Course Title:

Theories and Practices of Spatial Planning in Contemporary China and Taiwan


Seminar 1 (December 10, 2015)
Local Governments and Community Development Planning

Project presentations
1. Community development programs commissioned by Haicang district government of Xiamen Municipality, Fujian Province.

2. Kun Opera and Zhuodun Village revival plans, commissioned by Kunshan municipal government, Jiangsu Province.

3. Redevelopment of two “villages in the city,” in Guilin Municipality, Guangxi
province.

Background readings

Vivienne Shue, 1988, The Reach of the State: Sketches of the Chinese Body Politics.

Hsing, You-tien, 2010, The Great Urban Transformation: Politics of Land and Property in China. Chapters 2, 4 & 6

Seminar 2 (December 17, 2015)
Heritage Preservation and Community Development

Project presentations

1. Preservation and development of Min-an historical town, commissioned by Mawei district government, Fuzhou Municipality, Fujian province.

2. Preservation and community development of Huazhai historical village in Wang-an County, Penghu Islands. Commissioned by Penghu County Government, Taiwan.

3. Revival and preservation of Treasure Hill historical settlement in Taipei, Taiwan. Commissioned by Bureau of Culture, Taipei Municipal Government.

Background readings
Jordan Sand 2013, Tokyo Vernacular: Common Spaces, Local Histories, Found Objects. Chapter 2, Yansen: writing local community.

Magnus Fiskesjo (2014): Wa Grotesque: Headhunting Theme Parks and the Chinese Nostalgia for Primitive Contemporaries, Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology,

Seminar 3 (December 24, 2015)
Ecological Conservation and Community Development

Project presentations

1. Post-earthquake community redevelopment for 8 villages in Ya’an municipality, Sichuan province.

2. Planning of Wetland and Black-faced Spoonbill conservation zone in Budai Township, Jia-yi County, southern Taiwan, commissioned by Southwest national Scenic Area administration, Taiw