The Development Stages of Volunteer Group for Aborigines of College Students and the Changes of Race Relations-A Case of Kang-An Group in Fu-Jen Universiuy

• Main Authors: Wang, Shu-chuan, 汪淑娟
• Other Authors: Fu Yang-chih, Tsai Ming-che
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1996
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08534729648505568212

碩士 === 東吳大學 === 社會學系 === 85 === The primal purpose of this study is to discuss theargumentof volunteer group for aborigines of college studentsin terms of contact and norm theory.On race attitude theory,the hypothesis of contact theory is that prejudice towarddifferentrace will lessen by way of contact, but the contactmust base one qual relations(Allport,1979:281). On the otherhand, Mertonemphasis that situation pressure affect a lot onthe change of race relations. This research takes Kang-An as a case, and includessecondary data analysis, participating observation andinterview methods. Chapter 4 is about the group structure ofKang-An, the society background, changes of the group andmember structure. Chapter 5 contains the changes of raceattitude of members and aborigines, and other influences bycontact also. Main research results are: 1. Political an d religious power leads to theestablishment of volunteer group for aborigines of collegestudents. And for members, joining it has dual functions:egoistic and altruistic. Members afford aborigines withactivities and learn how to grow in the volunteer process. 2. In terms of motives, Kang-An show something aboutpower .Group members choose to join this group first and goto tribes; then aborigines decide to participate thoseactivities, which are arranged by those who has determinedto get along with aborigines already, or not. 3.Kang-An has special subculture and the subcultureleads to have positive race attitudes for members towardtribe people. 4.The race attitude of members will be strengthened bycontact; aborigines has 4 positive race attitudes towardsHan-members after contact.