세대 간 소통을 위한 <구술생애담 공유 프로그램> 운영 사례 연구 - 노년 세대와 청소년 세대를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study is about the implementation of a program sharing oral life stories between generations. The program allows youth to share in historical and cultural experiences by listening to the elderly generation’s oral life stories. Moreover, this program is intended to improve communication and restore the relationship between the two generations through the emotional resonance of the lonely elderly and the youth indifferent to the world around them. The program requires the youth to produce a book after listening, recording, and organizing the elderly’s life stories. The activities consist of four stages: preparation, investigation, organization, and book making. The entire program is led by youth participants. In the first stage, the youth participants learn about the basics of oral life stories, investigation methods, questioning techniques, and dealing with recording equipment. The second, investigation stage, is divided into three phases: preliminary investigation, main investigation, and supplementary investigation. The preliminary investigation is where the first meeting of the elderly informants and the youth participants occurs. The main investigation centers on the informants, with them telling their life stories. The youth participants meticulously and vividly record this oral content. Supplementary investigation is the reinforcement of the oral life stories through photos. Stage 3 of the organization involves the youth participants recording the oral contents in accordance with the copy manual, having it inspected, and revising and supplementing it. Stage 4 is the book making part, formed to ensure that youth participants can experience the entire process of book publishing. The youth participants produce a manuscript of the main text using copied data in the organization stage, and they perform activities such as writing an introduction about the informants, drawing illustrations, making a title page, and participants’ caricature, and giving a review of the activity. As a result of the program, participants were able to achieve the desired emotional, social, and educational goals. Regarding the emotional aspect, the youth achieved active emotional connections and communication with the elderly, which led to their interest in the village community. The elderly generation evaluated that they gained vitality in their lives through communication with the youth, and their self-esteem also improved. From a social perspective, it improved the youths’ prejudices and perceptions about the elderly generation. In terms of education, not only were the youth able to acquire factual history, but they also acquired personality education that internalizes the wisdom of life conveyed by previous generations that cannot be learned in books, and vocational education related to archivists, publishing, and media. The limitation of the program is thst no continuous follow-up activities were conducted after the end of the program. It is worth considering follow-up activities for better communication between generations.