全球化下的地方性：臺南西港刈香中的時間、空間與村際網絡

What is the relationship between locality and globalization? Can locales resist the flow of capital? By using the concept “locality at large”, this paper tries to examine these issues empirically, and tries to shed light on the “very big” inter-village communal festivals within the Han Chinese folk...

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Published in:臺灣人類學刊 2012-06, Vol.10 (1), p.093-158
Main Author: 丁仁傑(Jen‒chieh Ting)
Format: Article
Language:Chinese
Subjects:
authentification
folk religion
locality
royal lords
Saikang Koah-hiu
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TSSCI
地方性
民間信仰
王爺
真確化
西港刈香
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Summary:What is the relationship between locality and globalization? Can locales resist the flow of capital? By using the concept “locality at large”, this paper tries to examine these issues empirically, and tries to shed light on the “very big” inter-village communal festivals within the Han Chinese folk religion within the modern global arena. Under the nationalist situation and global economy, people tend to think more about the security of their particular place in the world. Places then are the “contested terrain of competing definitions”. Nevertheless, to discuss the contemporary place, we still need to look back at our traditional place. This paper tries to explore the issue of traditional place through a new lens. The Saikang Koah-hiu procession in Southern Taiwan is a very large local festival which involves more than ninety palanquins and troupes. It originated from the terror of floods and plagues in the Tsengwen river area; thus a large inter-village communal ritual cooperation began to emerge. Even the
ISSN:1727-1878