Daong Cinceng
National Museum of Prehistory, Exhibition and Education Division
Taiwan, Taitung
I am a Sakizaya people, a indigenous people from Taiwan. The area of academic study is cultural anthropology. Currently working at the National Museum of Taiwan Prehistory, my job includes planning exhibitions, planning educational activities, guided tours, marketing planning, etc. In addition to work in the museum, I also often works with indigenous communities, including collecting cultural relics, interviewing elders, organizing youth activities, and creating picture books and songs in indigenous languages.
Silangaw i Katangka: leaf buds of the Autummn Maple Tree " display and the spatial metaphor of "luma’
This article is based on the author’s multiple identities as a member of the Sakizaya people, a former member of the presidential palace and a curator of the Sakizaya people, to introduce “Silangaw i Katangka: leaf buds of the Autummn Maple Tree– the Katangka indigenous communities of the Sakizaya people in Hualien County Curating experience of "Cultural Relics Census Project Achievements Exhibition".In the early 1980s, the Katangka indigenous communities of the Sakizaya people was relocated and abolished due to the construction of the JIASHAN Air Force Base due to national defense policies. In 2016, President Tsai Ing-wen announced the establishment of the "Presidential Commission on Historical Justice and Transformational Justice for indigenous Peoples". The Sakizaya people called on the government to pay attention to the issue of forced relocation of the Katangka indigenous communities. In 2022, through the work of the "Katangka Tribal Cultural Relics Census Preliminary Project", the Sakizaya people investigated more than 63 cultural relics and organized the " Silangaw i Katangka: leaf buds of the Autummn Maple Tree" exhibition. Through cultural relics and oral stories, Let the audience understand the modern history of the Sakizayz people and the life memories of the Katangka indigenous communities."luma’" means "house" in the Sakizaya language. Its meaning can also be extended to many meanings such as home, family, family, hometown, etc. The semantics of "luma’" are integrated into the design of the exhibition space. Form a spatial metaphor. By introducing the metaphor of exhibition space, this article attempts to explain how the exhibition can achieve a collective healing effect on the audience of the Katangka indigenous communities.
Sakizaya people, Home, Display space, Metaphor, Collective healing