台灣原住民的土地抗爭經常連結到族群文化傳統的維護、在地資源的經理、 以及地方認同與地方感的建構。921地震及其重建讓硏究者有機會重新檢視漢 人、國家、原住民三者之間的土地權糾結，以及部落與社區重建過程中的地方 認同轉變。 原漢之間的土地爭議在1993年和平鄉的平權會成立之後更趨激烈。平權會 以其一貫開放原住民保留地自由買賣的立場，挾帶豐沛的政治人脈與金融關係， 要如何回應地震後和平鄉地區土地價値的贬低與經濟的衰退？此外，災區原住 民部落重建的規劃，包括重建初期遷村的提議在內，如何呈現出與西方地理學 理論所發展出來之「地方」槪念的族群與社會差異？這些是本文想要探討的實 證硏究個案。 「地方」在早期人文主義地理學中常被呈現爲固定不變動、和諧、同質、 有明顯邊界的特定空間。本文以新文化地理學關於地方槪念的詮釋，及政治經 濟學的觀察與批判，突顯「地方」槪念、認同政治與地方感在全球化時代的實 質轉變。藉由原住民在地理、經濟、社會、與政治的邊緣化過程，本文也指出 了新的與土地、社區相關的硏究領域。

Many of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples’ struggles on land rights are related to the maintenance of ethnic cultural traditions, local resource management, and the establishment of place identity and sense of place. The earthquake of September 21st, 1999, has provided an opportunity to re-examine (1) the land rights issues among the Han people, the state, and the indigenous people and (2) the relationship between tribal and communal reconstruction and place identity. Indigenous land rights struggles have accelerated since the establishment of the “Plains Peoples’ Rights Association” (PPRA) in 1993 in Ho-Ping Hsian, Taichung County. The PPRA demands that indigenous reservation land policy be abolished and that all reservation land be open to market forces and free trade. The illegal land transfers from indigenous people to Han people have been a politically thorny question concerning Taiwan’s mountain development policy since the intrusion of market forces in the mid-1960s. Moreover, the devastating earthquake could force some tribes in Ho-Ping to relocate their whole population to new areas where their land rights are even less secure. How the PPRA and the indigenous people will respond to this new situation and the impact of the earthquake on land rights conflicts are the questions explored in this research. Furthermore, in addition to the indigenous land rights issues, place identity and sense of place of tribes people are also closely related to the land. The rebuilding of tribes and communities after the earthquake, which coincided with successive waves of the PPRA's call for the "liberation" of reservation land, provides an opportunity to investigate critically the potential changes in place identity and sense of place among local residents. The paper employs various theories of identity, each anchored in the broad field of New Cultural Geography. Theories of political economy are also applied to analyze land conflicts between two ethnic groups, with emphasis on the spatial dimension. This paper aims to reveal the geographical, economic, social, and political marginalization of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples and provides a theoretical base for future research on land-related topics.