Democratic Design in the Pacific Rim
The Inaugural Conference of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network
University of California, Berkeley. May 20-23, 1998
The inaugural working conference of the network was held on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in Spring 1998. The 3-day event brought together twenty leading community design scholars/practitioners from Japan, Taiwan, and the United States to share their projects, experience, and knowledge in the growing practice of democratic design in the respective contexts. The organization of the conference began with the discussion of forming a small working group of professionals doing community design and grassroots planning in the Pacific Rim to share ideas about our work. Students at Berkeley founded HELP (Human Exchange for Local Participatory Planning) to spur the discussion to action. The 3-day conference marked the first time that the professionals from the three countries were able to share, compare notes, debate, and learn from each other’s experiences and perspectives. The enriching and exhilarating exchange formed the foundation for establishing the Pacific Rim Community Design Network.
Organizer: Randolph T. Hester, Jr. University of California, Berkeley
Conference Program
Session1. Legal and Practical Authority
Public Participation in Planning in Japan: The Legal Perspective – Yukio Nishimura
Theorizing Community Participatory Design in a Developing Country: The Historical Meaning of Democratic Design in Taiwan – Chu-joe Hsia
The Place of Participatory Design: An American View – Randolph Hester
Session 2. Place and Culture: Issues of Justice and Globalization
Community-Based Workshops for Street Design in a Historical Pottery Community, Tsuboya, Naha – Keiko Ono and Tetsuya Ando
The Tawo House: Building in the Face of Cultural Domination – John K.C. Liu
Linking Youth Training and Employment with Community-Building: Lessons Learned at the BYA Garden Patch – Laura Lawson
The Apple Promenade in lida City, Nagano Prefecture – Isami Kinoshita
Session 3. Citizen Activism in Environmental Planning
Rebirth of Kitazawagawa Stream – Yoshiharu Asanoumi
Opening Day is not Everyday – WaIter Hood
From Activism to Sustainable Development: The Case of Chigu and the Anti-Binnan Movement – Jeffrey Hou
Facilitating Negotiated Agreements to Restore the Environmental Quality of the San Francisco Estuary – Scott McCreary
Session 4. Citizen Participation in Quality of Life Planning Issues
Trust between Government and Users: Planning for Recreation and Protection of the Green Fingers – Shu-jen Kao
Making a Community’s Place: The Case of Davis’ Central Park and Farmers’ Market – Mark Francis
The Contemporary Meaning of Cooperative Housing – Case Study: M-Port (Kumamoto) – Yasuhiro Endoh
Peng-hu Central Street Revitalization Plan and Community Participation – Chao-ching Yu
Session 5. Helping Grassroots Organizations Thrive
On the Care and Feeding of the Grassroots – Marcia McNally
The Community Design Process at Kamagasaki, Osaka, Japan – Masato Dohi
Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Volunteers – Robert Ogilvie
Toward a City for Citizens: Two Community Organizations in Taiwan – Hsin-Jung Liu and Bing-Yi Lu.
What Encourages and Discourages Grassroots Activities? The Case of Kusappara Park – Sawako Ono