« Criminalising is a settler colonial strategy: Marya Al-Hindi, ‘Border Creation and the Hangover of Empire: The Genocide of Palestine and the Historical Construction of the Palestinian Threat’, in Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti, David S Fonseca, Valeria Vegh Weis, Kerry Carrington, Russell Hogg, John Scott (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South, Palgrave, 2025
Defending Indigenous sovereignty requires flexibility: Patience Collier, Papatɨmnanáx̱a Tíinma Ku Tiichám / The People and the Land Tell Each Other’s History: Strengthening Tribal Sovereignty on the Western Columbia Plateau, 1854-1940, PhD dissertation,    University of Oregon, 2025 »

The end of the struggle is not an electoral system: Margaret Yun-Pu Tu (Nikal Kabala’an), ‘A System Not of Our Making: Electoral and Institutional Constraints on Indigenous Self-Determination in Taiwan’, Taiwan Politics, 2025

13Aug25

Abstract: This research note examines the Indigenous legislative electoral system in Taiwan, discussing how the separation into “Mountains” and “Plains” reflects a legacy of colonial classification and continues to marginalize Indigenous voices in contemporary politics. It then argues that low voter turnout and limited legislative impact are not merely behavioral issues but outcomes of deeper structural constraints. This note situates electoral underrepresentation within broader conversations about Indigenous sovereignty, survival, and self-determination, and questions whether reforms within a state-centric framework are sufficient to address systemic exclusion. In doing so, this note contributes to ongoing debates about democratic participation, settler colonialism, and the future of Indigenous politics in Taiwan.


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