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In the past, only nine indigenous nations have been introduced in the textbook, but since the education system may change each year, the information has been different. Now, more nations are added to the textbook, which refreshes the number of indigenous nations from 9 to 16. Therefore, depending on their age and education level, there might be people with different answers. Most people who helped out filling the survey were students from 13-18, which is why 62.7% answered correctly. Others have answers of 9, 12, and 13 with similar percentages. This can form a problem when some say 9 while others say 16, it causes people to be confused about the correct number of indigenous nations in Taiwan.
Amis, the biggest indigenous nation in Taiwan, which is also the most famous one. This is because of its successful promotions and events. In early days the Aims have been getting along well with the hans, which made their traditions pass and inherited.During their promotion events, they often wear their traditional clothes, and perform their dance in special festivals. This is why most people were able to choose or fill out the correct answer, since those were the most distinctive cultures of the indigenous nations, and the most commonly shown.
According to the chart, 89.1% of people are familiar with Amis, 72.9% with Paiwan, and 75% with Atayal. These three most well-known indigenous groups, and in fact, were also the three top biggest groups in Taiwan. Amis have the largest number of people, and it’s tradition is highly promoted in Taiwan. This shows that the indigenous nations who were capable to continue developing and distributing their nations, will be most likely to preserve and promote their tradition.
According to the chart, 89.1% of people are familiar with Amis, 72.9% with Paiwan, and 75% with Atayal. These three most well-known indigenous groups, and in fact, were also the three top biggest groups in Taiwan. Amis have the largest number of people, and it’s tradition is highly promoted in Taiwan. This shows that the indigenous nations who were capable to continue developing and distributing their nations, will be most likely to preserve and promote their tradition.
Most of the indigenous nations weave in the past, so they are able to wear clothes and make daily supplies. But if it is the most distinctive one, it must be the Atayal. The Atayals have their own meaningful patterns and designs, which are beautiful at the same time. According to the chart, 32% of people chose Atayal, but 32% of others have also chosen the Amis. Amis weave like all others too, but not like Atayal, it isn't the most famous one of its traditions. In this regard, we can assume that this is because the Amis promotion is very successful in other respects, which made people think they have the most well known weaving culture, since people have less contact with other nations.
When only a few people actually contact or learn about the indigenous weaving tradition, most of them do not know who Yuma Taru is. According to the chart, 94.4% of people who fill out the chart have never heard of Yuma Taru. This shows that the inheritance and promotion of Atayal’s weaving culture isn’t very successful, since Yuma taru is one of the most famous preserves of the Atayal weaving tradition.
Yuma Taru is the preserver of Atayal weaving tradition, also who teaches traditional weaving. Of the few who have heard about Yuma Taru before, 87.5% know what her career is, which means they might not know about her even if they have heard of her.
Most of the people tend to recognize Yuma Taru by the internet, including on TV, or other pages, and less people recognize her by exhibition. This shows more people decide to stay and go online, instead of spending time actually visiting the place. This means that publishing knowledge on the internet will be the best way to let people learn about Yuma and the Atayal weaving tradition.
Most people think the best way to promote the indigenous tradition is to hold activities about reproducing and bringing back the tradition, which people can learn directly. This shows that people recommended learning about things more directly, instead of using other ways to absorb, since they might not understand the ultimate meaning. So maybe holding more lectures and encouraging people to listen will be the fastest and most effective way to disseminate.
We used methods from sociological qualitative research to complete the infrastructure of our topic, which are interview and literature analysis. For the core of our topic, we interviewed the teacher of this field, and obtained the primary source from the interview. By comparing these sources to relevant literature and information collected, we were able to correct and add information to our research.
Also, in order to understand the familiarity of our topic and interviewee in our society, we have used the statistical method of questionnaires, and widely distributed the form online with a duration of about six months. About 300 questionnaires were collected and analyzed to reinforce and examine the viewpoints obtained from the research before, which form a research result of combination with relatively objective.
Yet, the number of questionnaires was slightly insufficient, which became a limitation for the expansion of our research, since we were only able to do analysis of limited collected samples. However, these questionnaires also have sufficient objective research assistance to our research. This enables us to have a certain understanding of the cognition of the public on our topic, and helps explain phenomena and analytical deficiencies of literature analysis in our research.