ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how a modern state displaces memories and responsibilities through punishment in varying forms in relation to the modern fear of crime. The dilapidation of the settlement and the fearful memories of the prison nevertheless made Huaguang a relatively affordable place for rural-urban migrants. Different planting choices gave rise to different ethnic landscapes, all of which contributed to the complex place memories of Huaguang. The chapter also explores the demolished prison as a site of “dissonant heritage” that is (dis)remembered by the state and multiple publics. The authorized heritage discourse hesitated to validate the complex landscape of actually living dissonant histories. Nearly 500 houses that had been built next to the old Taipei Prison, and that were occupied by thousands of squatters, were demolished between 2012 and 2013 to make room for the Roppongi Hills project. Ironically, the Wall Street plan was soon replaced by a new plan to construct Roppongi Hills in Taipei in 2011.
