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What is Austronesian

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Cases on Immersive Virtual Reality Techniques
A historical and anthropological term to refer to the peoples originated from the prehistorical Taiwan and speak Austronesian languages such as Filipino, Malay, Iulocano, Javanese, Malagasy, and other Polynesian languages.
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The Applications of Digital Reality in Creative and Oceanic Cultural Industries: The Case of Taiwan
Yowei Kang (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 28
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5912-2.ch012
Abstract
Digital reality technologies have become a key component of promoting creative and cultural industries in Taiwan. In 2016, Taiwan's Ministry of Culture funded 45 projects to promote creative and cultural industries in this island country. A total of USD$25.6 million dollars have been granted to this project. Among these projects, the applications of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have been found to be the latest trend in Taiwan's creative and cultural industries. This chapter employs a case study approach to survey the current state of digital reality technology applications particularly in the area of creative and oceanic cultural industries in Taiwan. Using a detailed description of these best practices among creative and cultural industries to promote Taiwanese oceanic culture, this chapter aims to provide a detailed examination of digital reality applications in the creative and cultural industry sectors in a non-Western context.
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Persons and Address Terms in Melanesia: A Contrastive Study
The people originated from Taiwan. They sailed from Taiwan to Philippines, New Guinea Islands, and New Zealand and Easter Island, 4,000-5,000 years ago. Their languages are called as Austronesian languages. The number is approximately 1,000 languages.
Published in Chapter: Persons and Address Terms in Melanesia: A Contrastive Study; From: Indigenous Language Acquisition, Maintenance, and Loss and Current Language Policies
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Critical Pedagogy and Place: Indigenous Austronesian Seafaring, Communication, and Education in Oceania
Refers to the Austronesian-speaking peoples dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and Taiwan. Traditional Austronesian Seafaring: Is a way of knowing, working with, and travelling through sea according to knowledge devised and practiced by the Indigenous people and communities of Austronesia and Oceania. The geographical boundaries of this seafaring tradition can be traced through the migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and Taiwan. In distinction to Western methods of navigation and seafaring, which traverse the Pacific Ocean during the age of colonial exploration, traditional Austronesian Seafaring navigational techniques used entirely different methods to originally settle Oceania much earlier.
Published in Chapter: Critical Pedagogy and Place: Indigenous Austronesian Seafaring, Communication, and Education in Oceania; From: Learning and Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education in Oceania
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