This thesis aims to formulate and guide a step-by-stey construction of industrial culture recognition in the inhabitants of Dongshi. The specific area covered in this study is Dongshi, a suburban and deindustrialized town in central Taiwan. Volunteer subjects living in Dongshi were recruited to participate in the research project, in which industrial culture recognition approaches were employed to help them build up recognition of their particular industrial culture through a series of recognition-building activities, including clarification of their specific industrial culture, collection of their industrial culture data, processing of the gathered data, and interpretative tour guides of their industrial culture. A careful analysis of the process upon completion concludes with the following discoveries:
1. The first step toward the construction of industrial culture is to instil the idea of industrial culture in the inhabitants and to help them clarify their specific industrial culture, so that they are gradually oriented to their industrial culture.
2. In the process of collection of industrial culture data, interviews and interactions with the seniors of the area in question are necessary for the transmission and dissemination of cultural heritage as well as the processing and analysis of the cultural data.
3. Processing the data of industrial culture will contribute to the strengthening of industrial culture and provide a basis for related reports and tour guides.
4. Industrial culture tour guides help to construct recognition of industrial culture in the tourists as well as the inhabitants.
Besides, for recognition-building activities to be effective, the inhabitants should take an active part in them, and the sponsorship of local authorities and the experiential exchanges in the academia are also necessary.
