The Official EASC Podcast

Indigenous Studies with Megumi Chibana


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Episode 2 of the East Asian Indigenous Studies series, hosted by Dr. Roslynn Ang with Kanagawa University Assistant Professor Megumi Chibana. 

In traditional textbooks, we rarely hear about the history, languages, and cultures of the many indigenous people and other ethnic minorities who live or have lived in East Asia. From the Ainu in Northern Japan to the Seediq in the highlands of Taiwan and the large Uyghur and Tibetan minorities in China and many others, ethnic minorities and indigenous people have striven to protect their rich heritages and linguistic characteristics against colonial powers, expanding nation-states, as well as the homogenizing forces of globalization. 

Building on our speaker series "Indigenous East Asia" in Fall 2021, EASC aims to amplify the voices of these peoples and recenter them on the map of East Asian civilizations, featuring scholars from various fields of linguistics, anthropology, history, and social science.
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The Official EASC PodcastBy IU East Asian Studies Center