Sport, Space, and Power-A study on the Historic Timeline of Badminton Courts at Yuanshan during the Taiwan's Martial Law Era

• Main Authors: Kuang-Chih Huang, 黃光智
• Other Authors: Zi-Xuan Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50734534095438313692

碩士 === 國立體育大學 === 體育研究所 === 99 === This study is to explore the historical context of badminton courts at Yuanshan, particularly focusing on Taiwan’s Martial Law Era. During near 40 years of totalitarian government, people’s sport, space and sport-space were influenced by the power mechanism of the regime’s maneuver of political space. The study is built upon Michel Foucault’s theories on space and power along with cross-referencing data gathered from historical documents, participant observation and in-depth interviews. The study argues that, 1)badminton courts which were military camps at Yuanshan had been a hidden technique exercised as hierarchical surveillance; 2)the merchants who revamped the hill into badminton courts were able to appropriate certain techniques to avoid the normative judgment and examination was an example of agency realized during the Martial Law Era.