| 英文摘要 |
Against the backdrop of structural inequalities in healthcare resources, Taiwan’s Indigenous communities have demonstrated remarkable agency and creativity. This study focuses on how Indigenous villages in their homelands employ three strategies emphasized in bricolage theory- using resources at hand, making do, and recombining resources- to develop cultural care practices. Adopting a qualitative multiple-case study design, the research draws on participation in preparatory and post-event meetings, event observations, and visual text analysis to identify community responses under conditions of scarcity. The case studies of the Papaya Creek Joint Market and the Walking into the Heart of Ibuh healing initiative reveal how communities mobilize these strategies to practice cultural care and strengthen collective solidarity. These initiatives reconfigure traditional cultural elements (such as rituals, plants, and attire) within contemporary contexts, integrating health promotion, post-disaster healing, and cultural industry development to reconstruct Indigenous subjectivity in the domains of knowledge, health, and culture. Through such practices, the Truku communities of the Papaya Creek basin not only challenge externally dominated care models but also actively address cultural loss, environmental disasters, and systemic inequities. Theyembody culture-based care practices and governance innovations that echo the possibilities of decolonizing cultural care highlights a model of care that is less dependent on external resources yet capable of sustainable development, offering important insights for Indigenous care policy and long-term care sustainability. |