台灣在進入二十一世紀後，各地湧現老屋再生的風潮。此現象呈現出的不只是對於老屋的懷舊浪漫想像、或是歷史街區的風貌再造，更是台灣在經歷二十世紀資本主義大量生產、大量消費、大量廢棄的過程中所產生的問題。各地出現的大量閒置空間與社會剩餘，既是都市擴張導致舊市區衰退的議題，也是土地資本商品化的經濟問題，同時更彰顯出世代之間缺乏傳承、演替的社會文化問題。這些現象與特徵都集中發生在全台灣空屋率最高、閒置空間最密集的台中市舊市區（中區）。
本課程將帶領學生走出東海校園，以台中舊市區做為關注和實作的場域，實際體會、調查台中都市發展過程中形成的各種空間與社會議題。授課教師將以議題導向和行動學習的方式，引導學生整合社會資源、提出構想，並付諸於實驗性的嘗試與實踐，希望從中累積研究與創作的素材，做為在地持續經營發展的基礎。師生團隊將進駐台中舊市區，組織關心相關議題的校內社群，結合舊市區在地社群與社區的資源，以修復式的都市再生觀點與具有開創性的行動，共同嘗試解決都市擴張下舊市區空洞化的問題。
本次課程以「城中採藥去」為題，選定「台中青草街」及其周邊的「越南／印尼族裔社區」作為研究與實踐的場域，探索具有在地特色的傳統中草藥、香料植物在現代人日常生活中可能扮演的新角色，重新連結不同族群之間、以及人與土地、人與自然之間的關係，達成城市共生。修課學生將透過田野調查、口述訪談、空間行為觀察、舉辦工作坊等方式理解此區域、與地方社群交流互動，並整合研究與空間設計，嘗試提出具有創新性的理論觀點與社會實踐模式。
本課程受到科技部「人文創新與社會實踐」計畫補助（主題為「都市再生行動學院——社群與社區協力下的都市再造與社會創新」），除了課程本身受益於跨領域的知識、資源挹注，也將與其它跨領域的社會實踐團隊共同舉辦工作營，於期末共同舉辦實踐成果展。

After Taiwan entered the 21st century, a trend of revitalizing old houses emerged in various places. This phenomenon not only presents the nostalgic and romantic imagination of old houses, or the reconstruction of the style of historical districts, but also a problem that arises in Taiwan's process of mass production, mass consumption, and mass abandonment of capitalism in the 20th century. The large amount of idle space and social surplus appearing in various places is not only an issue of urban expansion leading to the decline of old urban areas, but also an economic issue of the commodification of land capital. It also highlights the social and cultural issue of the lack of inheritance and succession between generations. These phenomena and characteristics are all concentrated in the old urban area (Central District) of Taichung City, which has the highest vacancy rate and the highest density of vacant spaces in Taiwan.
This course will lead students beyond the Donghai campus and use the old urban area of ​​Taichung as the site of focus and practice to actually experience and investigate various spatial and social issues formed during the urban development process of Taichung. Teachers will use topic-oriented and action-learning methods to guide students to integrate social resources, propose ideas, and put them into experimental attempts and practices, hoping to accumulate research and creative materials as the basis for sustainable local business development. A team of teachers and students will be stationed in the old urban area of ​​Taichung, organize on-campus communities that care about relevant issues, and combine the resources of local communities and communities in the old urban area to jointly try to solve the problem of the hollowing out of the old urban area due to urban expansion with a restorative urban regeneration perspective and groundbreaking actions.
This course is titled "Medicine Collecting in the City" and selects "Taichung Green Grass Street" and its surrounding "Vietnamese/Indonesian ethnic communities" as the site for research and practice. It explores the new role that traditional Chinese herbal medicine and spice plants with local characteristics may play in modern people's daily lives, reconnecting different ethnic groups, as well as the relationship between people and land, and people and nature, to achieve urban symbiosis. Students in the course will understand the area, communicate and interact with local communities through fieldwork, oral interviews, spatial behavior observation, and holding workshops. They will also integrate research and spatial design to try to propose innovative theoretical perspectives and social practice models.
This course is subsidized by the Ministry of Science and Technology's "Humanities Innovation and Social Practice" program (theme is "Urban Regeneration Action Institute - Urban Regeneration and Social Innovation under the Collaboration of Community and Community"). In addition to the course itself benefiting from cross-field knowledge and resource injection, it will also co-organize work camps with other cross-field social practice teams and jointly hold an exhibition of practical results at the end of the term.

透過對國內城鄉或島嶼聚落實際案例之歷史回顧、現況踏堪、居民訪查、社區參與、空間分析、議題討論、綜合診斷、發展定位、計畫目標、發展策略、綱要計劃、規劃配置、細部設計等，研擬研究案例再發展之最佳方案，供地方相關主政者從事城鄉空間改造建設之發展藍圖。經由建教合作之實例操作，讓學生得以更真實的體驗城鄉地域性之社會結構與空間結構特質，更投入的構思城鄉永續發展與社區總體營造之實踐模式。

Through the historical review of actual cases of urban and rural or island settlements in China, current situation visits, resident interviews, community participation, spatial analysis, issue discussions, comprehensive diagnosis, development positioning, planning goals, development strategies, outline plans, planning configurations, detailed designs, etc., the best plan for the redevelopment of the research case will be formulated to provide a development blueprint for local authorities to engage in urban and rural space transformation and construction. Through the practical operation of construction-education cooperation, students can more truly experience the social structure and spatial structure characteristics of urban and rural areas, and become more immersed in conceiving practical models for sustainable urban and rural development and overall community construction.

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