Living Environment in Forcibly Isolated People: Lo-sheng Sanatorium in Taiwan
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https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i3.348Keywords:
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Segregation, Self-build Environment, Sustainable CommunityAbstract
The establishment of Lo-sheng sanatorium reflected force isolation policy of Hansen's disease (leprosy) in the colonial period. Although segregation policy substantively ended after 1970's, the residents faced difficulties in being reintegrated into society even after their disease cured, compelled to live there for their lifetimes. Under substantive segregation, they constructed the living environment themselves. This research clarifies the process of segregated site transformed into a self-sustaining community. The author not only has engaged in field surveys but supporting residents' movement, through unitizing accumulated participant observation works outcomes, can point out an example of sustainable self-build environments.
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