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Research Perspectives and Research Issues on the Origins of Korean Technology Culture: Focusing on Amateur Radio

  • Sangkil Yoon (Dept. of Visual Media Communication, Shinhan University)
  • Received : 2024.09.12
  • Accepted : 2024.10.11
  • Published : 2024.10.31
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Abstract

Starting with the problem that the origin of Korean technology culture lies in the technology culture of amateur radio lovers in the 1950s and 1960s, the purpose of this study is to explore the research perspective and research issues necessary for the historical study of Korean amateur radio, which has remained a blind spot. More specifically, the main contents of the 'social constructivism of technology' theory, which is a perspective that is mainly interested in the early history phase and a theoretical resource that views the relationship between technology and culture, were examined, and technology culture of amateur radio lovers was examined. And based on this, major research issues were derived. The main research issues derived are to determine the historical composition of amateur radio in the 1950s and 1960s, to explain the Cold War transformation of Korean amateur radio (technology) culture, and to examine the relationship between radio electronics market and amateur radio hobby market growth.

본 연구는 한국 기술 문화의 기원이 1950,60년대 아마추어 무선 애호가의 기술 문화에 있다는 문제의식에서 출발하여, 그동안 사각지대로 남아 있었던 한국 아마추어 무선에 대한 역사적 연구에 필요한 연구 시각과 연구 쟁점을 탐색하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 보다 구체적으로는 초기사(初期史) 국면에 주로 관심을 가지고 있는 관점이자 기술과 문화 간의 관계를 조망하는 이론적 자원인 '기술의 사회적 구성주의' 이론의 주요 내용을 살펴보고, 미국과 일본의 사례를 중심으로 아마추어 무선 애호가 기술 문화의 양상을 살펴보았다. 그리고 이에 입각하여 주요 연구 쟁점들을 도출하였다. 도출한 주요 연구 쟁점은 1950,60년대 아마추어 무선 애호가 문화의 역사적 구도를 판단하는 것과 함께, 한국 아마추어 무선(기술) 문화의 냉전적 변용 양상을 해명하는 것, 그리고 라디오 전자기술 시장과 아마추어 무선의 취미시장 성장 간의 관계를 검토하는 것이다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Shinhan University Research Fund, 2024

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