文化空间的舞台化与文化表征 - 以首尔北村韩屋村与香港荷李活道为中心 = Theatricalization of Cultural Space and Cultural Representation: A Case Study of Bukchon Hanok Village and Hollywood Road

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This study examines how cultural heritage spaces are “staged” in the context of East Asian urban regeneration and cultural governance, and how local memory, cultural representation, and spatial identity are reconstructed in this process. The study focuses on Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul and Hollywood Road in Hong Kong. Both areas are urban heritage spaces where historical memory and everyday culture have accumulated. However, under the influence of the tourism economy, cultural policy, and capital intervention, they have gradually been reconstructed as cultural landscapes that can be viewed, experienced, and consumed.
Drawing on Goffman’s performance theory as a basic perspective for understanding “staging,” this study also reviews recent discussions on symbolic economy, spatial production, cultural representation, and heritage tourism in order to analyze the reproduction of cultural heritage spaces. The analysis shows that Bukchon Hanok Village has been reconstructed as an exhibition space representing Korean traditional culture through government-led cultural policies, hanok preservation, hanbok experience programs, and the management of tourist routes. By contrast, Hollywood Road in Hong Kong has been reproduced as a market-driven cultural heritage space through the combination of art spaces, antique trading, café culture, and cultural-creative consumption.
Although the two cases differ in terms of their leading mechanisms, they share common features: living spaces are transformed into objects of viewing, local cultural resources are commodified, and the meanings of space are newly recoded. By comparing the processes of cultural representation and spatial reproduction in East Asian urban heritage spaces, especially within the Sinosphere, this study aims to reveal the complex relationship among cultural heritage preservation, tourism consumption, and urban cultural identity.