Research on Citizen Participation in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage - Taking the democratic cube as an analytic approach
| Autor: | Hui-Chu Chiu, 邱慧珠 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 107 This study seeks to examine, from the perspective of citizen participation, the procedures of public deliberation and participation set out in the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act and to review the relevant policies and laws, with a view to putting forward views on the interpretation theory. The literature reviews first comments on the value of citizen participation in democratic development. Based on the definitive studies in local and overseas literature, the meaning and the agency of citizen participation is reinterpreted. Next, the process of citizen participation in culture preservation is reconstructed, using Sherry Arnstein''s theory: A Ladder of Citizen Participation, with an analysis of various stakeholders involved in the deliberative policy process and their mobilization of bias. Moreover, the development of cultural citizenship and the legal environment are covered. Lastly, the dilemma of tackling the difficulties of vertical governance between the central and local governments is highlighted, which may be a variable in the implementation of cultural heritage preservation policies. In addition, based on the policy situation of the cultural preservation review, the Democratic Cube Model put forward by Archon Fung is amended, and interviews conducted from the dimensions of the Participant and Communication Mode, Expert Governance and Citizens’ Role, and Administrative Specialization and Political Purposes. From the viewpoint of citizen participation in the above three-dimensional thinking, the predicament faced by Taiwan in relation to domestic citizen participation and major cultural heritage preservation disputes is examined. Lastly, the study puts forward the following findings and recommendations: First, the trajectory of citizens'' participation in the preservation of cultural heritage in Taiwan is gradually moving towards authentic participation. The right to interpret cultural heritage is no longer exclusive to the state, but is a process of attaching importance to the value of citizen participation. Not only can it promote discussion on the publication of cultural heritage, but it also embodies cultural citizenship. Secondly, using the Democratic Cube Model to analyze the dilemma of citizen participation in the preservation of cultural heritage, this study finds that publicizing the issue of cultural preservation can reduce the disturbance caused by the mobilization of bias, that building an action strategy accommodating competing experts and citizens can add value to democracy, and that breaking away from reliance on local cultural governance and strengthening intermediary organizations can resolve the struggle between the executive and politics. Thirdly, with public-private partnership, equal participation, and openness and transparency at the core, a review mechanism should be established for the preservation of cultural efficiency and citizen governance. The government should define responsibilities, create a friendly deliberative environment, and define the scope of citizen participation and influence. The citizens should learn about empowerment and responsibilities, seek to gain more participation opportunities and governance power, to enhance their willingness to participate, to have moderate participation, and to avoid participating in violence. The citizens of Taiwan, when they fully exercise the positive force of "No One Is An Outsider" and create a wave of public-private partnerships, can examine the blind spots and shortcomings in the process of cultural heritage preservation. It is hoped that they can examine the essence and inadequacy of democracy through the implementation of the civic participation mechanism. |
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