“Manufacturing” a Pastoral Dream? The Experience of Second Homes in Sanshing, Yi-Lan

• Main Authors: Cheng-Bang Chen, 陳政邦
• Other Authors: John K.C. Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81786524626332104968

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 建築與城鄉研究所 === 104 === After the Amendment of Agricultural Development Act in 2000 and the inauguration of National Freeway No. 5 in 2006, the lifting of farmhouse construction limitation and the compression of time and space, along with the city image cultivated throughout the years by its “Yi-Lan Experience,” has made Yi-Lan the optimal spot for migration in Taiwan. During this wave of migration, an increasing number of people moved to Yi-Lan for the purpose of leisure. As a consequence, farmhouse construction that was originally a special permission owned by farmers has now turned into a product of commodification. The Lanyang Plain has also become a carrier of diverse lifestyles. With the migrants of the second homes in Sanshing of Yi-Lan as the focus, the study aims to investigate the interaction and mutual influences that the given migration had on individuals, communities, and the local lives of its migrants. The study indicated that farmhouses have become where those migrants of the second homes fulfill their personal lifestyles. However, the overlapping space of agricultural production activities and people’s living environment, along with their interactive influences have brought daily nuisance and great disappointment to the migrants due to the gap between reality and expectation. Additionally, the locals’ existing blood relationships and the migrants’ housing pattern of short stay do not help them to acclimate themselves to the local social network. The coexisting yet isolated living situation has even led to the estrangement between migrants and local residents. Under the interactive influence triggered by the rural idyll myth and the actual living environment, however, second home owners can serve more than a blindly controlled landlord or a disturbing outsider. Instead, the reaction migrants have for the rural environment, as well as their inner resistance towards urban life, can be reflected upon residence construction and management. Migrants can utilize the social and cultural capital gathered by individuals or groups to form their own community and social networks to compensate for the insufficiency and challenges they face. In turn, they can eventually create their rural lives more in-line with their expectations.