Installing Young Dreams into the Old Town in Taiwan: Townscape Education as a Catalyst for the Cross-Cultural Youth to Develop the Historical Dasi Together

摘要

The town of Dasi is the first old-town to promote its historical main streets, cultural heritage, and local foods with an emphasis on community participation. In this research, through collaboration with a private vocational school in Dasi, the focus is on engaging a group of teenagers whose dreams of this small town have been dismissed for a long time. A summer workshop was designed to teach students how to become involved in the community. Finally, through analysis and discussion the issues of how educational institutions participate in local development and what positive influence education may have, was raised.