TY - JOUR AU - Kang, Min Jay PY - 2019/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Spatial Production of Public Parks and Counter-Public Non-Parks in Taipei JF - The Journal of Public Space JA - jps VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - Society DO - 10.32891/jps.v4i2.1157 UR - https://www.journalpublicspace.org/index.php/jps/article/view/1157 SP - 101-122 AB - <p>This research differentiates <em>counter-public non-parks</em> from public parks to look into the spatial politics and social processes behind the productions of urban parks and open green in the city of Taipei. The colonial modernity ushered in the concept of public parks in Taiwan, though under the authoritarian ruling the meaning of publicness was problematic and the discourse of public sphere underdeveloped. The democratization of Taiwan activated the grassroots engagement in politics and further nurtured the bottom-up mechanism of <em>counter-publics</em> in conservation movement and in claiming their right to the city. The paradigm of <em>counter-public non-park</em> defied the general definition and use patterns of public parks, and advocated a more socially inclusive and culturally diverse program for the alternative public green. It also motivated the transformation of <em>settlement-into-park</em> to <em>settlement-park </em>and responded to the call for dynamic urban conservation.</p> ER -