전북 서해안지역 해양역사･문화연구의 성과와 과제

Abstract

Gimje, Buan, Saemangeum and Gogunsan Islands as well as Gunsan are the region building economic society starting from an early era thanks to fertile plains expanded between rivers like the Guem River, the Mangyeong River, and the Dongjin River. In addition, the origin of maritime history and culture is said to be stream of the region. In particular Saemangeum Gogunsan islands where the Mangyeon River and Dongjin River meet is the region that sea wall is combined with the West Sea, considered as strategic location as well as the center of maritime transportation in the Yellow Sea Rim Area Accordingly the academy is required to take consistent and integrated interest and the government needs to support politically so as to investigate into characteristics of unique maritime culture in Jeonbuk West Sea Region as well as Gogunsan Island and Saemangeum basin in the Saemangeum Region and in particular historical meaning in terms of heated competition and exchange especially in Yellow Sea Rim Area among Korea, China and Japan . As part of basic assignment, here I reviewed on the achievement of survey and research and assignment in the future in regards to maritime history and culture in Jeonbuk West Sea area. At first including 'Korea West Sea Island'(1957), result of survey on island which was conducted for the first time shortly after the liberation, I reviewed on Jeollabuk-do ‘Island region' published 20 years ago and 'Gogunsan Islands' (2000). In addition I introduced the survey on literature by single writer regarding island culture in Southwest seashore and the achievement of National Maritime Culture Scholars Convention held in the area of Gunsan Saemangeum in 2017. I drew and proposed assignment of major survey to be conducted in this area based on the review on this achievement. I would like to propose 7 themes as core agendas of 'Maritime History and Culture in Jeonbuk West Sea area' which was drawn among the consideration mentioned abbove as the follows. In other words, these are the contents like the Mangyeong River and Dongjin River, umbilical coard of Saemangeum, Gogunsan Island, treasure island of story, change in structure of fishing industry and local society, social economy of the ocean and islands, history of exchange(humans, materials, and culture) in the Yellow Sea Rim Area and Glocal(global and local) assignment, future of Saemangeum project, and lighthouse of hope opening a new maritime era. Hopefully we can conduct consistent and academic research in the years to come.