Yueh-Chou Ho

Yueh-Chou Ho, also known as Tuyuq Rabay (he/his/him) belongs to the indigenous Truku community in Taiwan. Currently, Tuyuq enrolled in a doctoral research programme in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology which is funded by the Ministry of Education, Republic of China, Taiwan, Taiwan Scholarship for Indigenous Cultural Heritage.  Before joining SOAS, Tuyuq worked as a research assistant at the Indigenous Curriculum Department Centre, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. During this period (2019-2021), he collaborated with the Indigenous public-funded primary schools (especially, the Atayal Schools), supporting the development of indigenous-based cultural curriculum to preserve and promote indigenous cultural heritage.  Inspired by his experience in Atayal school, Tuyuq’s doctoral project focuses on examining how does indigenous students in Taiwan learn gaga (indigenous knowledge/tradtion), particularly through fieldtrips that reconnect them with their ancestral homeland in the mountainous landscapes of Taiwan. As a member of the Truku People and with a personal connection to cultural heritage, Tuyu’s  doctoral project aims to conduct an ethnographical, reflective, and decolonising investigation within the context of multicultural and settler colonialism in Taiwan.

Indigenity, Indigenous Identity, Education Ethnography, Root-seeking tourism and identity-making, Decolonising perspective, Indigenous Methodologies, Taiwan Studies.