차(茶) 연관 인문·사회과학 연구 동향 분석과 발전 방안

Abstract

This study examines tea-related humanities and social science research trends through analysis of studies published over the 28-year period from 1995 to 2022 in the Journal of the Korean Tea Society and the Journal of Tea Culture & Industry Studies. The number of tea-related humanities and social science studies published during that 28-year period was 757. This study categorizes them into 22 fields. The most active research fields are tea industry, tea type, and world tea culture, followed by tea spirit, tea ceremony, education, and marketing. Studies with practical impact showed a rapidly increasing trend. Research in the fields of tea living, healing effects, tea space, and tea events showed a rapidly increasing trend over a 10-year period starting in the mid-2000s. Publication of tea-related humanities and social science research showed an annual increase of 20% from 1995 to 2016, and then shifted to a decreasing trend, especially during the years of COVID 19. To expand the influence of tea research, this study proposes ways to strengthen industry-academia collaboration from a selection of tea research topics and the sharing of tea research results.