Korean traditional costumes are currently at a time of change. The boundary of traditional costumes has expanded with the appearance of modernized hanbok and there are various types of hanbok. However, due
to unclear definition and knowledge on Korean...
Korean traditional costumes are currently at a time of change. The boundary of traditional costumes has expanded with the appearance of modernized hanbok and there are various types of hanbok. However, due
to unclear definition and knowledge on Korean traditional costumes, its meaning has been fading. There are a few educational, experience and event programs related to Korean traditional costumes at a few institutes,
but most are one-time events focusing on urban areas, and have relatively low accessibility from the general public. Therefore, students majoring in relevant studies should improve the perception on Korean traditional costumes among the general public, diversify public education, and improve accessibility through continuous research. The purpose of this study is to improve accessibility of Korean traditional costumes by providing fundamental education to improve proper perception on Korean traditional costumes and through popular
programs. For this, domestic and foreign fashion museums that have many traditional costume relics and offer educational, experience, and event programs were studied and analyzed, and education&experience, PR and social contribution programs integrating Service-Learning were designed utilizing Korean traditional costumes. It is assumed that by integrating Service-Learning, the limitations of existing Korean traditional
costume programs and other issues such as realistic difficulties can be somewhat resolved. This study aims at making it possible for the general public to easily access Korean traditional costumes and experience various types of programs through Service-Learning, and to provide an opportunity to share the existence and value of Korean traditional costumes. The research method included both literary research and empirical investigations. Literary research focused on literature related to Korean traditional costume relics, museum program case-studies, and materials related to Service-Learning programs. Museums possessing domestic and
foreign traditional costume relics were visited for empirical investigation and for some museums, written interviews were conducted with curators. A Service-Learning program using Korean traditional costume relics
was designed based on the investigations and analyses. The contents were divided into the three categories of educational&experience programs for fundamentals on Korean traditional costumes, PR programs for the progressive development of Korean traditional costumes, and social contribution programs containing the social values of Korean traditional costumes, and eight sub-programs were designed. The results of this study are as follows. First, three domestic museums having Korean traditional costume relics were investigated and analyzed. The Dankook University Seokujseon Memorial Museum, National Folk Museum of Korea, and the National Palace Museum of Korea had significant quantities of cultural relics, excavated relics, folk costumes, and royal costume materials. In addition, they offer experience programs related to traditional clothing such as official hat-folding and royal prenatal education (sewing class). They also have continuous exhibits and develop various public programs based on research. Second, three foreign museums having traditional costume relics were investigated and analyzed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Kobe Fashion Museum have collections in themes of traditional costume relics, designers, and changes in fashion by era. They are also characterized by offering educational&experience programs
linked with the exhibits for various targets, gala shows using traditional costume relics, and large-scale event programs such as fashion shows. Third, when summing up the analyses made on the six museums, it was
found that when compared to overseas museums with highly developed museums specializing in traditional costumes, Korea have relatively few museums specializing in traditional costumes, the use of Korean
traditional costume relics is relatively low in existing education&experience programs, and that diversification of programs related to Korean traditional costumes is needed. Furthermore, educational&experience programs of domestic and foreign museums can be divided into the four types linked with exhibits, experience, seminars and lectures, and linking with curricula, and it was found that they were used singularly or in combination. Fourth, I designed four educational&experience programs such as ‘Hanbok escaped from the Museum’, ‘All about Hanbok’, ‘Running & Learning Book’, and ‘Our Clothes in Textbooks’. The four types of
educational&experience programs were applied. ‘Hanbok escaped from the Museum’, which is a type that is linked to exhibits, is a program that combines Korean traditional costume relics with storytelling and in this,
young children solve the mystery of the missing princess’s Dang-ui together with volunteers. This aims at offering basic knowledge on Korean traditional costumes to young children and make them curious. ‘All about Hanbok’, which applies both seminar and lectures with experience types, was designed to teach about Korean traditional clothing using relics to foreigners, while also helping them gain understanding on Orientalism such as the five colors, etc., while also offering production demonstrations and wearing experiences. The experience type ‘Running & Learning Book’ is a ‘coloring book for learning through activities’.
Through this program of coloring Korean traditional costume relics, it aims at gaining knowledge on the colors and symbols of Korean traditional costumes, while gaining deeper understanding on the meaning
and use of each artifact. ‘Our Clothes in Textbooks’ is the type that is linked to curricula and it is a program based on middle school technology and home economics class’s curricula. It is comprised of learning the
basic types and excellence of Korean traditional clothing and career mentoring with volunteers to heighten interest on Korean traditional costumes, while also helping with setting career goals. Fifth, the PR program using Korean traditional clothing relics was designed with ‘Traveling Korea with Hanbok’ and ‘Hanbok Reporter
Magazine’. In ‘Traveling Korea with Hanbok’, regional PR teams introduce Korean traditional costume relics and unique local costumes through local events and PR activities. In ‘Hanbok Reporter Magazine’, volunteers
become hanbok reporters to cover Korean traditional costumes and the trends and items of hanbok, which are posted on social media and blogs. Such PR programs can approach the masses in a friendly manner and can have the effect of actively using traditional costume relics. Sixth, the social contribution program was designed as ‘From Hand To Hand’ and ‘Wearing Our Clothes Again’. In the talent donation program
‘From Hand To Hand’, volunteers provide education on making Korean traditional costumes and traditional handicraft to learners needing help and donate the proceeds from selling products or help learners become
self-sufficient. ‘Wearing Our Clothes Again’ is designed to upcycle old hanbok into new products for sales and donations. Such programs shed light on the value of old hanbok and also protects the environment, and
therefore, its social contribution aspect through recycling of Korean traditional costumes was emphasized.
Through the above Service-Learning program design using Korean traditional costume relics, it is judged that this study can be used as basic educational material of Korean traditional costume programs that can be used by museums, universities and relevant institutes. Furthermore, it is expected that Korean traditional costume relics will be actively utilized. Also, it is judged that this study will provide assistance in providing proper perception and information on Korean traditional costumes to the general public.