TY - JOUR
T1 - Taipei park
T2 - Signs of occupation
AU - Allen, Joseph R.
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - This essay investigates the configuration of public space in Taipei City using the example of a small urban park. In particular, this essay considers how that space functioned and functions as a. site for "occupation" - that is, when and how the public space was produced by, brought under the control of, or performed in by a specific cultural agent, whether a colonial government or skateboarder. Those occupations delineate and transform the space for purposes ranging from the official, macro, and long-lived to the subversive, partial, and fleeting. The park is a shifting pastiche of different moments of occupation, diachronically and contemporaneously layered, existing in a tissue of accommodation and anxiety. The primary focus here is the evolution of the park in the urban plans of the early Japanese colonial, government; however, comparisons to both the pre- and postcolonial periods are made, and the contemporary conditions of the park are considered as well.
AB - This essay investigates the configuration of public space in Taipei City using the example of a small urban park. In particular, this essay considers how that space functioned and functions as a. site for "occupation" - that is, when and how the public space was produced by, brought under the control of, or performed in by a specific cultural agent, whether a colonial government or skateboarder. Those occupations delineate and transform the space for purposes ranging from the official, macro, and long-lived to the subversive, partial, and fleeting. The park is a shifting pastiche of different moments of occupation, diachronically and contemporaneously layered, existing in a tissue of accommodation and anxiety. The primary focus here is the evolution of the park in the urban plans of the early Japanese colonial, government; however, comparisons to both the pre- and postcolonial periods are made, and the contemporary conditions of the park are considered as well.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0021911807000010
DO - 10.1017/S0021911807000010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33947430094
SN - 0021-9118
VL - 66
SP - 159
EP - 199
JO - Journal of Asian Studies
JF - Journal of Asian Studies
IS - 1
ER -