Power relations in creating and distributing official knowledge

What is it about?

With a specific focus on power relations in creating and distributing knowledge in society, the study examines the government-published children’s series Historical Picture of Taiwan produced in Taiwan in the Martial Law era (1949–1987) to uncover ideological assumptions and persuasions permeating both linguistic and visual representations of the history of Taiwan.

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Why is it important?

This study is a part of an ongoing tradition of research that no longer assumes that textbooks, trade books, and other curriculum materials are neutral or value-free. Instead, as my study has demonstrated, even the simplest retelling of Taiwanese history is value-laden, with selections full of inclusions and exclusions that have definite ideological interests embedded in them and reflect the dominant group’s interests.