乳業發展、營養論述與美援：日治至戰後臺灣的乳品消費（1895-1968）

This project aims to explore the development of milk and dairy products and dairy industries in Taiwan across the colonial and post-war periods when Taiwan received the aid from the United States and the United Nations. Focusing on the aspects of commercial competition, nutritional discourse as well as the reception and consumption of Taiwanese people, it intends to analyze how milk and dairy products was shaped as food with high nutritional value and economical value in Taiwanese society, and how Taiwanese people conceived of dairy products in colonial period and foreign-aids period. Through examining the establishment of dairy industries and the distribution of milk and dairy products, this project has three ends. First, it will trace and clarify the origin and history of dairy industry in Taiwan; secondly, it can investigate the development of nutritional knowledge and related techniques along with dairy industries and the dissemination of knowledge among the general people. Thirdly, it will examine the long-term influences of American aids and the United Nations-aids on Taiwanese society, analyzing the role of Taiwan in the international politics of post-war era from the perspective of daily life history. This research will collect industry archives, official archives of “milk station” in the post-war period, and conduct oral history interviews. These research materials will not only advance the understandings of Taiwanese culture but also rich the database of Taiwan research, and contribute to the academic dialogue with other researches on dairy culture conducted by international scholars.