Last early summer, Dr. Chen Ju-chen led a group of eighteen students to embark on a two-week ethnographic fieldwork in Doulan and Chihshang, Taitung.

The trip participants tried to integrate themselves into the local communities, observe and record their behaviours and ideas. The trip enabled students to put into practice anthropological theories and methods learnt in class and allowed them to understand these two communities from an anthropological perspective.

To share the research results with the CUHK community, an exhibition named "Ngay'ay Ho Taitung" was held at Hui Gallery in New Asia College from 13 to 24 October 2014. Students shared their insights on the forms of community development and identity politics in these two communities through three focuses -- agricultural development, ethnic relations and colonial legacy.

"Ngay'ay Ho" means "Hello" or "你好" in the indigenous language used by the Amis group in Doulan.

Group picture of teachers, students and guests in front of the traditional Amis dress for women in Doulan