader to the Diary of Liu Fucai, which contains the diary entries of Liu Fucai written between 1917 and 1977, the year of his death. Liu was one of the few intellectuals from the Danan region of central Taiwan during the Japanese colonial rule period (1895- 1945); for many years, he was the principal of Xinshe Agricultural Senior High School (since renamed Xinshe High School); and he also traveled extensively throughout Taiwan during his long and active life. His diary is thus an invaluable historical source document for central Taiwan, all the more so because Liu was an able writer who painted many a vivid scene of the events he personally witnessed and experienced. In addition to providing an introduction to Liu’s diary, this paper also examines the social networks mentioned by Liu, using a database constructed with geographic information systems and social network analysis software. In this way, we have created a scaled-down version of the geography and historical developments of the Danan and Xinshe regions during the early twentieth century. It is hoped that the present paper can serve as an example for the application and use of geographic information systems and social network analysis software.