在本文中,筆者以國立台灣大學人類學系(1982年之前稱考古人類學系)出版之《考古人類學刊》(《學刊》)為對象,探討超過半世紀時日中,該刊所登載之與台灣原住(1994年之前稱高山族、山地同胞、台灣土著、山胞、或山地人)研究相關的文章。本文目的即欲以特定刊物為範圍,對台灣人類學史的原住民研究,作一統計與詮釋上的陳述,以期初步釐清大學與原住民的學術關係。筆者以為,對台大自1953年開始發行的《考古人類學刊》,進行整理分析,應能相當程度地掌握台灣人類學史的重要脈動。基本上,欲知「台灣原住民」是什麼,就須來參閱該刊。學術化了的原住民,在經53年65期128篇文章積累後,已然形成一種特定基調。《學刊》分明了台灣原住民被學術性認識與理解的過程,其中也充分顯示了作者「供養」知識,與讀者接受「汲養」間之關係。治學史必讀學刊,人類學面相,從中呼之欲出。
In this article, I have overviewed all publications on indigenous studies in the Bulletin of Department of Anthropology, NTU since 1953 till 2006. The main purpose for me to work on it is attempting to figure out the relationships between university and indigenous people. I believe that we surely can grasp some crucial directions of the development of anthropology in Taiwan if works on indigenous people from the Bulletin have been altogether reviewed. As a matter of fact, should one need to know anything on indigenous history or culture, the Bulletin can provide full academic information without question. The indigenous that have been academically created by Taiwanese anthropologists through the Bulletin are performed by particular style. The Bulletin has witnessed the processes of Taiwan indigenous being recognized and understood. The authors play as ”suppliers” or ”providers” of anthropological knowledge, and the readers whereas act as ”receivers” or ”consumers” of the constructed indigenous socio-cultural life. Students who would like to study history of anthropology in Taiwan must carefully read the Bulletin, and the main ”anthropological faces” on the island-state shall be clearly drawn out.