| 英文摘要 |
Drawing on recent critical reflections on decolonizing archival praxis, this article examines the geomedical activities of the US Naval Medical Research Unit Two (NAMRU-2) during its reactivation in Taiwan from 1955 to 1979. By using declassified Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) archives and scientific publications, this article traces NAMRU-2’s trajectory from its late–World War II deployment in Guam to its relocation to Taiwan and expansion into Southeast Asia, including branches in Da Nang (1967) and Jakarta (1970). Framing Taiwan as a center of circulation and BUMED as a center of calculation, this article highlights Taiwan’s role as a trans-empire borderland shaped by Japanese colonial legacies and Sino-US Cold War collaboration. From the mid-1950s to early 1970s, Taiwan shifted from a frontier of US Navy medical research to a logistical base for southward expansion, a transformation embedded in the Cold War, the Vietnam War, and the war metaphors of tropical disease. Situating NAMRU-2’s geomedical work within postwar scientific internationalism and international health campaigns, this article reveals the geopolitical power structures underlying its medical knowledge production and explores Taiwan’s methodological potential for understanding the entanglements of science, place, and power in the postwar world. |