International Center for Cultural Studies

A Living Museum! NYCU Assumes the University’s Social Responsibility to Regenerate the Past and Present Meaning of WWII History

2024-04-01

📢Wen-Shu Lai
Professor / Director / Institute of Applied Arts, NYCU
Principal Investigator / ICCS, Sub-project 6: Social Intervention and Artistic Production
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Dr. Wen-Shu Lai, Director of the Institute of Applied Arts at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), discussed the core idea of the “Hsinchu Living Museum” Project. This initiative integrates the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Sixth Fuel Factory Hsinchu Branch with NYCU’s teaching site, initiating community care practices and related research, thereby deepening the university’s connection with the local community

The “Sixth Fuel Factory Cultural Park” stands as one of the few remaining WWII relics well-preserved in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is slated for transformation into a Cultural Park and is expected to be fully accessible to the public by 2026 under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu City. Dr. Wen-Shu Lai, Director at the Institute of Applied Arts of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), has been devoted to the “Hsinchu Living Museum” Project for years. According to Dr. Lai, rooted in the philosophy of the “Living Museum,” this project represents the university’s social responsibility. Although the process from awakening identification to cultural inheritance is challenging, it remains immensely valuable.

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轉載自陽明交大英文電子報 2024 年 4 月號。/Copied from the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University NYCU Elite, April 2024 Issue.