Comments on: A visit to Losheng http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:54:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Good news for Losheng? http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-333301 Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Good news for Losheng? Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:34:15 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-333301 [...] I visited the Japanese colonial era Losheng Leprasorium in Northern Taipei last summer I have been keeping tabs on developments in the battle between [...] [...] I visited the Japanese colonial era Losheng Leprasorium in Northern Taipei last summer I have been keeping tabs on developments in the battle between [...]

]]> By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » “Losheng eviction to begin” http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-308596 Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » “Losheng eviction to begin” Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:50:55 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-308596 [...] has continued for four years. (12/03) Text and photos from my visit to Losheng this past summer can be found here. Losheng residents who are evicted will actually be given a space in the recently constructed [...] [...] has continued for four years. (12/03) Text and photos from my visit to Losheng this past summer can be found here. Losheng residents who are evicted will actually be given a space in the recently constructed [...]

]]> By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Lo Sheng preservation in doubt http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-307528 Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Lo Sheng preservation in doubt Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:49:20 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-307528 [...] government in 1930 and located in Sinjhuang City, Taipei County, may not be preserved after all. As I wrote about following my visit there this summer, activists have been working to arrange a preservation agreement for the site with the government, [...] [...] government in 1930 and located in Sinjhuang City, Taipei County, may not be preserved after all. As I wrote about following my visit there this summer, activists have been working to arrange a preservation agreement for the site with the government, [...]

]]> By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » LoSheng photos and diary on eRenlai http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-299110 Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » LoSheng photos and diary on eRenlai Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:47:21 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-299110 [...] The Taipei Ricci Institute’s eRenlai Magazine has posted my travel journal of my visit to Taipei’s LoSheng leper colony and an accompanying photo gallery. Actually it was posted two months ago, but posting a link here slipped my mind. (Originally posted here, on this blog.) [...] [...] The Taipei Ricci Institute’s eRenlai Magazine has posted my travel journal of my visit to Taipei’s LoSheng leper colony and an accompanying photo gallery. Actually it was posted two months ago, but posting a link here slipped my mind. (Originally posted here, on this blog.) [...]

]]> By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Losheng photos finally uploaded http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-293798 Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Losheng photos finally uploaded Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:51:40 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-293798 [...] have finally uploaded a photo gallery to accompany the article I posted on my visit to the LoSheng leper colony in Taipei. It has been appended to the original post, but I’ll embed here as well. I recommend viewing [...] [...] have finally uploaded a photo gallery to accompany the article I posted on my visit to the LoSheng leper colony in Taipei. It has been appended to the original post, but I’ll embed here as well. I recommend viewing [...]

]]> By: Samantha Edwards http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-287033 Samantha Edwards Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:07:29 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-287033 Sorry, I also meant to point out that though the IKEa project doesn't displace people, the way the destruction of the place you're speaking about does (it;'s an active palce where people congragate and it has taken on a vibrance and life), there are plenty of projects in the world that destroy whole neighborhoods, displace people where they live, not just where they socialize.(Beijing for example - in prep for the olympics destroyed one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city). So development always comes with a price - either by removing a place where people have mental and physical sanctuary, the place where they are rooted or in some cases the architecture that defines a sense of place. I would think in Japan this is common too, since space is such a premium. Isn't progress great. Sorry, I also meant to point out that though the IKEa project doesn’t displace people, the way the destruction of the place you’re speaking about does (it;’s an active palce where people congragate and it has taken on a vibrance and life), there are plenty of projects in the world that destroy whole neighborhoods, displace people where they live, not just where they socialize.(Beijing for example – in prep for the olympics destroyed one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city).

So development always comes with a price – either by removing a place where people have mental and physical sanctuary, the place where they are rooted or in some cases the architecture that defines a sense of place.

I would think in Japan this is common too, since space is such a premium.

Isn’t progress great.

]]> By: Samantha Edwards http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-286852 Samantha Edwards Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:35:09 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-286852 Cousin Roy - great article. Closer to home this is a topic of much discussion. Inorder ot build IKEA in Brooklyn they demolished 10 civil war era buildings. Modernization always brings with it a destruction of the past - even when you have a sociaty (supposedly ours) that values historical locations, noone was volleying for those buildings to be landmarked (over 200 years old and gone in a day!). I'd say more, and I may do so :-). Cousin Roy – great article. Closer to home this is a topic of much discussion. Inorder ot build IKEA in Brooklyn they demolished 10 civil war era buildings. Modernization always brings with it a destruction of the past – even when you have a sociaty (supposedly ours) that values historical locations, noone was volleying for those buildings to be landmarked (over 200 years old and gone in a day!).

I’d say more, and I may do so :-) .

]]> By: HKMacs http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-286129 HKMacs Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:28:56 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-286129 Excellent piece. Well worth a documentary. Excellent piece. Well worth a documentary.

]]> By: Gen Kanai http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/08/a-visit-to-losheng/comment-page-1/#comment-285884 Gen Kanai Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:49:39 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2246#comment-285884 Thank you for sharing this. I hope someday that book he gave you will be able to be online in some format. Thank you for sharing this. I hope someday that book he gave you will be able to be online in some format.

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