Constructing A Green Utopia？！ The Spatial production and Cultural Politics in the process of self-help housing in Tannan Community
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
Author(s)
Wu, Ting-Chao
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
The “self-help housing” movement in the 1960’s from the western countries emphasized on the process of making building decision which the owner participate in. The problem of housing insufficiency could be solved through the movement. On the other hand, the need of house owner would be satisfied. The concept of self-help housing appeared first in the housing movement in 1989. The practice is the experience of Sao tribe helped by Chie Yin Jun’s team after the 921 earthquake. Thus, the concept , description and practices of “self-help housing” and “ housing by ourselves” became popular. However, it is still a vague and undefined word. Most discussions about “self-help housing” ,whether in the dimensions of time and space, are fragmental.
This essay is a case study of self-help housing experience in Taipei which takes Tannan community for example. Through the conflict viewpoint of political economical criticism, the social context and material base is provided. It unveal the essential reason of success and failure of self-help housing. Secondly, the interactive relations between external specialist, volunteers and indigenous community is discussed. Thirdly, self-help housing in Tannan is much more meaningful. It represented an ideology of green utopia, and effect different agents with diverse meaning.
In the last, I propose the possibility and limit of self-help housing as a way of de-commoditized. Using the concept of “ Critial Regionalism ”, It may be a alternative self- help housing practice to combine traditional culture and skill of indigenous aboriginal groups.
Subjects
烏托邦
潭南
災區
自力造屋
協力造屋
批判性的地域主義
勞動假期
utopia
Tannan
disaster area
self-help housing
housing by ourselves
critical regionalism
working holiday
Type
thesis