민속복식비교와 전시

Abstract

비교민속연구는 연구 주제에 대한 비교를 통하여 학문적 시야를 넓히고 우리의 민속을 객관적 입장에서 바라 볼 수 있는 기회를 가지는 것이며, 비교 분석을 통한 평가는 과거의 민속에서 미래를 향한 민속으로 발전 할 수 있는 대안을 제시하는 것으로 이어져야 한다. 우리만의 우리의 것이 최고이어야 하고, 으뜸이 되어야 한다는 의식적 접근이 아닌 한국 민속문화의 성찰과 이해를 통한 타문화와의 같음과 다름의 비교는 우열이 아닌 민족의 특성으로 나타나고 있는 타민족의 다양성을 인정하고 겸허하게 받아들이며, 그 비교의 결과물은 우리 민속의 미래 비전을 발전시킬 수 있는 자료로서 다시 활용 되어야 할 것이다. 복식박물관의 역할이 과거를 보여주는 것만이 아니라면, 복식을 바라보는 관점의 새로운 변화가 요구되며, 기존의 전통한복과 함께 개화기에서 현대에 이르기까지 세계적 패션 흐름과 그 맥락을 함께 해오고 있는 한국패션의 흐름과 변화의 내용도 함께 포함되어야 할 것으로 보이며, 민속복식이 주류를 이루고 있는 현재의 복식박물관의 수집과 전시 내용의 구조적 변화도 논의되어야 한다고 생각한다.

Comparative folklore research broaden the academic perspective by the comparative study of research topics, while offering an opportunity to perceive one’s folklore objectively. And the review that arise from the comparative analysis should offer an alternative to move from folklore of the past to folklore towards the future. Stepping away from a conscious approach that isolates and frames folklore as self-celebratory, the comparative studies on the likes and differences amongst other cultures through the reflection, examination, and understanding of Korean folklore culture should lead to embracing with humility the diversity of other people revealed through characteristics of ethnic peoples, and the fruits of this process should be used again as resources to reflect and better the vision for the future of Korean folklore. What should not be overlooked in comparative folklore studies is that the culture of human dress, nutrition, and shelter as the necessities of way of life, is not of possession of a single folklore culture, it is formed around the surrounding geographical and environment factors based on the area of livelihood inherited and enjoyed by each ethnic group. The phrase “what’s most global, is what’s most close to home (ex. Korean)” does not mean one’s own or what’s close to home being the best with the upper hand preceding over all the rest. The uniqueness and factors of differentiation in folklore culture that arise from comparative studies does not translate to advocate the prestige of one’s folklore over others. The nomadic lifestyle seems to be increasingly of interest to modern generations across the globe. In this time where people live in the sea of limitless free competition of the global age, traditional culture brings people together and as an important resource to creativity, it should be continuously recreated for the folklore culture contents-development. If the role of the museum is not to simply show the past, a new paradigm is a called for regarding costume clothing. In the classroom, a new discussion is also called for the time period covered in Korean costume history where materials largely focus costumes prior to the Chosen period. Costume require visual resources rather than oral tradition or textual material. Folklore costume studies are usually to be approached via humanities research methods, however it could be said most research results conclude with schematization or recreation. Exhibitions of Folklore Costumes takes place as a result of folklore research, or an effective way to help the public of international audience enhance the understanding of Korean Folklore costume. Exhibitions vary as much as the variation in the spectrum of costume itself depending on the exhibitor’s message and place. Thus, the methodology pertaining to the exhibit, location, and the communication with audience should differ with the condition whether the focus of the exhibition consists of regarding the costume as resources of academic value or whether the purpose of the exhibitions is to showcase costumes with values attached as a product. The new manifestations of exhibitions influenced by modern disintegrations of borders and expansion of the culture of fusion, present rise to diversified forms of exhibitions from the traditional perception or decorum of an exhibition. There seems to be a rapidly approaching need to start a new conversation for the future together with the observation of traditional methodology regarding the subject and method of exhibitions within the topic of costume exhibitions Korean Museums.