Study on Janghang Industrial Site Using Place Memory in South Korea

Abstract

장항 산업유산부지들의 장소성과 의미를 주민들이 지니고 있는 장소기억을 활용하여 해석함

Recent years, industrial heritages are used to the important contents of urban revitalization. Historical industrial site is a cultural landscape which contain not only physical architecture but also the others; the material, immaterial and networks of relation. Janghang is a historical site which was constructed for the early modern industry in Korea. This article focused on place memory to interpret the industrial landscape. To gather the place memory, we suggest semi-standardized interview. And we select the interviewee by using the snow-balling method. And then, place memory is analyzed with the frequency and semantic network. According to the research, places related with the industry in Janghang were the most meaningful. Janghang refinery, port, railway & station and warehouse for paddy were significant heritages in Janghang. According to the Park(2007) who researched the important industrial heritages in Janghang, 10% of the places were similar with places form place memory. In addition, place memory was included not only place but also event, persons, time and others. With analyzing semantic network, we could understand the invisible relations which connected with each other. This study shows that place memory in local people is the critical medium to obtain the information of landscape. In addition, we can represent the relative relation of places in a visual map.