Abstract
This study focuses on the spatial transformation of Taipei in colonial Taiwan from 1895-1945, and draws attention to the relationships of the following terms: the colonizer, the colonized and the urban form. The article consists of three main sections: introduction of current scholarship and major debate; discussion on the theories in relation to space and body; Taipei as a case study in light of "city-as-text" and "text-as-city" contributed by both the colonizer and the colonized subjects. The purpose of this article is to probe and to discover whether the construction of such a colonial modernity in Taiwan was a process not anticipated by its contemporary colonized subjects.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 307-314 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Architecture
- Cultural Studies
- Building and Construction
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)