In current Korea society, local is confronting with new changes. Local is a site connected with new heterogeneous changes of social surroundings: globalization, democratization, and informationization. In this situation, cultural strategy is a matter ...
In current Korea society, local is confronting with new changes. Local is a site connected with new heterogeneous changes of social surroundings: globalization, democratization, and informationization. In this situation, cultural strategy is a matter of significance for local development and local governance through culture as a new mode of governing is requested, because the local development strategy cannot be accomplished with a existing mode of governing. This study firstly builds up a meaning of local governance through culture, and then investigates the governance structure of 'making cultural community in town' project in Seongnam city. In many aspects significant outcomes of local governance construction through culture is found in the Seongnam project. However, there are some limitations: complexity of administrative procedures, a matter of placeness, and need for more open communication. In spite of these limitations, trying to build more open horizontal network structure, local can construct local governance through culture as a new mode of governing.