Workshop: Placemaking
in Displacement: Recovery Indigenous Culture
Rinari,
Pingtung
In
between different modalities of representing time and space, the place-based indigenous communities often struggle
to maintain their inhabitance and collective use of the natural resource base,
which is integral to cultural identity, in times when talks of climate change
and disaster mitigation/prevention dominates knowledge and practices of land
use and managing territories. Relocation, in the name of modernization and safety,
has occurred to the indigenous communities over the past century. The degree to
which loss and displacement have been normalized, nevertheless, found echo in
cases of post-disaster reconstruction when relocation is seen as a necessary
measure to improve the people’s livelihood. How to cope with displacement
becomes a lasting issue challenging the indigenous communities in general and
the victims of disasters in particular.
Searching for ways to nurture sense of ownership collectively, in the light,
becomes a key for the displaced communities to terms with the threatening
connection between indigenous communities and places. Meanwhile, approaching
placemaking in displacement can often turn crisis into critical opportunities
for the impacted communities to recover the disappearing commons in coping with
issues of ecological democracy, food autonomy, cultural diversity, alternative
economics, cross-culture communication, etc. Creative practices can often bring
together people across ethnicities to reclaim their ownership to the new
places, which are what we expect to learn from the participants of this
workshop. We invite presentations that explore alternative ways to cope with
displacement through placemaking. Both theoretical projects and stories of practices
are welcome.
The
workshop will be held in Rinari, a village constructed in 2010 in Southern
Taiwan to relocate more than 500 households
displaced by the 2009 typhoon Morakot. As one of the most noted recovery cases,
the village is currently co-inhabited by three tribes, including Rukai and
Paiwan. Among others, NTU Building and Planning Research
Foundation has continuously contributed to some of the post-disaster recovery
actions which reflect important concerns about indigenous cultural recovery
here. We expect participants who can share comparable experiences with us. The
participants will experience community-based homestay program and have a chance
to discuss the ongoing recovery effort with the
local communities.
Presentation
may address but not limited to the following issues:
■
Placemaking
in displacement: challenges and opportunities
■
Changing
sense of ownership in post-disaster reconstruction
■
Cross-culture
learning in coping with displacement
■
Alternative
economies in coping with displacement
Organizers: Shu-Mei Huang,
Elizabeth Maly, Ching-fen Yang.
Local Partners: NTUBP,
Kucapugane, Majia, Tavaljan,
the Lily Primary School, the Rinari Community Alliance.
Program fee: $185 USD (including
accommodation for two nights, meals, and ground transportation at Rinari during
3/14-16. It does not include the high speed railway tickets from Taipei to
Pingtung, which cost about 100 USD. Or you can arrive in Kaohsiung airport
instead of Taipei to save the trip. )
Program
(3/14-16, 2014)
*There will be prep workshop to engage the local communities in the
fall of 2013 at Rinari.
*We expect about 6-8 presentation to join the two sessions on March 16.
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Organizers:
Shu-Mei Huang
Adjunct Assistant
Professor at Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Chinese Culture
University; Adjunct Assistant Professor at Department of Creative Culture
Management, National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan
Elizabeth Maly
Senior
Researcher,Disaster Reduction Institute, Kobe, Japan.
Ching-Fen Yang
Adjunct Assistant
Professor at Department of Landscape Architecture, Chung-Yuan Christian
University
Convener:
College of Design, Chung Yuen Catholic University
Co-organizers:
Majia Community Association
Kucapungane Community Association
Tavalan Community Association
Association of Rukai Community Economic Development
Pingtung Evergreen Lily Elementary School
National Taiwan University Building and Planning Research Foundation
Delta Foundation
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