ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses options and possibilities to frame the concept of connectivity beyond an identity-related marginalisation issue. At stake is what exactly is ‘Taiwanese’ in the participation and connections by Taiwanese actors; and even more: is this a meaningful question to cope with the issue of connectivity? The chapter argues against this assumption and inquires a range of alternative concepts, particularly post-nationalism, cosmopolitanism, collective action, universalism and globalization, by negotiating what these concepts have to offer in the current case. All these concepts have at least one approach in common: they are challenging, in one or the other way, the meaning and importance of national borders and boundaries for active participation in the world. Being Taiwanese is but one aspect among others that matters and that is negotiated in the making of an individual and her engagement in the world. It is obvious that the formation of groups, institutions or ideas and concepts is not less complex.
