Liu, Tu-Chung;
(2021)
Cultural Imagination and Urban Regeneration: The Role of Heritage in the Case of Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This research is intended to re-conceptualise the subjects of heritage and city through the lens of imagination in the context of urban regeneration. With the interlinkage between the behaviour of heritage use and the concept of cultural imagination, this research states that urban heritage is beneficial to shaping our imagination with a physical place, particularly for the building of urban imaginaries and place values. In addition, cognitive continuity between urban imaginaries of the past/present and the imagined future is central to the heritage-person-place mediation. Consequently, the functioning of cultural imagination with urban heritage is related not only to personal biography and social interactions, but also to the depths of history and the effects of political ideology. This project uses narrative inquiry and an in-depth case study, namely, the historic district of Dadaocheng in Taipei City, Taiwan, to demonstrate the complexity of sustaining the historic environment. Heritage in Dadaocheng is being used to connect historical prosperity, to advance cultural and economic vitality, and to enrich the story contexts of both urban development and individual life histories. Accordingly, urban heritage plays an important role in the interconnection between the glorious past and the future of nostalgia. Ultimately, the longing of the 1920s and 1930s in Dadaocheng is associated with a complex formation process, intertwining with the circulation of historical accounts of urban modernisation in Dadaocheng, the introduction of policies of the cultural economy in Taipei City, and the rise of Taiwanese consciousness in Taiwan. In addition, this research will suggest that the main concern in the policy implementation of heritage-led urban regeneration cannot be limited to producing a collective imagination with a unified image for urban branding, cultural tourism or the cultural economy. Rather, it is also beneficial to cultivating cultural imagination with diverse living stories for multiple approaches of place identity.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Cultural Imagination and Urban Regeneration: The Role of Heritage in the Case of Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Event: | UCL(University College London) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2021. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10140697 |
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