Title: Applying micro-curriculum and university's social responsibility program to activate suburb farmsteads

Authors: Shiang-Shiang Chen; Tsung-Hsi Chen; Shao-Wen Su; Chien-Shiun Huang; Yi-Rou Chi; Wen-Pei Sung

Addresses: Integrated Research Center for Green Living Technologies, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, No. 57, Sec. 2, Zhongshan Rd., Taiping Dist., Taichung 41170, Taiwan ' Integrated Research Center for Green Living Technologies, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, No. 57, Sec. 2, Zhongshan Rd., Taiping Dist., Taichung 41170, Taiwan ' Integrated Research Center for Green Living Technologies, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, No. 57, Sec. 2, Zhongshan Rd., Taiping Dist., Taichung 41170, Taiwan ' Department of Digital Design, Hsing Wu University, New Taipei, Taiwan ' Integrated Research Center for Green Living Technologies, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, No. 57, Sec. 2, Zhongshan Rd., Taiping Dist., Taichung 41170, Taiwan ' Integrated Research Center for Green Living Technologies, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, No. 57, Sec. 2, Zhongshan Rd., Taiping Dist., Taichung 41170, Taiwan

Abstract: The phenomenon of over-urbanisation in Taiwan has resulted in an over-concentration of the population in urban areas and a widening gap between urban and rural areas. In order to solve this problem, this study selects urban-rural border settlements and uses the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as a basis to conduct cultural landscape, urban-rural disturbance, and cultural education. Through the university's social responsibility program, problem/project-based learning and local needs were developed into practical courses; this addresses urban-rural disparities by engaging faculty and students in the community, identifying problems, solving them, preserving heritage and cultural assets, and assisting in community development. The results found that: 1) systematically preserve tangible and intangible local cultural relics and histories in a digital way and in a timeline; 2) discover and preserve local popular music; 3) compile an audio-visual introduction manual of cultural relics for a wide circulation; 4) promote local linkages, community care, talent cultivation and cultural revitalisation among the university, the government and civic organisations in the region. The objectives of SDGs-11.4, 11.6, 11.7 and 11.a were effectively achieved.

Keywords: urban diseases; sustainable development goals; SDGs; problem/project-based learning; cultural relics preservation; teaching practice.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGE.2024.139278

International Journal of Green Economics, 2024 Vol.18 No.2, pp.200 - 225

Received: 01 Mar 2023
Accepted: 20 Nov 2023
Published online: 28 Jun 2024 *

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