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Although the word “Monumentality” is not unfamiliar to the Taiwanese contemporary society, and there are also some comments and researches partially based on power discussion, however it doesn’t mean the society has the correct and clear comprehension to this word.The disputes concerned owing to Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall have continued since the blueprint selection of the building.In recently years, the discussion purposely made by political parties causes violent conflicts between the masses due to the monument subjected to changes.As a result, the research will introduce phenomenology as the main method and use some foreign related examples and comments to provide another thinking aspect toward disputes on Chiang Kai Shek Memorial. To achieve the purpose mentioned above, the research is framed into five chapters in the following.
To begin with, in the first chapter the vocabularies “Memory”, “Memorial”, “Monument”, and “Monumentality” will be defined and used to correct domestically subjective explanation of monumentality in the recent years.
Secondly, in the past most related documents that talked about monumentality took the establishment of monumentality as a proper purpose but haven’t queried if it deserved such conflicts among the masses.In addition, there are a lot of statements against the establishment of monumentality, yet quite few researches probing the necessity of its existence. Therefore, those discussion neglected in the past will be the focus in the second chapter.
Thirdly, some domestic political parties based on the external image of Memorial Hall and claimed it thus would forever become the outcome of democracy or authority. Hence, the third chapter will explain how to distinguish a monument is authoritative or democratic based on concepts of the first two chapters, and then discuss the monument concerned with autocracy and democracy. Fourth, to avoid the narrow and subjective intention that the masses trapped in when mentioning Chiang Kai Shek Memorial, the research will observe directly the activities that the masses engage upon in the hall and analyze its monumentality. In the end, the research will summarize the content above, and point out the discourses should pay attention to aside from power discussion in the case when an artificial memorial location faces changes.
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