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Political process of cultural heritage preservation: A case study of the new tile house Hakka cultural district in Hsinchu
Author(s)
Date Issued
2020
Journal
Citation
Global Hakka Studies, 2020, vol. 15, pp. 31-68.
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
This article adopts a political process approach from social movement
studies to explain the successful conservation of the New Tile House in Liujia
of Hsinchu which was originally planned to be demolished to make way for
the Taiwan High Speed Rail. Based on interview and archival data, this article shows that the community-making movement and the implementation of
environmental impact assessment have opened up political institutions for the
concerned individuals in Liujia to negotiate with the government. Against this
open environment in the 1990s, the culture and history workers seized their
perceived opportunity and successfully demanded for the preservation of a
Hakka cultural heritage.
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