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An Ethnographic Study on the Process of Forming a Family Fandom as a Self-sustaining Scientific Cultural Practice Process: Focusing on Participating Families in the Family Program of the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea

자생적 과학문화 실천과정으로서의 가족팬덤 형성과정에 대한 문화기술지 연구 -국립해양생물자원관 가족프로그램 참가 가족들을 중심으로-

  • Chaehong Hong (Tongyeong Education Foundation for Sustainable Development) ;
  • Jun-Ki Lee (Jeonbuk National University)
  • 홍채홍 (통영시지속가능발전교육재단) ;
  • 이준기 (전북대학교)
  • Received : 2024.06.11
  • Accepted : 2024.06.23
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

This is a qualitative research study in which three families focused on scientific culture and conducted the process of forming a family fandom using ethnography. The ultimate goal of science education is the "cultivation of scientifically literate persons.", The researcher examines families who regularly participate in informal science educational programs, such as those offered by the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, to understand the cultural ans sociological significance of these activities as part of their daily routines. This study analyzes and summarizes the experiences of three families in different home environments as to the completion of the family fandom through the process of self-sustaining cultural practice formation through family education activities, and science activities. This study found that the process tword completion is more meaningful than the completion itself, in the context of science, culture, family and fandom. The findings of this study are as follows: 1) The process of forming a family fandom began with the individual purpose of each family member. 2) The process of fandom formation was created in an organic relationship through the interaction between parents and children, and the self-sustaining cultural practice strengthened the bond and expanded the consensus on scientific culture. 3) Parents and children together share scientific culture, and unique culture in the form of sharing in their own cultural life as becoming scientifically literate people. The self-sustaining cultural practice of selecting and enjoying these scientific activities is not simple consumption of popular culture, but the role of parents as cultural designers. This has conducted experiential consumption as "refined (or sophisticated) cultural consumers," and family leisure activities as meaning production of family members so it has social and cultural implications that can be developed into a scientific culture.

이 연구는 국립해양생물자원관에서 운영하는 가족교육프로그램에 참여한 세 가족에 대하여 과학문화에 초점을 맞추어 가족팬덤 형성과정을 문화기술지방법론으로 수행한 질적연구다. 이는 서로 다른 환경의 세 가족이 가족교육을 통해 과학 활동을 일상적 문화실천 행동으로 나타난 향유-해독-변용의 과정을 거쳐 자생적 과학문화실천 형성 과정으로 가족팬덤 완성에 대하여 분석⋅요약된다. 이 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 가족과 함께 한 과학 활동이 유기적인 상호작용을 통해 유대감 강화와 과학문화에 대한 공감대가 확대된다. 둘째, 부모와 자녀는 일상생활에서 과학 관련 경험을 공유하며 과학적 소양인이 될 수 있는 독특하고 자신들만의 문화적 생활 속 문화공유형태로 실천했다는 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구는 완성형 자체로서의 과학문화 가족팬덤의 의미가 아닌, 완성형을 향해 가는 과정으로 종합적으로 밝혀보고자 했으며, 가족활동의 의미생산이 과학문화로 발전시킬 수 있는 사회문화적 함의를 갖는다.

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