Landscape Colonization/Cultivation

This project examines former sites of Taiwan’s sugar industry, which operated under Japanese colonial rule and later consolidated into the state-owned Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC) under Chinese Nationalist rule. These sites, located in former factory districts and on sugar plantation land, have been redeveloped or preserved as cultural parks, biotechnology hubs, museums, art centers, and more. The research catalogs these areas and surrounding communities to clarify complex political and governance processes through an institutional lens. It also illustrates how landscapes of production have been repurposed as cultural landscapes, revealing the histories of extractive industries, agriculture, and state-nation relationships. The following graphics—photographs, maps, and diagrams—represent part of the project’s visual documentation.