‘섬 정체성(Island Identity)’의 문화적 특징과 의미 - ‘도서성(島嶼性, insularity)’과 ‘섬성(섬性, islandness)’의 공존 가능성에 관한 탐색 -

Abstract

This article was written as part of an exploratory study to examine the cultural characteristics and meanings of the concept of ‘island identity’ in terms of the definitions and uses of the concepts of ‘insularity’ and ‘islandness.’ To this end, this article focuses on the cultural meaning of the concept of ‘island identity’ by interlinking the concepts of island humanities terrain, island carrying capacity, and sustainability, and by centering on the interrelationship among these concepts. In order to understand the cultural characteristics and meanings of ‘island identity’ recently in a contextual way from the perspective of the islanders, I intend to emphasize to take into account the socio-cultural and historical conditions and circumstances of their lives, the natural and geographical isolation (closeness) of the islands and the sea and the cultural and historical communication (openness) of the islands, and the meanings of the concepts of ‘insularity’ and ‘islandness’ can coexist and coexist in a direction that transcends epistemological and ontological turns to a relational turn. And we must accurately recognize this aspect, and try to build practical strategies and visions accordingly. In this sense, this article focuses on these aspects and examines the cultural characteristics and meanings of the concept of ‘island identity’ from the perspective of the mutual coexistence and symbiosis of ‘insularity’ and ‘islandness’.