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Taipei Municipal Linong Elementary School (2013 CyberFair Project ID 7383)
Taiwan,
Taipei
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties
We estimate 10 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Geographically, Taipei City is a basin surrounded by mountains. Beitou area in particular, is located at the foot of the DaTun volcanic belt in northern Taipei. Covered with lots of bumpy roads, meandering trails and wide-spreading hot spring network, Beitou has become an active commercial area in Taipei soon after the Japanese colonial rule. To cope with such prosperity, waitresses, freelance band musicians, and massagers gathered here to provide service to the large amount of visitors. Thus, the need for a more flexible, easier to load, and lower-priced method of transportation urged the motorcycle couriers to be in service. After terminating the sex industry in Beitou, motorcycle courier service has not only added its function of a neighborhood watch but also switched the potential passengers from the above mentioned to the working class, housewives, meal providers and shoppers. Moreover, it is also an indispensable transportation method for the residents in the deep Datun Mountains. Distinguishing from the various modernized mass transportation, such as MRT system and bus networks, the motorcycle courier service available in Beitou can be taken as a community transportation network that contains the most local elements. The history of the local motorcycle courier service has been there for more than half a century. Not only is it unique but also sole to the transportation nowadays. Most of all, it is deeply emerged into the Beitou residents’ everyday lives.
Project Description: The current school, Taipei Municipal Linong Elementary School, has been in the Beitou neighborhood for more than thirty years. All students are raised and grow up here. The purpose of this project aims to let the local students obtain more knowledge about the special lifestyle of Beitou residents, so as to arise their awareness of the local culture. The project, Connecting People – A Special Motorcycle Courier Service in Beitou, stemmed from the Taipei City Government’s recent recommendation for Beitou as one of the major scenery spots in Taipei. As a matter of fact, Beitou has long been renowned for its availabilities of hot spring resorts, museums, green library, Geothermal Valley (also known as Hell Valley), and Xin Beitou Park (or New Beitou Park). However, the unique way of transportation which is highly related to Beitou residents’ everyday lives has seldom been mentioned. Therefore, a local school like us takes this opportunity to investigate this rare-touched topic. By probing into different issues of this special courier service, students get to know the humane aspect and life-connected domain of this profession.