한 폐광촌 주민들의 공공미술 프로젝트 체험에 대한 현상학적 접근

• Published in: 국토계획 Vol. 58; no. 7; pp. 56 - 77
• Main Authors: 구한민(Gu, Hanmin), 이상원(Lee, Sangwon)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한국토·도시계획학회 01.12.2023
• Subjects: 공학일반; Criticism of Urban Regeneration Project; Phenomenological Approach; 도시재생 비판; 공공미술 프로젝트; Abandoned Mining Villages; Public Art Project; 폐광촌; 체험; 현상학적 접근; Lived Experience
• ISSN: 1226-7147; 2383-9171
• DOI: 10.17208/jkpa.2023.12.58.7.56

The Government of Korea has made consistent institutional efforts to support the economies of abandoned mining villages in Korea. An illustrative case is the Blooming Coal Mine Village project, conducted in the abandoned mining village of Seongju in Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, as part of the 2011 Village Art Project. For a long time, the project’s evaluation revealed conflicting views around the effectiveness, particularly between residents and the project implementers. Therefore, this study employed a phenomenological approach to comprehensively understand long-time village residents’ lived experiences and perspectives concerning the public art project. In the data-collection stage, we used the “3 Es” method to describe residents’ experiences in layers: experiencing, enquiring, and examining. We also collaborated with research participants to compose, analyze, and interpret the data. Our results suggest that residents’ experiences with and perceptions of the public art project relied on a sequential and complex formation process. The specific findings are as follows. First, residents had ambivalent perceptions of the public art project: While they appreciated its purpose and interest, they rated its performance as poor. Second, this ambivalence arose from memories of the once-splendid coal-mining village and an enduring sense of pride. Lastly, residents viewed the project as an improper response to the local community’s problems. Overall, this study has implications for urban policy, as it provides an opportunity for reflection upon urban regeneration centered around art projects in Korea that, until recently, had no clear direction. KCI Citation Count: 0