Abstract
Various brands of bamboo crafts created by youths have emerged in Zhushan Township, Taiwan. With the special bamboo materials available in Zhushan Township as their core, these brands have created different types of social innovations through their management, design, and mechanical knowledge. The results indicate the following: (1) The youths advocate for causes such as the preservation of culture, mutually beneficial situations, sustainable local development, and environmentally friendly lifestyles. The youths proposed innovative solutions for these causes, such as establishing a guesthouse, revitalizing unused space, creating opportunities for dialogues, developing bamboo-based environmentally friendly products, and holding local activities; (2) the youths constructed a model for internal cooperation and enhancement, revitalization, and marketing Zhushan Township; (3) the youths advocated for various social values, utilized social capital, and proposed innovative solutions through diversified participation and the creation of new relationships, allowing different communities to generate a group dynamic to resolve social problems and achieve sustainability together. This study aids in the facilitation of sustainable management of township micro-enterprises by innovating products and service modes through social capital and social value. At the same time, local and common social innovation modes are connected to provide a reference for the social innovation of micro-enterprises.
Highlights
Before the 1980s, Zhushan Township in Taiwan was once an important town where70% of the population was engaged in the bamboo industry economy
When the 921 earthquake occurred in Taiwan in 1999, Zhushan Township was the hardest hit area, which led to the increase in population migration and promoted regional activation and industrial reengineering through community building [3]
This study reviewed articles, academic journals, dissertations, newspapers, magazines, and online data on issues related to Zhushan Bamboo Craft, Sky Yard guesthouse, Townway, social innovation design, and sustainability
Summary
Before the 1980s, Zhushan Township in Taiwan was once an important town where70% of the population was engaged in the bamboo industry economy. Before the 1980s, Zhushan Township in Taiwan was once an important town where. In 1994, the Ministry of Culture initiated the community building policy, and the farmers’ associations and town offices in bamboo-producing areas set up bamboo craft training courses one after another to train local bamboo art technical talents, drive the local economic production capacity, and beautify the hometown environment [2]. When the 921 earthquake occurred in Taiwan in 1999, Zhushan Township was the hardest hit area, which led to the increase in population migration and promoted regional activation and industrial reengineering through community building [3]. From Penghu; worked in Townway for 3 years. Bamboo artisan in Zhushan; experience collaborating with designers for many years; worked in Zhushan for almost 40 years. Digital media teacher at YunTech; main counselor for young entrepreneurs; 10-year collaboration.
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