Abstract
Taiwan's aboriginal tribes have long been affected by political forces and market economy model, and the aboriginal people living in remote mountainous areas with lack of information have met with a lot of economic and social problems and challenges such as loss of land and traditional culture, aging population and stagnation of tribal industry development. Therefore, the original self-sufficient tribes began to prone to “poverty”, and this is one of the most critical social issues for Taiwan to cope with. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of "social economy" in the aboriginal tribes, to develop and restore the sharing economic cooperation model, to increase collective interests and to set up tribal social enterprises, so as to address the crucial social issues.This study will adopt the method and experience of socio-economic analysis to study the action plan of Seediq, a division of Taiwanese aboriginals, and their experience of social and economic organization and operation, and reflection on the social enterprise system. The main research is to explore the social economy in the Meixi tribe, the status quo and future development, and how to employ social innovation to promote the tribal social enterprise planning and business model.
Highlights
Taiwan is an island with multi-ethnics, the first peoples to live in this island were the “Aboriginal”, most of the aboriginal people living in the high-altitude and low development of remote mountainous areas
This study explored the construction of the tribal social enterprise model in light of socioeconomic concepts
Aboriginal peoples' development of independent economic models combined with innovative business models of social enterprises, establishing new business models that belong to aboriginal tribes
Summary
Taiwan is an island with multi-ethnics, the first peoples to live in this island were the “Aboriginal”, most of the aboriginal people living in the high-altitude and low development of remote mountainous areas. Most of the tribes live under the norms of “self-supplied” and “mutual cooperation” and “sharing.” The aboriginal tribes had no currency for trading; they just exchanged labors and foods to carry out transactions. With the development of Taiwan's political and economic changes, the tribes had a huge impact from the introduction of market economy model. The norms of the tribe have been destroyed; local work opportunities are getting fewer and fewer; many young people are leaving the tribes for the cities to pursue economic interests and improve their family life. The tribes are turning into an aging population. Intercultural education, traditional culture and tribal languages are getting lost with time, and poverty turns out to be conspicuous. The land they live on began to drain because of market transactions, and, sustainable development seems to be impossible
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