Study on Community Empowerment by Conversation Art and Design

Abstract:

Community is a basic element of living field. However, due to the influence and intervention of modernization, the original life styles and traditional cultures of Taiwan’s rural areas have vanished gradually. Since the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA), Executive Yuan promoted the policy of Community Empowerment in 1994, there have been plenty of discussions related to the topic.Aiming at the operation and combination of Local Aesthetics and Art Community, the cultural policies such as Cultural Citizenship and Civil Aesthetic Movement have made Art into the Community a famous topic in the artistic fields and community construction.Through long-term participation in the construction of Tugou Community , the study reviews the modes, implementations, positions and values of art issues during the integration of Community Empowerment and Art over the years, and analyzes the spirits and meanings behind the issues. The progress of community aesthetics is mentioned in the study, which not only emphasizes on the Publicity and Participation of art empowerment, but also observes the influence of artworks on aesthetic experience of residents and become the technique applied in the space planning and building. It expects to propose a methodology or epistemology on seeking for local aesthetics and practices on life and art for Taiwan’s community empowerment in the future.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 584-586)
• Pages: 132-137
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.584-586.132
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Wen Chia Lin
• Keywords: Community, Community Empowerment, Conversation Art, Life Politics, Sense of Place

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