About - CHUNG Kuo-feng

Chung Kuo-feng 鍾獿風 is Associate Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, where he teaches field archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, indigenous archaeology, and ethnography of the Austronesian peoples of Taiwan. He has conducted ethnoarchaeological research in eastern Taiwan for many years, focusing on how indigenous societies adapted to and selected the social, economic, and religious changes brought about by colonization, while at the same time forging their own self-identities in the face of state colonial powers in Taiwan’s protohistoric and historical periods. His research interests also include the patterns of material culture formation, population structure and cultural change in Taiwan’s late prehistoric indigenous societies, as well as the historical archaeology and cultural heritage of Taiwan’s indigenous old settlements. Recently, he has been working with Taiwan’s Siraya indigenous people to promote an indigenous archaeological action program on Siraya identity and cultural heritage rights.