Park, Han-Sol, & Jong-Sang Sung (2019, December). A study on the recognition of modern cultural heritage value of Japanese-style building groups using Q methodology: Focusing on Huam-dong, Seoul. Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture, 47(6), 115-128. (Korean) (Link: https://doi.org/10.9715/KILA.2019.47.6.115) (Open Access: https://www.jkila.org/archive/view_article?pid=jkila-47-6-115)
English Abstract: Huam-dong is a representative area from the Japanese colonial period and is the space where most Japanese-style buildings remain in Seoul. Interest in modern cultural heritage continues to increase, including the registration of cultural properties in 2001, building assets in 2015, and the registration of cultural property units in 2018. As the debate continues over the necessity of preserving cultural heritage that reminds us of the Japanese colonial, there is a need for research to grasp the perceptions of stakeholders along with the perceived value of such spaces. This study identified the subjective perception types of the stakeholders concerned with the Japanese-style building group in Huam-dong, analyzed characteristics by types, and debated the issues. For this purpose, Q methodology, which is a statistical technique for measuring human self-subjectivity and extracting common human perspectives, was used. A literature study on the values of Huam-dong and modern cultural heritage was conducted, and a Q questionnaire based on five aspects of modern cultural heritage values (historical, architectural, sociocultural, landscape, and economic) was applied. The results of the study depicted three types of cognition and showed different attitudes toward the Japanese building group. This study found a conflict comparing the perceptional differences between the types of cognition. This study is meaningful in that it provides an in-depth approach to the perspectives of the stakeholders concerned with the Japanese-style buildings clustered in central Seoul. It is also meant to present a theoretical framework that can be applied to the use area as sustainable cultural heritage through the establishment of preservation and utilization of Japanese-style areas and conflict resolution.
Jong-sang Sung <jssung@snu.ac.kr> is in the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
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