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Understanding Symbols through Mandala Art Work, Collection and Classification: Application of Autoethnography

  • Park, Boram (Dept. of Culture Convergence, Jeonju Univ.)
  • Received : 2022.07.27
  • Accepted : 2022.09.04
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

This study focused on the spirit to becoming the true "I" as a human, and it attempted to pay attention to the "images" sent by the unconscious to prompt the reality of that spirit. The purpose of this study was to identify the symbols in myths and folk tales that appeared in the individual's dreams and to shed light on how the universal experiences of humankind are re-experienced and integrated into an individual's life. This study used a total of 105 mandala paintings collected through the researcher's own dreams from February 2019 to September 2020. Among them, repeated symbols were classified into basic shapes, squares, crosses, triangles, circles, and spirals, as suggested by Riedel. The study truthfully described the discovery of a practical layer of psychology as a human's individualization and changing, resulting in autoethnography, which is a type of qualitative study.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the 2019 Research-Year Grant of Jeonju University.

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