The Dilemma of Democracy in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Taiwan

Chiou, Bor-Shuenn (2018) The Dilemma of Democracy in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Taiwan. In: ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy", 13-14th December 2017, New Delhi, India. [Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier]

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Democracy, being people’s power, would grow with contrasts of plural viewpoints and interests. In some sense, it is in conflict with the idea of monumentality and the conservation of historic monuments in a democratic society is destined to class struggles. Only tolerance through mutual understanding could hopefully reconcile complexity and contradiction. In Taiwan the conservation of cultural heritage does progress along with the development of democracy, and has been accompanied by social antagonism. Due to uncompromising ideology, different governments favoured different heritage, even at the cost of hostility. In pre-democratic era, colonial Taiwan saw mass destruction of the establishment of imperial Ching China by the Japanese in the name of modernization. After WWII, the Nationalist government even remodelled definite heritage buildings randomly to serve political purposes. The rotation of ruling in recent decades also revealed split cultural policies. With respect to cultural heritage, buildings erected during Japanese regime were disregarded by the Nationalist government but were in turn highly concerned by the DDP authorities. Quite echoed by people, a latest event is that the memorial statues of Chiang Kai-Shek and the Japanese Hatta Yoichi (who had built an important dam in colonial Taiwan) were beheaded separately by opposed political enthusiasts. Besides, with the gradual prevalence of democracy, the removal of buildings of potential cultural significance for important public works (eg. for the Taipei Metro) often faced the protest from conservationist people. On the contrary, the official designation of potential private heritage buildings would arouse fierce dissent from owners who expected enormous profits from land speculation. Such discrepancy might reflect the dilemma of democracy. Higher wisdom is obviously needed to tranquilize this turmoil. This paper purports to illuminate these situations with concrete cases and urges ultimate reconciliation for the good of cultural heritage.

Type:	Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier (Article)
Auteurs:	Auteurs E-mail Chiou, Bor-Shuenn NON SPECIFIÉ
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés libres:	social antagonism; democracy; cultural heritage; development; Taiwan; politics; favouritism; cultural policies; government; conflict
Sujets:	E.CONSERVATION ET RESTAURATION > 09. Aspects économiques et sociaux de la conservation G.DEGRADATION > 02. Facteur de dégradation K.QUESTIONS LEGALES ET ADMINISTRATIVES > 03. Législations nationales et régionales L.PRESENTATION ET TRANSMISSION DU PATRIMOINE > 04. Sensibilisation du public P. ZONES GEOGRAPHIQUES > 04. Asie et îles du Pacifique
Comité national de l’ICOMOS:	ICOMOS International
Collections spéciales:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
Volume de la collection spéciale:	19th General Assembly, New Delhi, 2017
Déposé par:	intern icomos
Date de dépôt:	18 décembre 2018 15:36
Dernière modification:	07 août 2023 13:24
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URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1994

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