Indigenous Youth Movements in Taiwan | ISDG Online Panel

Taiwan is home to diverse Indigenous Peoples whose histories and cultures long predate the modern state. Since the emergence of Taiwan's contemporary Indigenous movement in the 1980s, activism has encompassed struggles for recognition, land rights and self-determination, alongside efforts to revitalise Indigenous languages, cultural practices and identities.

This webinar brings together four Indigenous youth activists from Taiwan to share their experiences of cultural revitalisation, community organising and political advocacy, exploring how younger generations are shaping the future of Indigenous communities.

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🎙️ Kaisanan Ahuan (Wang Shang Yi) | Taokas

A Taokas Indigenous youth advocate and cultural revitalization practitioner from Puli, Taiwan. He serves as Deputy Chair of the Asia Indigenous Youth Platform (AIYP). In Taiwan, he is a spokesperson for the Central Taiwan Ping-pu Indigenous Youth Alliance and the initiator of the Taokas emalo cultural revitalization movement in Puli. For over a decade, he has been involved in Plains Indigenous recognition, cultural revitalization, climate action, and international Indigenous youth advocacy.

🎙️ Hanako Purapuran | Pinuyumayan

A Pinuyumayan music professional, curator, and cultural producer from the Puyuma community in Taiwan. She is the founder of isaStudio and isaNight, an Indigenous dance party creating space for contemporary Indigenous youth and community. Working across artist management, booking, promotion, curation, and marketing, Hanako manages Indigenous DJs and singers while developing international collaborations. Her practice is also deeply connected to Indigenous language revitalization, particularly the learning and transmission of Pinuyumayan. An executive producer of the album Formosa Garden, she explores Indigenous healing, historical pain, cultural identity, and contemporary Indigenous experiences through music and cross-cultural collaboration.

🎙️ Lici Talavan | Siraya

 萬盈穗（Wan Ying Sui), Eucharis Macapili in English and Filipino, and Lici Talavan in Siraya, is a Siraya anthropologist, cultural activist, and writer. She received her BA in Anthropology from National Tsing Hua University, with a minor in Linguistics, and completed her MA in Anthropology there. Her research focuses on the anthropology of Christianity and the anthropology of voice. Her master’s thesis, Harmony: Musicking and Witness in a Siraya Family, explores how Siraya activists transform Christian choral practices through their own relationships to family, community, land, and Indigenous identity, developing a form of political agency grounded in faith.

She has grown up within and participated in the Siraya Indigenous movement for 28 years. She is a member of the SIRAYA ONIIN Singers, a learner and teacher of the Siraya language with ten years of teaching experience, and a contemporary documenter of Siraya people and their everyday lives. As a writer, she is currently working on a book about her childhood memories and experiences in the Siraya community of Kaw-chan-nia.

🎙️ Yabung Haning (Wu Ya-wen) | Truku

A Truku Indigenous activist, social worker, and community organizer from the Qowgan tribe in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. She serves as chair of the Taiwan Indigenous Association of Truku  Youth and worked as a Truku ethnic representative on the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) from 2020 to 2023. Yabung actively campaigns for Indigenous long-term care reform through the Indigenous People’s Long-term Care Alliance and combines grassroots social work, home care services, and Japanese interpretation with community health station work (such as the Sakur/Sacnger Tribal Cultural Health Station).

The event features four 20-minute presentations followed by a moderated audience Q&A.

Language: English and Mandarin Chinese, with interpretation provided throughout. Questions are welcome in either language.

Admission: Free and open to all. Registration required.

The event and Q&A will be moderated by Esme Barrell, PhD candidate at the University of Bristol with translation by Zǐ JIAO, LLM student in Global Environment and Climate Change Law, University of Edinburgh.

活動資訊

台灣擁有多元的原住民族群，其歷史與文化早在現代國家形成之前便已延續發展。自1980年代以來，台灣原住民族運動持續爭取身分認定、土地權利與自治，同時推動族語、文化傳統及族群認同的復振。

本次線上講座邀請四位來自台灣的原住民族青年行動者，分享他們在文化復振、社群組織及權利倡議方面的親身經驗，探討當代原住民族青年如何傳承文化、回應社會挑戰，並開創社群未來。

講者

🎙️ Kaisanan Ahuan（王商益)｜道卡斯族

來自台灣埔里的道卡斯族青年倡議者與文化復振工作者，現任亞洲原住民族青年平台（Asia Indigenous Youth Platform, AIYP）主席。

在台灣，他擔任「中台灣平埔原住民族青年聯盟」發言人，並在埔里發起道卡斯族 emalo 文化復振運動。十多年來，他持續投入平埔族群身分認定、文化復振、氣候行動，以及國際原住民族青年倡議等工作。

🎙️ Hanako Purapuran｜Pinuyumayan（卑南族）

來自台灣卑南族部落的音樂工作者、策展人及文化製作人。她是 isaStudio 與 isaNight 的創辦人；isaNight 是一個原住民族舞蹈派對，致力於為當代原住民族青年與社群創造交流與展演的空間。

她的工作涵蓋藝人管理、演出邀約、宣傳、策展與行銷，並負責原住民族DJ及歌手的經紀工作，同時推動國際合作。

Hanako 的工作也與原住民族語言復振密切相關，尤其是卑南族語的學習與傳承。她擔任專輯《Formosa Garden》的執行製作人，並透過音樂與跨文化合作，探索原住民族的療癒、歷史傷痛、文化認同與當代原住民族經驗。

🎙️ Lici Talavan｜西拉雅族

萬盈穗（Wan Ying Sui），英文及菲律賓語名為 Eucharis Macapili，西拉雅語名為 Lici Talavan，是西拉雅族人類學家、文化行動者與作家。

她畢業於國立清華大學人類學系，並修習語言學為輔系，之後於同校取得人類學碩士學位。她的研究主要關注基督宗教人類學與聲音人類學。她的碩士論文《Harmony: Musicking and Witness in a Siraya Family》，探討西拉雅族行動者如何透過自身與家庭、社群、土地及原住民族身分的關係，轉化基督宗教的合唱實踐，並在信仰的基礎上發展出一種政治。

她在西拉雅族原住民運動中成長，並參與運動已有28年。她是 SIRAYA ONIIN Singers 成員，同時也是西拉雅語的學習者與教師，已有十年的教學經驗。她也是西拉雅族人的生活與日常經驗的當代記錄者。

作為作家，她目前正在撰寫一本關於自己童年記憶，以及在西拉雅族 Kaw-chan-nia 社群中成長經驗的書。

🎙️ Yabung Haning（吳雅雯）｜太魯閣族

來自台灣花蓮縣秀林鄉 Qowgan 部落的太魯閣族行動者、社工與社區組織工作者。

她擔任台灣原住民族太魯閣族青年協會理事長或理事，並於2020年至2023年間擔任原住民族委員會太魯閣族族群代表。

Yabung 長期透過「原住民族長期照顧聯盟」推動原住民族長照制度改革，並結合基層社會工作、居家照顧服務與日語口譯等工作，同時參與部落健康站的社區工作，例如櫻／Sacnger 部落文化健康站。

本活動及問答環節將由英國布里斯托大學歷史學博士候選人 Esme Barrell 主持。

活動包含四場各20分鐘的專題分享，並設有主持人引導的觀眾問答。

活動語言： 英文及中文，全程提供中英口譯，歡迎以任一語言提問。

參加方式： 免費線上活動，須事先報名。