談論當代平埔族群主體性的建構過程,不只針對噶哈巫主體論述本身,更旁及周遭與之相關的各種論述,並且談論的雖是當代現象,更重視與當代相連結的歷史之流。在這時空交錯之中,我們可以看到各方人士站在學術的立場、文史工作者的立場、媒體的立場、公部門的立場、族群本身的立場,各自提出自己對噶哈巫的認識,這是一場歷史、社會、文化、政治各方觀點交錯的競技場(arena),並且是當代時空背景下建構出的現象。 本文意圖從當代平埔族群「噶哈巫」主體性論述的探討以下三個論題。首先,反思族群的稱謂與分類,筆者從歷史文獻探討噶哈巫與巴宰族群的關係,並以社群地域性的概念解構巴宰族群,詮釋清代岸裡地域中的岸裡社群與樸仔籬等社群的互動歷程,以及文獻中噶哈巫所呈現的面貌。其次,探討族群意識的形成與延續,筆者從噶哈巫原鄉到埔里置換生活空間後的噶哈巫,改變原有的社群關係,在眉溪四庄這塊地域繁衍噶哈巫人共同的生活記憶,並因噶哈巫特殊的文化特質,讓周圍原住民部落、漢人與噶哈巫之間劃上一道界線,微妙的是這些界線意味著人群間如何看待彼此,亦是維繫噶哈巫延續下去的生存機制。最後,平埔族群運動的反思,談論的是當代噶哈巫族裔投入族群運動的歷程,正式將噶哈巫的議題推上公共平台上,族群本身、學術界、文史工作者、公部門、媒體各方皆持著自己的觀點討論噶哈巫,為噶哈巫營造出一個生機蓬勃的景象,促使當代平埔族群主體再現,而這股潮流的延續性仍端賴人群內部共同維繫。
This research aims to explore the construction of contemporary Pingpu identity in Puli Township. The research focuses not only upon the discourse of Kahabu people , but also includes all kinds of discourse about Kahabu , such as the viewpoints of academia, medium, government and etc. This is an arena entangled with history, society , culture, and politics in contemporary Taiwan. In this essay, I discussed three issues. Firstly, I wanted to rethink the ethnic name and categorization of the so-called Pingpu peoples. I used historical records, considering its regional formation processes, to deconstruct the name of Pazeh and re-present the history of the Kahabu. Furthermore, I also discussed the formation and the persistence of the ethnic consciousness of local people. In order to understand the way of maintaining Kahabu identity, I explored their historical memories and their interactions with other ethnic groups. I tried to find out how they perceive each other and how their ethnic boundary is defined. Thirdly, I proposed to rethink the Pingpu Movement regarding ethnic identity. In the course of Kahabu movement , we encountered a lot of discourses under the name of Kahabu in order to build up a contemporary Kahabu image. Thus , how to interpret it is also my main concern in this thesis.