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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Asian Studies
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dror Kochan
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Dror Kochan
Course/Module description:
Urban space has been an important arena for economic and cultural development and the construction of identities in Taiwan and China since 1949. Used as a key tool to develop national identity, enhance changing political and economic agendas, and address social problems and needs, the development of urban space in both Taiwan and China has many similarities, even as it developed within such different political and economic environments. The course is designed to address the multi-variant phenomenon of urban change in Taiwan and China and examine the similarities as well as the differences between the two trajectories. The course will investigate the ongoing spatial reconstruction of Taiwan and China’s urban spaces and culture, situating this development within the context of local and global political and economic changes and the dynamics of cross-straits economic, political, and cultural relationship.
Course/Module aims:
To chart the development trajectories of Taiwan and China within the context of local and global political and economic changes and the dynamics of cross-straits economic, political, and cultural relationship
To analyze the construction of urban environments in Taiwan and China and their roles in developing national identity, enhancing political and economic agendas, and addressing social problems and needs
To discuss the implications of Taiwan’s and China’s urban development on future cross-straits relations and their global positioning
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Chart the development trajectories of Taiwan and China, their similarities and differences
Analyze the construction of urban environments in Taiwan and China,
Acknowledge the implications of the different political and economic environment on the urban development process,
Assess the role of urban space in constructing national identity, enhancing political and economic agendas, and addressing social problems and needs
Discuss the implications of Taiwan’s and China’s urban development on future cross-straits relations and their global positioning
Conduct a small scale research work, as part of the course assignments, on different aspects of these processes
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lecture
Course/Module Content:
1) Historical, social, and political background
2) The urban scene before 1949 – The city in the imperial period and foreign influences
3) Urban space and national identity – restructuring new urban form, building of national monuments, erasing past traces, cultural representation of the national city
4) Urban restructuring in the post-Jiang and post-Mao period – economic-driven urban development – post-industrial city - Globalizing urban space in the Neoliberal age
5) The competition for Asia’s world cities - Mega events and Mega Infrastructure – restructuring city image and space
6) Public space – creation of public spaces, organized and alternative uses, emergence of civil society
7) Culture – The development of creative clusters and urban preservation, soft power, international cultural events
8) Urban Futures and Representations – museums, exhibitions halls, and master plans
9) Social contestations – marginalization, slums, migrants, and social projects
Required Reading:
חלק א – היסטוריה ופוליטיקה
מדזיני, מירון. טאיוואן: היסטוריה, חברה ופוליטיקה. ירושלים: כרמל, 2020.
חלק ב – מעמדה האזורי והבינ"ל של טאיוואן
רונן, יעל, "המדינה", מתוך רובי סיבל, יעל רונן (עורכים), משפט בינלאומי. נבו, 2016.
Newland, Sara A. "Paradiplomacy as a response to international isolation: The case of Taiwan." The Pacific Review 36.4 (2023): 784-812.
Brady, Anne-Marie. "Unifying the Ancestral Land: The CCP's “Taiwan” Frames" The China Quarterly (2015): 1-20.
חלק ג – פוליטיקה בטאיוואן
Gilley, Bruce. "‘Taiwan’s Democratic Transition: A Model for China?’ in Bruce Gilley and Larry Diamond (eds.) Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan, (Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 2008): 215-242.
חלק ג – בנית זהות טאיוונית
Brown, Melissa J. 2006. Chapter 1, “What’s in a Name?” In Is Taiwan Chinese? (Berkeley: University of California Press), pp. 1-34.
Kwan, Tommy Chung-yin. "The Effects of the Changing National Identity of the Taiwanese People on the Party Politics of Taiwan." Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia (2023).
Yang Zhong. 2016. Explaining National Identity Shift in Taiwan, Journal of Contemporary China, 25(99):336-352
Amae, Yoshihisa. (2011). Pro-colonial or Postcolonial? Appropriation of Japanese Colonial Heritage in Present-day Taiwan. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 40(1), 19–62.
חלק ד – כלכלה
Long, S. (2021). "Taiwan’s Economy and the Big Chip on its Shoulder." https://www.rajraf.org/10282/uploads/article/1035/4_Long_Shih_Rome.pdf
Jeremy Mark and Niels Graham (2023). “Relying on old enemies: The challenge of Taiwan’s economic ties to China”. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/relying-on-old-enemies-the-challenge-of-taiwans-economic-ties-to-china/
חלק ה – סביבה
Guy, Nancy. (2021). "Listening to Taiwan's musical garbage trucks: Hearing the slow violence of environmental degradation." Resounding Taiwan. Routledge, pp. 180-196.
Rapid Transition Alliance. "Taiwan’s Transition—From Garbage Island to Recycling Leader." (2019), https://rapidtransition.org/stories/taiwans-transition-from-garbage-island-to-recycling-leader/
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 50 %
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture/ Seminar / Pro-seminar / Research proposal 50 %
Additional information:
For the most updated information on the course topics and list of reading items, please refer to course site on the Moodle system
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