This special issue is dedicated to updating and expanding our understanding of Indigeneity in Taiwan as it has developed in the new millennium. We foreground ecological thinking due to the historically important role it has played in shaping Indigenous identity. Inspired by Chih Fan Chen’s recent publication Being and Becoming Indigenous People, we focus on the “becoming” of Indigenous cultural identities in the context of globalization and understand “Indigeneity” as a “model of subject articulation.” (16) Rather than inherently tying Indigenous life to the environment and animism, however, we seek to reflect on “ecologies of Indigeneity” more broadly. We hope that submissions will investigate the multiple ecologies of Indigenous cultural production, knowledge construction, and world making, as well as the negotiations and integration of their power dynamics. We welcome new theoretical frameworks for engaging in these discussions in addition to close readings of texts and cultural phenomena, as our aim is to create space for exploring new, evolving, and even experimental forms of Indigeneity in Taiwan.

To this end, we might ask: What is “new” about Indigenous literary and media culture in the “new” millennium? Are there new concerns, political or personal, that have emerged or are emerging? How have other social concerns, such as gender and sexuality or class and late capitalism, affected the development of Indigenous identities? Conversely, what kind of continuities are there with earlier stages in the development of Indigenous identities? Does the environment still play the same role or have such discourses changed?

Even before we ask about the content of such cultural products, we might also ask how they reach their audiences. Does the literary establishment promote Indigenous texts, perhaps through prizes or translation, or do Indigenous cultural producers prefer alternative channels like the Internet? It is also important to reflect on what kind of media are being created. Is it traditional media like literature, film, and music, or are new media being employed? If so, to what end?

As Indigenous identities continue to diversify, intra-Indigenous relations have also changed. Are there distinct factions or sub-groups within this umbrella political identity or is there still a coherent “Indigenous” identity to speak of? What concerns are given prominence within Indigenous communities and what issues are highlighted when Indigenous groups engage with non-Indigenous audiences? How are connections being pursued with other Indigenous-identified communities around the globe?

Finally, for this issue, in addition to original research articles, we are also hoping to publish 1-2 pieces of literature related to the special issue theme. While it is important to have scholarship that is able to contextualize and explain the critical developments in Indigenous cultural production, being able to teach relevant materials is also a key concern.

We are therefore accepting three types of submissions: (1) Academic articles in English or Mandarin (6000-8000 words in English, or 10,000-12,000 characters in Mandarin); (2) Previously published Mandarin-language short stories (no longer than 12,000 characters); (3) English-language translations of relevant shorts stories originally in a Sinitic or Indigenous Taiwanese language (no longer than 8,000 words).

Timeline:
• Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2025 (250-300 words, accompanied by a short bio in either
English or Chinese)
• Notification of abstract acceptance: May 31, 2025
• Full paper submission deadline: August 31, 2025
• Notification of acceptance: November 30, 2025
• Revised manuscript submission deadline: January 31, 2026
• Estimated publication: Spring, 2026

Any questions or abstract submissions should be directed to the special issue editors:
Dingru Huang: Dingru.Huang@tufts.edu
Kyle Shernuk: ks1932@georgetown.edu

專輯特刊主題：新千年以降「原民性」生態初探

客座編輯：黃丁如、佘仁強

本期Taiwan Lit專輯特刊旨在更新和擴展我們對新千年以來台灣「原住民性」（Indigeneity）發展的理解。特輯以「生態」為題眼，意在肯認生態思維在形塑原住民身分的過程中所發揮的歷史性作用。受陳芷凡教授新著《成為原住民》啟發，我們關注全球化語境下原住民文化身分轉化的動態過程， 將「原住民性」視為一種「主體聯屬模式」(model of subject articulation)。（16）相比於將原住民生存狀態與環境議題與泛靈信仰相綁定，我們期待探討更為廣義的「原住民性」生態。期待來稿能探討原住民文化生產、知識建構與世界想象的多重生態，及其內部的權力斡旋與整合。我們歡迎投稿者提出新的理論框架，也歡迎對文本與文化現象做細讀分析，從而創造空間探索台灣原住民身分的新變、演進與實驗。

「新」千年以來，原住民文學與媒介文化中有何「新」意？是否有新的政治或私人關懷正在湧現？性別、階級與晚期資本主義等社會議題，又是如何對原住民身分的發展產生影響？新千年原住民身分與其早期發展階段相比，又有何種延續性？環境議題仍然扮演相同的角色嗎？又或者原住民的「山海」已有了新的形貌？

在探討具體的文化產品之前，我們還可以問：原住民文化產品如何抵達其受眾的？文學建制如何通過文學獎與翻譯等形式推廣原住民文本，而網路的興起又是否為原住民文化生產者提供了替代性渠道？在既有的媒介如文學、電影、音樂外，是否已經出現值得關注的新媒介形式？

隨著原住民身分的持續多元化，原住民群體之間的關係也在發生變化。如何理解「原住民」政治身分總括之下的亞群體，又是否仍然存在一個相對統一的「原住民」身分？在原住民社群內部，有哪些議題得到特別的關注？而在面向非原住民受眾時，又有哪些議題得以突顯？台灣原住民群體又是如何在全球範圍內與其他以原住民為身分認同的社群建立聯繫的？

除了具有原創性的學術研究文章，我們還計劃刊登一至兩篇與特輯主題相關的原創文學或翻譯作品。我們歡迎進一步將原住民文化生產脈絡化的學術解讀，也期待收到能作為文學課堂教學材料的創作與翻譯。

我們接受以下三類投稿：1. 中英文學術論文（英文篇幅在6000至8000字之間；中文在10000至12000字之間）；2. 未發表的華語短篇小說（不超過12000字）； 3. 相關主題短篇小說的英文翻譯（不超過8000字）。

日程
英文摘要（250-300字）附中英文作者簡介截止：2025年4月30日；
通知摘要獲選者：2025年5月31日；
全文截止：2025年8月31日
通知全文錄用者：2025年11月30日
修改稿提交截止：2026年1月31日
預計發刊時間：2026年春季

如有任何問題或摘要提交，請聯繫客座編輯：

黃丁如：Dingru.Huang@tufts.edu
佘仁強：ks1932@georgetown.edu