전주한옥마을 ‘주민’의 다양한 구성과 정체성의 정치

Abstract

Jeonju "Han-Ok Maeul(village)" is not only a place for producing economic interests and tourism but also a social cultural space for communal human activities. Therefore, the construction and revitalization of Han-Ok village can be achieved not just by the construction of physical space but by the dynamic practices of the villagers. This study aims to examine who are the Han-Ok villagers and what they do to maintain their identities as a villager. This study first attempts to define who are the Han-Ok villagers and then how they construct their social cultural identity to engage in identity politics within and outside the village. In so doing, this study aims to show that the villagers are not given but continuously being constructed in the medium of competitive discourses. For the purpose, this study, first, discuss the political economic and social cultural characteristics of Han-Ok village briefly based on previous studies of the area. Second, I divide the villagers into two categories: legally-defined villagers and administratively defined villagers. The former is one who has legal residential record and the latter is one who does not live in the village but works there. This study examines how the villagers in each category regards the identity of Han-Ok villagers differently. Third, this study furthermore explores the social and cultural construction of "Han-Ok villagers" by various categories of villagers such as "natives and immigrants" and "outsiders and insiders" and their mutual competition, distinction and stigmatization based on residential periods, residential purpose, and social practices. Finally, this study explains the reasons why the villagers decide to leave the village which is associated with the competing discourses such as 'the pursuit of economic interests' and 'the destruction of sustainability.'