Niki J P Alsford
Biographic Data
| ID | 2418180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niki J P Alsford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niki J P |
| FAMILY NAME | Alsford |
| SIGNATURE | ALSFORD N J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1939-4313 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Truly Human
Amis Indigeneity in Taiwan
This comment explores the cultural heritage and challenges of the Amis, Taiwan's largest recognized Indigenous group. Drawing on Povinelli's 'The Cunning of Recognition,' it argues that state recognition perpetuates power imbalances and commodifies Amis culture. It examines the Amis age-set system, its role in preserving traditional knowledge, and its challenges due to modernization. It highlights the importance of community-led initiatives like …
Robert Eskildsen, Transforming Empire in Japan and East Asia
The colonisation of Taiwan is multilayered. As argued by Leonard Gordon in Confrontation over Taiwan, few of the many islands that dot the coast of the east Asian mainland have experienced the length of exposure to international intrigue as Taiwan (2017: xvii). Its colonial experiences, shaped over 400 years, witnessed both European and Asian imperialism over different parts of the island. Two-thirds of the nearly 14,000 square mile land is occup…
The Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies at the University of Central Lancashire
The Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies (NorITS) was launched in 2018 and relies on the hard work of a team of five experts in the field. In this report we discuss the accomplishments our colleagues have achieved in these three years and the contributions that NorITS has made to Taiwan studies, with the aim to start a conversation on how to frame Taiwan studies against contemporary challenges and opportunities of academia
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea
Under authoritarian rule, South Korean politics was dominated by one dominant political party, although others formally existed. In post-democratisation South Korea, two main political parties have dominated the political landscape, alternating between government and opposition. Commonly referred to as conservatives and progressives, the organisations’ official names have changed frequently. Political rebranding has accompanied the process of fis…
The City within the City
The turn of the twentieth century witnessed a significant expansion of both Deptford in southeast London and the market town of Dadaocheng in northern Taiwan. A factor that unites the two can arguably be found in both historically avoiding becoming part of the cities to which they now belong. The collective desire of their more well-to-do residents to shape an urban modern space that could fit their aspirations transcended national boundaries. De…
Finding the Threads in Taiwan History and Historiography
The quest to situate Taiwan, and its history, as a field of study continues to accompany a flow of dirges. Taiwan Studies has been argued to occupy ‘a marginal position’ within the field of Chinese Studies, while at the same time it is acknowledged that those who are interested in China cannot ignore Taiwan entirely. Some argue that the study of Taiwan is ‘an impossible task’ since ‘Taiwan is already written out of mainstream Western discourse du…
Negotiating Legacies
This special issue concerns agency and negotiation in the context of the hierarchical relations between the People’s Republic of China ( PRC ), a global superpower, and Taiwan, a subordinated actor often relegated to a marginal position in contemporary global geopolitics. By exploring how Taiwan opposes, interrupts and re-creates its subordinate position vis-à-vis China, the authors of this special issue will shed light on the complexities of the…
The 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung Earthquake
The history of natural disasters in Taiwan has frequently been linked to the practice of historical preservation, archival science, oral history, and museum curatorship. All are collectively hallmarks of a broad range of activities that fall under the umbrella of public history. The problem for Taiwan, however, concerns the legitimacy. Taiwan does not have a single national narrative. It has been subjected to waves of colonialism since the sevent…
The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard, written by J. Bruce Jacobs
We believe in life before death
Christian Aid, a faith-based anti-poverty charity based in the UK, origins lie in the reconstruction of Europe following the Second World War. In 1948, the organisation regrouped under the title: Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service and its focus shifted towards worldwide poverty. The 1970s saw the organisation directly funding over 100 development projects in 40 different countries and by the 1990s Christian Aid was campaigning on global politic…
A Barbarian’s House by the River Tamsui
The story of “the barbarian’s house” is important for the documentation of local social history from the final years of Qing rule over Taiwan. By analyzing the house’s occupants, this article provides a platform from which to make sense of the interconnected histories of people and the landscape in which they lived. This overlooked aspect of Taiwan history offers a framework for micro-historical analysis that not only covers a broad thematic elem…
The City within the City
The turn of the twentieth century witnessed a significant expansion of both Deptford in southeast London and the market town of Dadaocheng in northern Taiwan. A factor that unites the two can arguably be found in both historically avoiding becoming part of the cities to which they now belong. The collective desire of their more well-to-do residents to shape an urban modern space that could fit their aspirations transcended national boundaries. De…
A Barbarian’s House by the River Tamsui
The story of “the barbarian’s house” is important for the documentation of local social history from the final years of Qing rule over Taiwan. By analyzing the house’s occupants, this article provides a platform from which to make sense of the interconnected histories of people and the landscape in which they lived. This overlooked aspect of Taiwan history offers a framework for micro-historical analysis that not only covers a broad thematic elem…
The Kaohsiung Incident in Taiwan and Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard, written by J. Bruce Jacobs
We believe in life before death
Christian Aid, a faith-based anti-poverty charity based in the UK, origins lie in the reconstruction of Europe following the Second World War. In 1948, the organisation regrouped under the title: Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service and its focus shifted towards worldwide poverty. The 1970s saw the organisation directly funding over 100 development projects in 40 different countries and by the 1990s Christian Aid was campaigning on global politic…
Finding the Threads in Taiwan History and Historiography
The quest to situate Taiwan, and its history, as a field of study continues to accompany a flow of dirges. Taiwan Studies has been argued to occupy ‘a marginal position’ within the field of Chinese Studies, while at the same time it is acknowledged that those who are interested in China cannot ignore Taiwan entirely. Some argue that the study of Taiwan is ‘an impossible task’ since ‘Taiwan is already written out of mainstream Western discourse du…
Negotiating Legacies
This special issue concerns agency and negotiation in the context of the hierarchical relations between the People’s Republic of China ( PRC ), a global superpower, and Taiwan, a subordinated actor often relegated to a marginal position in contemporary global geopolitics. By exploring how Taiwan opposes, interrupts and re-creates its subordinate position vis-à-vis China, the authors of this special issue will shed light on the complexities of the…
The 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung Earthquake
The history of natural disasters in Taiwan has frequently been linked to the practice of historical preservation, archival science, oral history, and museum curatorship. All are collectively hallmarks of a broad range of activities that fall under the umbrella of public history. The problem for Taiwan, however, concerns the legitimacy. Taiwan does not have a single national narrative. It has been subjected to waves of colonialism since the sevent…
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea
Under authoritarian rule, South Korean politics was dominated by one dominant political party, although others formally existed. In post-democratisation South Korea, two main political parties have dominated the political landscape, alternating between government and opposition. Commonly referred to as conservatives and progressives, the organisations’ official names have changed frequently. Political rebranding has accompanied the process of fis…
The City within the City
The turn of the twentieth century witnessed a significant expansion of both Deptford in southeast London and the market town of Dadaocheng in northern Taiwan. A factor that unites the two can arguably be found in both historically avoiding becoming part of the cities to which they now belong. The collective desire of their more well-to-do residents to shape an urban modern space that could fit their aspirations transcended national boundaries. De…
Robert Eskildsen, Transforming Empire in Japan and East Asia
The colonisation of Taiwan is multilayered. As argued by Leonard Gordon in Confrontation over Taiwan, few of the many islands that dot the coast of the east Asian mainland have experienced the length of exposure to international intrigue as Taiwan (2017: xvii). Its colonial experiences, shaped over 400 years, witnessed both European and Asian imperialism over different parts of the island. Two-thirds of the nearly 14,000 square mile land is occup…
The Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies at the University of Central Lancashire
The Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies (NorITS) was launched in 2018 and relies on the hard work of a team of five experts in the field. In this report we discuss the accomplishments our colleagues have achieved in these three years and the contributions that NorITS has made to Taiwan studies, with the aim to start a conversation on how to frame Taiwan studies against contemporary challenges and opportunities of academia
Amis Indigeneity in Taiwan
This comment explores the cultural heritage and challenges of the Amis, Taiwan's largest recognized Indigenous group. Drawing on Povinelli's 'The Cunning of Recognition,' it argues that state recognition perpetuates power imbalances and commodifies Amis culture. It examines the Amis age-set system, its role in preserving traditional knowledge, and its challenges due to modernization. It highlights the importance of community-led initiatives like …
Truly Human
History (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Law (5 works) · History (4 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)