Dr Shu-Ling Yeh (PhD, Anthropology, Australian National University) is Professor in the Department of Public and Cultural Affairs and the Center of Austronesian Culture at National Taitung University. Her research interests include kinship, gender, migration, religion and social change, particularly among the Amis - an Austronesian-speaking indigenous population of Taiwan - and Austronesian comparative studies. Her work on Catholic processions centered on Mother Mary and traditional ritual practices of the Amis in their homelands has been published in internationally ranked journals like Oceania and The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, and in leading international journals like Social Sciences and Missions. It has also been published by leading Taiwanese journals like Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre, and Folklore, and Journal of Austronesian Studies. Her new research turns to Amis migration to urban areas in Taiwan, particularly how their Christian practices enable both continuity and transformation of Amis culture and society.

Anthropology, Anthropology Of Christianity, Comparative Austronesian Anthropology, Cutural Change, Gender, Indigenous Christianities, Kinship, Migration, Belonging, Im/Mobility, Ritual And Religion

Anthropology

Australian Anthropological Society (AAS)

The Colonial time
20th century
21st century

Amis