Academic literature on the topic 'Jing-Mei Memorial Park'

In Chiang Kai-shek’s early governance of Taiwan, many political events occurred which violated human rights. During this ‘White Terror’ era, military commanders were authorized with powers to restrict the islanders’ freedom, as well as prohibit public assemblies. Taiwanese who acted against the martial law would be committing offences of public order, or even offences of treason. The Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park was once the place where such political victims were held in custody and imprisoned. Until the lift of martial law, these inhuman events were not revealed to the public, and the two courts, the Ren-Ai Building (仁愛樓, the detention centers), barracks and other public buildings on the site recently have been transformed into parts of the National Human Rights Museum, Taiwan. As many political persecutions occurred and were implemented in the two courts and previous jails of the detention centers, the transformation of the site into a memorial park suggests the site-specificity of memory recollection through exhibiting the built environments, historical archives, and victims’ leftovers. This paper intends to discuss the construction of spatial narrations and the means of patching up fragmented memories of these political events, as well as examining the exhibition settings for stimulating visitors’ perceptions of the victims’ sufferings. Finally, as young generations in Taiwan didn’t experience such political oppressions, the paper would ask what sort of immersive channels could be utilized to recall the imprisoned memories and to forge some sufferers’ traumatic experiences for visitors.

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國立臺灣師範大學
美術學系在職進修碩士班
99
In the research of design creation, the visual design of the image of Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial & Cultural Park was used as the theme. While searching for information, the creator understood more about the politics in Taiwan in the past. Moreover, the research did not involve DPP or KMT issues. The creator only tried to understand the familiar place as much as possible from an objective viewpoint while understanding more about the place in terms of location, space, history and culture. As Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial & Cultural Park carried historical trauma in the past, the images it shows are sad, negative and full of fights and grayness. For the place that had been developed into a cultural park, the images it shows seem too heavy. Therefore, it is hoped the research will give the park a different feeling and a brand new image in terms of visual design. In the design research, the First Chapter – “Introduction” illustrates the background, research motivation, vocabulary interpretation and research method structure; the Second Chapter – “Literature Analysis” investigates on cultural creativity industry, cultural park, five major creative parks in Taiwan and National Human Rights Museum; the Third Chapter – “Research Method” explains the research design direction, design structure, research structure and international and domestic human rights region; the Fourth Chapter – “Explanation for Design Creation Concept” uses basic system, application system and environment identity system as the design sections to analyze the results; the Fifth Chapter – “Conclusion and Suggestion” shows the design research is used to understand cultural parks and innovate the Human rights memorial & cultural park in order to escape from the visual design of common cultural parks. The specific research value of the design research was using new visual design to show the culture connotation of the old cultural park and escaping from original frames to show graphic logo that is different from common logo by adding image visual concept. The Human rights memorial & cultural park had a new visual imagine that was different than before. Keywords: Cultural creativity industry Human rights memorial & cultural park Environment identity system

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國立臺北藝術大學
藝術與人文教育研究所
102
Museums communicate and provide learning resources through the construction of spaces and interpretive processes such as displays and guided tours. These elements constitute the museum narrative. Memorial museums are important social and cultural learning institutions with the goal of promoting human rights education. Thus, the ways in which memorial museums construct narrative and produce learning resources are worth probing. Performative museum pedagogy emphasizes on visitors’ critical participation, and characterizing a dialogic relationship between the museum and its visitors. 5 strategies are provided to construct a performative space within the museum: performing perception, autobiography, museum culture, interdisciplinarity, and performing the institution. Through a performatvie curriculum text, critical learning that encourages dialogue and connected knowing could be constructed within the museum, promoting the value of human rights and social justice. The Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park (JMHRMCP) has preserved an important detention site from the period known in Taiwan as the White Terror. Through the lens of performing museum pedagogy, this study sets out to understand the construction of JMHRMCP’s curriculum text as well as its practice in social justice and human rights education. Participant observation and inquiry learning methods were used with focuses on 3 dimensions of the museum curriculum text construction, following by the space and exhibitions, guided tour activities, and the life narratives of the former political prisoners. From the results of this study, JMHRMCP stresses on providing authentic learning in connecting its visitors to the Taiwan White Terror history through the performative space of historical site, and the memory performed via life narratives. However, the museum narrative is found restricted, in which mainly the victimized bodies were presented, while the oppressive structure and society were largely neglected. Different perspectives of the former victims’ life narratives should be weaved into the museum narrative for a more inclusive construction. Furthermore, as a national human rights museum, JMHRMCP should diligently reflect upon the context and democratic implications of the White Terror within a more comprehensive Taiwan history of democratic movement for a deeper insight of human rights. Fostering civic dialogue and serving as a forum for the expression of multiple voices are desirable practices for the JMHRMCP in fulfilling its social responsibility in terms of a empowering human rights education.

碩士
國立臺灣師範大學
社會教育學系
104
The purpose of the study was to understand the project of interpellation on history from Althusser’s theory of interpellation based on the displays of historic buildings and the history of Taiwan White Terror period in Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park. It mainly focused on the analysis of the strategies of the historic displays, included its contents, viewpoints and the technologies it used. Taking interview method and literature analysis method, the results revealed that Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park had different roles and functions from White Terror period till now. In the White Terror period, the park was a detention center that kept political dissidents in custody for trial and turned into a human rights memorial and museum featuring Taiwan's democracy movement in 2007. The preparatory office of the National Human Rights Museum, the operator of the park, converted the detention center into an exhibition hall showing oral history films and displays. The purpose of these displays was to summon visitors’ affection to those political victims and expected visitor could pay more attention and actions on the issues of human rights in Taiwan, but the effect of interpellation was not complete.

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國立高雄應用科技大學
觀光與餐旅管理研究所
105
Globalization has led tourists today to have more diverse demands in their travels. In this context, ‘dark tourism’ is attracting increasing attention, with the most popular attraction being the Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau, of which there were more than 2 million visitors in 2016. Its economic benefits are not to be underestimated. Moreover, visitors have the opportunity to reflect on the darker sides of history through visiting the heritage of victims who have lost their lives. Dark tourism therefore has both its commercial aspects as well as educational significance. In this relation, how can the Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park, an important contemporary venue for the education on human rights, interpret its historical significance and the original objective of its establishment? The research uses semi-structured interviews to survey five members of staff and supervisors at the Preparatory Office of the National Human Rights Museum, to analyze and derive conclusions about the operation, exhibition and display, and visitor-guiding work of the Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park, and explore approaches for interpreting dark tourism museums. The results of the research indicate that Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park’s interpretation of its historical memory of the land and buildings is achieved through the participation of the victims, combined with relevant historical materials and visual media. In order to interpret the core values and history of the park, and provide visitors with a positive experience, professionally training programs are carried out for the guides, and some elderly members of the community who were victims also volunteer as guides, which further enhances the authentic experience of the visitors. Furthermore, the Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park also fulfills the six criteria of attractions for dark tourism introduced by Foley and Lennon (2000). Its ‘death-related’ exhibition sites include the memorial for victims, the military court, the first courtroom, and the guard room in the Ren-Ai building. Its ‘building heritage’ includes the military court, the first courtroom, the confinement area for Wang Xi-Ling, and the Ren-Ai building. The ‘contemporary’ aspect includes the exhibition space in Barrack B, and explanations offered by the victims. The ‘experiential’ aspect includes the ‘shackles experience’ section, the meeting room, the detention room, and the ironing area. The ‘merchandizing’ aspect involves exhibitions restored on the original site based on artifacts and anecdotes provided by the victims, through gaining an understanding of their fears and agony under oppression, in order to provide visitors with a more immersive experience. The ‘authenticity’ of the park is achieved through restoration of the original sites, and the display of the victims’ artifacts and relevant historical materials and photographs, all of which present an authentic depiction of history for the visitors. By analyzing the interpretation and exhibition styles of the Jing-Mei Human Rights Memorial and Public Park, we can better understand the approaches and important elements of interpreting and exhibiting a dark tourism museum, which we hope will contribute to the future development of dark tourism museums in Taiwan.