| dc.description.abstract | Hakka people migrated again to Guoxing due to work opportunities from the sugar and camphor industry and resource allocation by geographical location. They hunted fawn and pregnant deer due to an oversight and started to keep the Formosan sambar during the Japanese colonial period. In 1960s, the economic value of antlers increased and became a main industry in Guoxing. Due to changes of the social system, population, natural environment and so on, the Hakka ethnic group and antler industry makes a subtle
relationship.
This thesis investigates the deer industry through in-depth interviews and analyze the remigration history of the Hakka people, the creation process of ethnic network and
resources they use, the phenomenon of industry cluster in deer industry, the development of the deer industry and the embeddedness between Hakka people and the deer industry.
The result shows that the four relation networks are based on kins and friends, local Hakka village, Deer Farmers’ Association, and “Deer Deity Festival.” Getting the network
resources through family capital, ethnic capital and social capital which are comprised to be concentric circles and we perceive the zonal distribution of the industry from Nangang
village in Guoxing to Luliaokeng in Shuili. Hakka people take part in the whole deer industrial chain, and integrate ethnic culture, including marriage customs, language, religion, building, and food in the deer industry. Furthermore, it’s a good example from economic transit to culture, from ethnic capital to social capital that translates to the Hakka ethnic economy and culture infiltrating and embedding into the deer industry. Hence, deer industry is defined as Hakka ethnic industry. | en_US |