The Study of Sustainable Strategy for Inheriting Traditional Crafts Based on the Conservation of Cultural roperties in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Shu-hui Chen, 陳淑慧
• Other Authors: Chi-Jen Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02597859065484008911

碩士 === 國立高雄大學 === 都市發展與建築研究所 === 96 === In Taiwan, since the establishment of the “Cultural Properties Conservation Act” in the 1980s, traditional crafts have formally been recognized as cultural properties deserving of conservation. Although the government has repeatedly engaged in related surveys, conservation work and training projects, the results were not very successful efficient due to a variety of underdeveloped conditions. Additionally, traditional crafts embody indispensable techniques required for the restoration of historic monuments; they have a crucial influence on the renovation quality. However, current circumstances: contracting systems, WTO participation, and the decline of traditional apprenticeship, have had a great impact on crafts learners’ job market and created a gap in terms of inheriting traditional crafts. This study, therefore, aims to determine the crucial issues in the sustainable development of traditional crafts and their corresponding strategies. The conservation systems in Japan and Korea are chosen as a basis for comparison in this study. Materials relating to their relevant laws, overall policies, assignment and recognition systems, inheritance cultivation, and education organizations are collected and analyzed to discover their common traits. By means of comparison, we attempt to reveal the faults of Taiwan’s conservation system, and construct a plan for the sustainable development of traditional crafts in Taiwan. Finally, the original development plan will be modified through objective research, and operational strategies for succeeding traditional crafts will be proposed. It is found that Taiwan’s main difficulties in conserving traditional crafts lie in the following six phases: “laws and regulations,” “administrative organizations,” “operation and management,” “conservation incentives,” “education dimensions,” and “economic dimensions.” In a survey on Taiwan’s current conservation of traditional crafts, 77% of the interviewees assume that the government’s efforts in dealing with these six issues are “insufficient” or “unsatisfactory”; 87% of them assume that the suggestions concerning the six issues offered in this study might upgrade the inheritance of traditional crafts. In the conclusion of this study, detailed operational strategies for each issue are provided as a reference for the government to formulate appropriate systems and strategies for the inheritance of our traditional crafts.