Educational Intervention & Rural Revitalization in China
Yunshi Zhou
This dissertation concerned with the re-think of the role of higher education in rural Chine, challenge the separation, classification and segregation of different groups of people based on their status as users and the social, cultural and economic hierarchy imposed by regeneration projects. Through a discussion of the design of regeneration projects, key issues will be addressed, in particular, the challenge posed by the spatial separation of tourists, students and villagers and the issue of public and private property ownership. New form of community designs will then be suggested to deliver greater socio-economic benefits for both universities and local vulnerable communities.
village entrance uses the element of courtyard as strategy to improve the socio-economic value; furthermore, the stage is proposed to reconnect the cultural activities between different people.
The subjects are designed for multi-programmes students and villagers from which already took part in the community intervention, and the subjects process will promise the agencies' connections.
The farmers' workshop is going to built for local farmers, who want to increase the land value of courtyard housing, and cultivating experiment field under the support of agricultural students.
the courtyard housing is proposed to shift to multipul commercial spaces. tea house for the elderly, dormitory for students; open workshop for different forms of informal educational activities.
The children's centre proposed in a way to increase the left-behind children's social skills and educational knowledge. The living space on the side is proposed for experimental students and teachers.
The weaving workshop is primarily proposed for local stay-home woman, for who want to redefine their daily works, and help to take care of children with each other.
The stage is proposed for different functions such as open lecture, market, performance, as well as for the local elderly to play mojiong and chess.
