Community Buliding Planning-A Case Study of Seediq Village

Autor: Chin-Chang Chang, 張進昌
Rok vydání: 2011
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 99
The purpose of this study is to investigate community building strategies in Quingliu village, an aboriginal community of Seediq, located in Ren-ai Township, Nantou County. First, the historical background of Qingliu is introduced chronologically. The first period is before 1896, the second is form 1897 to 1945, and the third is from 1946 to 1998. The situation of the community development is overviewed from the aspects of the village organization, education, economy and cultural customs. In the same temporal order, influential happenings on the decision of community building, such as the influence of 921 earthquake in 1999, is discussed. Through this research, it has become clear that Seediq in Qingliu possesses the unique and rich culture. For instance, Wushe Incident, the rebellion against the Japanese colonization, has made Qingliu’s community go through a culturally and historically unique path. In addition, Qingliu benefits pastoral view, natural recourses, flesh air and clear rivers. Qingliu makes the best location of community building model. However, Qingliu’s developmental effort has just begun. People are facing many problems to be solved, such as the people’s poor recognition of the nation, the tribe and the self, ignorance of their own cultures, low morals, paradoxical community organizations, pressure from inside and outside community, an ineffective planning system, prevention to exert authoritative power, conflict between self and the community, an interest in profit and power, conservative use of provident funds, indifference in the community by educated people from the village, inability to take advantage of the media, to enforce community rules, to promote tribal characteristics, to take initiatives, and lack of a unite value, active participation in the community, prospect for community building, opportunities to encourage developmental plans, and cooperative industrial strategy and a volunteering system. In conclusion, this study proposes the direction of continuing research in indigenous or non-indigenous community development.
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