Paradise Lost: The Recreational Governmentality of Taiwan''s Northeast Coast
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Chen, Li-Chun
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore the transformation of Northeast Coast in Taiwan; the thesis focuses on taking critical perspectives of governmentality, reflecting the process of recreation, land development, resistance from the local society, and the impact on local people''s life-world.
Initially, through text analysis method on different governance models and its temporal context, this research summarizes several types of the Northeast Coast landscape changes from 1980s to date. The five overlapping historical periods about the transformation of Taiwan''s Northeastern Coast: fisheries development period, ban on maritime trade period, concrete coast period, "National Scenic Area" period as well as capitalized coast period were all influenced by political and economic processes.
Next, the research emphasizes on two areas of different governance contexts, by participated and in-depth interviews to capture the local context and social transformation mechanisms. One is Toucheng coastal area of Yilan County, which ruled by the local government as the main force. Although it is recognized by the "local revitalization" policy rhetoric, it brings the side effect - the controversy of “privatization of state-owned land”. The other is Gongliao District of New Taipei City, which is dominated by the central government governance. There are several worries, the nuclear power issues, land acquisition issue and various debatable large-scale development projects hidden behind the happy mask of “Ho-hai-yan Rock Festival” and mass seaside festival. From these two cases, this research describes the “National Scenic Area" people''s living situations and further identifies the macro and micro level in the recreational governmentality of Taiwan''s Northeast Coast.
As a conceptual interpretation, this research proposes "customized entertainment network theory" to point out the knowledge/power interaction and transformation mechanisms in seaside. The illusion of development resulted in a creative destruction and trapped contemporary society. Obviously, it reveals that the purpose of coastal recreation governmentality is not merely to control the land and access to money but also to govern the population and access to power.
Subjects
台灣東北角海岸
遊憩化治理
權力
觀光
發展主義
Type
thesis
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