NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Taiwan

这项行动资助科罗拉多大学的伊恩·罗文于2012年夏天在台湾台北中央研究院开展一项名为“中国游客在台湾：旅游与国家领土”的研究项目。主持的科学家是Michael Hsiao和Mau-Kuei Chang。该研究项目的学术价值在于其对理解两岸关系新发展的贡献，由于美国与台湾和中国的战略关系，这一发展具有重大的地缘政治重要性。考察中国大陆游客在台湾的情况，也能揭示中国大陆出境游市场快速发展的政治和文化影响。到2019年，中国大陆出境游市场预计将超过1亿人次，很快将成为全球最大的出境游市场。这个项目的理论框架将旅游业带入了关于国家领土和空间实践的更广泛的辩论。此外，该项目的理论框架将旅游研究与更广泛的关于国家权力和空间实践的地理辩论联系起来。EAPSI奖学金的广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍该地区的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及对社会、文化和语言的了解。这些活动符合美国国家科学基金会的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期培养国际合作，从而确保美国科学劳动力具有全球意识。

This action funds Ian Rowen of the University of Colorado to conduct a research project, entitled "Chinese Tourists in Taiwan: Tourism and State Territoriality," during the summer of 2012 at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. The host scientists are Michael Hsiao and Mau-Kuei Chang.The Intellectual Merit of the research project is its contribution to understanding of new developments in cross-Strait relations, which are of major geopolitical importance due to the US' strategic relationships with Taiwan and China. Examining Chinese tourism in Taiwan also sheds light on the political and cultural implications of the rapid development of China's outbound tourist market, soon to be the world's largest, with over 100 million annual visits overseas projected by 2019. This project's theoretical framework brings tourism into broader debates about state territory and spatial practice. Additionally, this project's theoretical framework relates tourism studies to broader geographical debates about state power and spatial practice. Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.