英文摘要 |
This thesis focuses on the venues that held national and international basketball games in the Taipei Metropolitan Area during the post-war period. Due to the collective memory and the venues' roles in promoting basketball from a military sport to being enjoyed by the public, they are often nicknamed ''sacred places'' in various media texts. The paper analyzed relevant reports, publications, and architectural drawings, along with in-person observations and interviews, and made comparison to the operational process of each case, such as land-use permission and architectural plan, with the aim to reveal the social power relations that has shaped the existing discourse and critically reconstruct the understanding of the spatial production of these basketball arenas. According to the findings, during the period of ''Temporary Sacred Places'' in the 1950s, public construction were stagnated, which highlighted the importance of building venues and hosting competitions for the purpose of diplomacy. In the 1960s, against the backdrop of the overseas Chinese's investing in the society and economic construction, venues were built in response to the urban development plan for eastern Taipei, which led to the period of ''Recreational Sacred Places.'' In the mid-1970s, in order to gain exposure to the international sports events, buildings were planned for more diverse purposes and combined with the development of urban parks, giving rise to the period of ''Consumption and Leisure Sacred Places.'' In the 21st century, for the period of ''International Metropolis Sacred Places,'' emphasis has been laid on competitions among cities. The venues are planned with the goal of hosting large-scale sports events, designed to serve as landmarks, and built to be more commercial-orientated. Overall, the ideology surrounding national identity, modernization, and capital operation has had distinct influence on the spatial production, discourse, and atmosphere of these venues, which presents different appearances in accordance with the political and economic dynamics from the post-war period to the present. |