這是一門教大家如何走在街道上，閱讀都市紋理、體驗都市樂趣的課程。
我們每天經過的路上或是日常生活的周遭，充滿了各式各樣的物件，從貼在電線桿上的貼紙，到佇立在街頭的建築看板，從地面上的下水道人孔蓋，到十字路口上的各式路標，從街道上學生們的制服，到路上觀光客的穿著，這些大大小小的物件和現象，存在於我們日常生活周遭，一般人往往不會發現，然而當我們不只是單一地去看這些物件或現象，而是開始仔細去收集、比較、分析它們，進而瞭解其來龍去脈，揭露這些物件背後所隱含的時代背景或社會意義，走在路上的觀察其實也可以成為一門學問。
日本1980年代開始，有一群人深深為這些出現在路上的有趣物件著迷，赤瀨川原平、藤森照信、南伸坊，即是此一領域赫赫有名的人物，三人在二十年前（1985年）合編了《路上觀察學入門》，為路上觀察學經典之作，也讓日本掀起一股「路上觀察」風潮。路上觀察的源頭，其實可以追溯到1923年日本風俗學、建築學者－今和次郎（1888-1973），他在關東大地震之後所進行的現代都市居民行動研究，成為「考現學」的母胎。他對現代都市生活進行觀察與收集的研究態度，其實是追隨民俗學者－柳田國男（1875～1962）專攻鄉野傳奇、風俗的研究，大正十二年的關東大地震當中，今和次郎目睹了城市的毀滅與重生，而誕生了「考現學」（modernologio）的觀察與研究。
正如同東京在1923年經歷了關東大地震後，處於一個毀滅與重生的階段，台灣在邁入經濟成長遲緩與高齡少子化的時代，許多城市的舊市區目前也面對著毀滅與重生的關鍵階段，其中台中的舊市區更是一個具體的縮影。
台中是一個已經有一百多年歷史的計畫都市。二十世紀初的計畫都市範圍，也就是目前台中的舊市區，早年的舊市區因鐵路交通的便捷，促成商業活動的聚集而蓬勃發展，形成台中市最早的中心商業區，同時也是人們工作、居住與生活消費的區域。然而隨著人口的增加，汽車交通工具的普及，台中的周邊開始出現許多重劃區，人口郊區化現象慢慢形成，促使了舊市區漸漸的沒落。而近幾年，隨著宮原眼科等新興文創商業的進駐，以及林佳龍市長的政策推動下，台中舊市區正面臨著毀滅與重生的關鍵階段，許多舊的物件與新的事物並存，因此也成為路上觀察的最佳場域。
This is a course that teaches everyone how to walk on the street, read urban patterns, and experience urban fun.
The roads we pass every day or around our daily life are filled with all kinds of objects, from stickers on the wire rods to building boards standing on the street, from sewer manholes on the ground, to various road marks at intersections, from students' uniforms on the streets, to the wear of visitors on the road, these objects and phenomena of large and small, It exists around our daily lives and is often not discovered. However, when we do not just look at these objects or phenomena in a single way, we begin to carefully collect, compare, and analyze them, and then understand them, and reveal the historical background or social meaning hidden behind these objects. Observation on the road can actually become a learning question.
Since the 1980s, a group of people were deeply fascinated by these interesting objects appearing on the road. Akagihara Hei, Fujimori Terutoshi and Minamishiro are famous figures in this field. The three of them co-edited "The Entrance of the Road Observation" twenty years ago (1985), which was a classic work of the road Observation, and also set off a wave of "The Entrance of the Road Observation" in Japan. The source of observation on the road can actually be traced back to the Japanese customs and architecture learner - Imawajiro (1888-1973), who conducted a modern urban residents' action study after the Kwantung earthquake, became the mother's fetus of "taking the exam". His research attitude of observation and collection on modern urban life was actually following the folklorist, Kōo Yanagida (1875-1962), who specialized in the study of the legends and customs of the country. During the Kuanto earthquake in the 12th year of Taisho, Kazujiro Imai witnessed the destruction and rebirth of the city, and gave birth to the observation and research of "modernology".
Just as Tokyo experienced the Guandong earthquake in 1923, in a stage of destruction and rebirth, Taiwan entered an era of economic growth and high birth rate and low birth rate, and the old urban areas of many cities are currently facing the key stage of destruction and rebirth, among which Taichung's old urban areas are a specific shrinkage.
Taichung is a planning city with a history of more than a hundred years. The area of the planned urban area at the beginning of the 20th century, which is currently the old city in Taichung. In the early years, the old city area flourished due to the convenience of railway transportation, which promoted the gathering of business activities, formed the earliest central business district in Taichung City, and was also a region where people work, live and spend money on their lives. However, with the increase in population and the popularity of automobile transportation, many major planning areas began to appear around Taichung, and the phenomenon of suburban population gradually formed, which led to the decline of the old city. In recent years, with the advancement of new cultural and creative businesses such as Miyamoto Ophthalmology and the policy promotion of Mayor Lin Jialong, Taichung's old city has faced a key stage of collapse and rebirth, and many old objects and new things exist, thus becoming the best field for observation on the road.
1. 路上觀察學入門／赤瀨川原平, 藤森照信, 南伸坊/編著，嚴可婷, 黃碧君, 林皎碧/譯／行人出版,2014
2. 城市的意象／Kevin Lynch 著，胡家璇譯／遠流出版,2014
3. 城市密碼：觀察城市的100個場景／Anne Mikoleit、Moritz Purckhauer 著，洪世民譯／行人出版,2012
4. 偉大城市的誕生與衰亡：美國都市街道生活的啟發／Jane Jacobs 著，吳鄭重譯／聯經出版,2007
5. 台中文獻：台中歷史建築發展回顧（1945年以前）專輯／林良哲、袁興言／台中市文化局出版, 2003
6. 2009台中學研討會: 美術文化篇論文集／洪慶峰／台中市文化局出版, 2009
7. 認識台中／王清乾／王清乾, 2007
8. 細味台中／劉書甫、蘇俐穎／二魚文化,2014
9. 臺中學叢書（共十冊）／廖振富等著／台中市文化局出版,2016
10. 臺中繪葉書：日治時期影像與遊記／王志誠, 張良澤著／台中市文化局出版,2017
11. 臺中歷史地圖散步／中央研究院數位文化中心／台灣東販,2018
12. 中區再生基地團隊（DRF）臉書 http://www.facebook.com/GoodotVillage
13. 大墩社＿中區復興計畫臉書http://www.facebook.com/groups/163229553785809/
1. On the way, I studied the entrance door/Akazukiwahara Hei, Fujimori Natsunobu, Nanshinobu/edited by, Seung Kate Ting, Huang Bijun, Lin Jiaobi/Reprinted by Pedestrians, 2014
2. Images of the City/ by Kevin Lynch, translated by Hu Jiaxuan/Far-flow Publishing, 2014
3. City Password: Viewing 100 scenes of the city/Written by Anne Mikoleit and Moritz Purckhauer, translated by Hong Shimin/Peacher Publishing, 2012
4. The Life and Decline of Big Cities: The Initiation of Urban Street Life in the United States/Book by Jane Jacobs, Reprinted by Wu Zheng/Published by Jointly Published, 2007
5. Taichung: Taichung Historical Architecture Development Review (before 1945) Editorial / Lin Liangzhe, Yuan Xingyan / Published by Taichung Municipal Bureau of Culture, 2003
6. 2009 Taichung Scholarship: Collection of Arts and Cultures Comprehensive Essays/Hong Qingfeng/Published by Taichung Municipal Cultural Bureau, 2009
7. Know Taichung/Wang Qingqian/Wang Qingqian, 2007
8. Delicious Taichung/Liu Shufu, Su Lixiu/Eryu Culture, 2014
9. Taichung School Book (Ten Books in Total) / by Liao Zhenfu et al. / Published by Taichung Municipal Bureau of Culture, 2016
10. Taichung Ye Book: Images and Travel Notes during the Japanese Reign/Wang Zhicheng, Zhang Liangze/Published by Taichung Municipal Cultural Bureau, 2017
11. Taiwan Historical Map Walk/Digital Cultural Center of the Central Academy of Sciences/Taiwan Dongbei, 2018
12. Central District Regeneration Base Team (DRF) Face Book http://www.facebook.com/GoodotVillage
13. Dadunshe＿Central District Rejuvenation Planning Face Book http://www.facebook.com/groups/163229553785809/
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 平時成績：作業與出席狀況平時成績：作業與出席狀況 Normal results: work and attendance |
30 | |
| 期中報告期中報告 Midterm Report |
30 | |
| 期末報告期末報告 Final report |
40 |
