1929년 조선박람회와 ‘식민지 근대성’

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is showing the colonial modernity through analysing the Chosun Exhibition(朝鮮博覽會), which was held for fifty days from 1929.9.12 to 10.31., under the Japanese rule. Japan intended to spread the ideology of the promotion of industry and the blossom of the civilization through the Chosun Exhibition. And then Japanese intended to take the justification of the Japanese rule by how the Chosun had developed under the Japanese. The Government-General of Chosun(朝鮮總督府) tried to strengthen the authority of the discipline, and build the social order. The police tried to remove the factors contrary to the Chosun modernity which had to be displayed, by demolishing dugout hut people and plunging in controlling the beggar. Besides, the Government-General endeavored as much as it can mobilize the visitors of the Chosun Exhibition. Japanese intended to show the development of the chosun by giving the statistics at the room of exhibition. However, the Chosun modernity, which appeared in the Chosun Exhibition, was just display by Japanese. The Chosun merchants, mainly in Chongno(鐘路), regarded the Chosun Exhibition as a chance to make money. However many Chosun merchants bankrupted and faced the economic crisis. In other aspect, many of the unemployed gathered in Kyung-Seong city expecting get a job in the boom which might have been the Chosun Exhibition. However that kind of job was just temporary. They had to go back to the unemployed and the economic situation of the rural areas was also serious. Japanese evaluated the Chosun Exhibition successful, because more than one million people visited the exhibition. However Japanese failed to attain the original purpose aimed to show the development of Chosun and the justification of the Japanese rule. The exhibition just revealed the colonial modernity and the dual society of Chosun.