The Possibility of Community Development of Conservation and Utilization of Industrial Heritage in Modernization: Taking the Regions of Omuta and Arao for Example

• Main Authors: Hua-Hung Chang, 張華宏
• Other Authors: 馬耀輝
• Format: Others
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/kdgy64

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 日本語文學系碩士班 === 103 === This study aims to investigate the trends of conservation and utilization of industrial heritage in Japan''s modernization, through the case study of the regions of Omuta and Arao across Fukuoka Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture, to explore the course, background, and maintenance of conservation and utilization of industrial heritage in modernization. Also, this study focuses on the roles and functions of the civic groups and administrative organizations participating in conservation and utilization in this course and what kind of impact there is on the regions is analyzed. In the initial stage of the industrial heritage preservation movement in modernization, for Omuta City and Arao City, by the system specifying cultural property, the facilities constructed in the Meiji period, such as Manda Pit and Miyahara Pit, were designated as "important cultural properties" and "historical sites," to be preserved by direct acquisition. Since the late 1990s, on the municipal administration of sightseeing and cultural fields in the two cities, the conservation and utilization of industrial heritage in modernization is included into the approach to governance. On the other hand, in the period before and after 2000, the groups of citizens devoted themselves to the conservation and utilization movement. Then, with the emerging of the citizen''s groups concerning about the modernization of industrial heritage, the utilization approaches have become more diverse and richer. In terms of the effects of the conservation and utilization movement on the regions, there haven’t any obvious economic benefits currently. However, with the improvement of citizens’ understanding on the modernization of industrial heritage, the proportion that the citizens are proud of the charcoal-related things has been also promoted. Furthermore, although the original functions of the building facilities constructed for the purpose of mining charcoal in the past have been lost, these buildings have become education learning space, concert venues, and art event venues through the utilization practices of various industries It can be seen, even the original functions are lost, it is possible to endow new vitality to the regions in the use of wisdom and activation. However, regarding the continuous hollowing-out of the shopping streets in the regions, economic benefits are the point which cannot be ignored. From now on, how to propagate to the people in the cities and outside and how to prepare sightseeing systems are the issues that the government agencies and civic groups must think about and face with.