한국의 문화자본 연구에 대한 비판적 고찰

Abstract

Research concerned with cultural capital in Korean society demonstrate differences ranging from the stage of conceptualization to the operation of cultural capital. Although the concept of cultural capital inevitably includes the element of 'class', a number of studies overlook the class factor of cultural capital and simply measure and analyze cultural capital based on the number of cultural and artistic activities or experiences. Therefore, with the above problem in mind, this study critically review the existing literature in and around cultural capital by closely examining the main research findings and the limitations. We then make suggestions for future research including the direction of cultural capital studies in Korean society. To begin with, class and class should be used separately, but the correlation between these two concepts should be considered. This is because class and class, rather than opposing concepts, are used together as a measure of individuals' position in their society. Secondly, it is necessary to consider the method of measuring cultural capital and the method of hierarchical existence between genres. Thirdly, it is necessary to consider a new methodology for measuring cultural capital suitable for Korean society and how it works. Lastly, in order to understand the mechanism of cultural capital in Korean society, long-term, in-depth research by building related panel data should be conducted to analyze the landscape of Korean cultural capital. This study is meaningful in that it critically reviews the existing literature in cultural capital in the fields of sociology, cultural sociology, cultural economics and arts management and provide future research directions in terms of taste, class reproduction, and cultural and artistic experience.