英文摘要 |
Banska Stiavnica, locating in the central part of Slovakia was an important mining town of the Hungary Kingdom in the Medieval period. Banska Stiavnica has been inscribed into the UNESCO's World Heritage List since 1993 due to its historic heritages of town center and technical monuments in its vicinity. In Taiwan the Ministry of Culture starts the Potential World Heritage Sites in Taiwan Program since 2002, and the Jinguashih Settlement (Jiufen-Jinguashi community)has been inscribed into the list. Soon after this, government integrates the Jinguashih Settlement with its neighbor natural, industrial and social surroundings into the Shuei-Jin-Jiou Mining Sites. The UNESCO World Heritage might be considered as a worldwide golden reputation for tourism and all such heritage sites are protected by international regulations. Taiwan, however is not member of the United Nations and has no right to sign the World Heritage Convention. By the Potential World Heritage Sites program Taiwan government makes attempts to 'build up'certain potential world heritage sites, to define the connections between Taiwan localities and global society and to extend and intensify the connection between local tourist sites and global tourism. In such'legal'or 'potential'world heritage sites is there any consensus or common local identity for local development between social actors?If there is, how could such identity or consensus been formed?Furthermore, which social actor conducts the building of locality in the context of globalization, and how it happened?This study will examine the cases of Jinguashih Settlement in Taiwan and Banska Stiavnica in Slovakia. The study will do the research on the building of locality in these two communities after national transform in the globalization era. The study will adopt qualitative research methods such as in-depth interviews, participant observation and etc. |