| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 族群關係與文化研究所 === 97 === The author assumes the multiple roles of an observer, an experience participant, and a cultural member to undertake a field study of Cilamitay Tribe in Hualien County. This study tries to explore how the hunters establish a unique local meaning by their own bodily experiences, and practice their local knowledge in their daily lives. The author further explains the mobility of local knowledge and the relationship between individuals and culture.
This thesis is divided into three parts. Firstly, the hunting images of Cilamitay Tribe. The author depicts the processes of hunting methods and techniques. They not only integrate hunters’ memories but also present the change of modern hunting techniques and knowledge. Secondly, the elucidation of tribal people about the embodiment and understanding of local knowledge from their perception. This is via their interpretations of their bodily experiences about kawakawasan and malati’ay, which are mixed with multiple explanations and values through different time and situations. Thirdly, the author finds that tribal people bind their affection toward their ancestors and local identity through hunting. This fact shapes not only their understanding of place but their own sense of place which supports and influences hunters’ every practice.
The main theme of this thesis is to reveal how hunters connect a place through their bodies. In the process, they soak in and influenced by culture, at the same time, they establish their own cognition and present the interactional state of individuals and culture. Besides arguing that local knowledge is always in a state of change, the author also endeavors to deconstruct a few dualisms including body versus mind, individual embodiment versus cultural structure, and belief versus knowledge.
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