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Ko-Hua Yap

Professor Ko-Hua Yap

Ko-Hua Yap, Professor

Personal Information

Research Interests: Ethnic Studies, Historical Sociology, Spatial Metrics, Social Network Analysis
E-mail：kohua.yap@gmail.com
Extension：(07)5252000#5658
Office：SS 4017
Personal Website：https://sites.google.com/site/kohuayap/

Education

Ph.D. in Geography, National Taiwan University (2011)

Current Position

  • Professor, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University

Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University (2017~2023)
  • Visiting Scholar, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica (2019)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University (2013~2017)
  • Project Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University (2012~2013)

Research Statement

My research is not restricted by disciplinary boundaries; it integrates the sociological problem consciousness and analytical methods, the historical verification of archival materials, and geographical information technology, allowing my work to flow freely across multiple disciplines. In recent years, my research has focused on three main axes. First, I comprehensively reconstruct the pre-relocation locations, social networks, and migration trajectories of more than 500 alpine indigenous villages, exploring the historical turns of relocation policies, factors influencing relocation, and how relocation methods led to the differentiation of social relations. Second, I investigate human interaction in ethnic borderlands, including intermarriage among Hoklo, Hakka, and Pingpu indigenous peoples. Third, I explore the phenomenon of the loss of native languages in Taiwan, analyzing whether family language affects educational achievement and subsequently leads to ethnic inequality. In addition, I attach great importance to the practical significance of academic research; sometimes, in order to respond to major issues of contemporary national and social development, I also venture beyond the aforementioned research axes.

Publications

Highland Indigenous Peoples

  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2023, Forced Relocation of Taiwan’s Highland Indigenous Peoples. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press. (Summary)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2017, "From Mountains to Foothills: Social Networks and Collective Relocations of Paiwan and Rukai Tribes." Taiwan Historical Research 24(1): 127-172. (See: Forced Relocation of Taiwan’s Highland Indigenous Peoples)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2016, "Divide and Rule: Social Networks and Collective Relocations of Bunun and Pan-Atayal Tribes, 1931-1945." Taiwan Historical Research 23(4): 123-172. (See: Forced Relocation of Taiwan’s Highland Indigenous Peoples)

Pingpu Indigenous Peoples

  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2024, Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups (臺灣族群史解謎). Taipei: SpringHill Publishing. (Introduction)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2022, "The Intermarriages between the Pingpu and the Han People in Taiwan, 1905-1945." New History 33(4): 173-215. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch4)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2013, "Exclusion or Renunciation? Identification of Plains Tribes and Mountain Compatriots." Taiwan Historical Research 20(3): 177-206. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch5)

Hoklo and Hakka

  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2022, "Intermarriages around the Hoklo-Hakka Borders, 1905–1945." Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy 34(4): 745-780. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch3)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2017, "When Bound Feet Meet Natural Feet: Ethnic Blending and Social Pressure." Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore 197: 107-133. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch2)

Mainlanders

  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2021, "Reassessing Number of Mainland Chinese Immigrants with Declassified Archival Data." Taiwan Historical Research 28(3): 211-229. (See: Unraveling the Historical Puzzles of Taiwan's Ethnic Groups, Ch6)

Linguistics

  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2024, "The Influence of Family Language in Childhood on Educational Achievement." Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy 36(2): 377-410. (Abstract)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2018, "A Review of Linguistic Surveys in Censuses of Taiwan." Journal of Taiwanese Languages and Literature 13(2): 247-273. (Abstract)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2017, "Family Language Choice in Taiwan." Taiwanese Journal of Sociology 62: 59-111. (Abstract)

Social Issues

  • Chen, Wei-Lin, Sue-Yeon Song and Ko-Hua Yap, 2021, “The Unintended Consequences of the Pandemic: The New Normal for College Students in South Korea and Taiwan.” Frontiers in Public Health 9:598302. (Full Text)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2018, "Does Multi-Channel College Admission System Benefit the Upper Middle Class?" Taiwanese Journal of Sociology 64: 171-195. (Abstract)

Others

  • Yap, Ko-Hua and Feng-nan Su (illustrator), 2017, A Guide to the Imperial Map with the Aboriginal Borderline of Late Eighteenth-Century Taiwan. Taipei: SMC Publishing; Tainan: National Museum of Taiwan History. (Second Edition to be released in 2022)
  • Wu, Chiu-Yuan and Ko-Hua Yap, 2021, "The Generation of Friendship Networks and Academic Consulting Networks within High School Classes." Survey Research: Method and Application 46: 161-191. (Abstract)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua and Monchi Lio, 2013, "Reinvestigating the Influence of Railroad on Agricultural Production in Early 20th Century Taiwan." Taiwan Economic Review 41(3): 251-277. (Abstract)
  • Chen, Yu-Wen, Ko-Hua Yap and Joey Ying Lee, 2013, "Tianditu: China's First Official Online Mapping Service." Media Culture & Society 35(2): 234-249. (Full Text)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, Yu-Wen Chen and Ching-Chi Huang, 2012, "The Diaoyutai Islands on Taiwan's Official Maps: Pre- and Post-1971." Asian Affairs: An American Review 39: 90-105. (Full Text)
  • Yap, Ko-Hua, 2011, "Incorporating Local Contexts into Explaining Voting Behavior in Taiwan." Issues & Studies 47(2): 119-149. (Full Text)
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