가치창출 패러다임 전환을 위한 주요 5개국 인문·기술 융합연구 정책지원 사례 분석

Abstract

This study examines the evolution of humanities policies in South Korea, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China over the past 20 years. Each country has taken different initiatives to develop the humanities in tandem with technology. For example, the United States provides a longitudinal support plan to facilitate an interdisciplinary combination of cutting-edge technologies with the humanities, and Japan combines the digitization of the humanities with government-led projects in the economic and IT sectors. Taiwan has also actively promoted collaboration between technology and the humanities as a means of solving social problems, and China has a state-led humanities revitalization plan to nurture new talent. South Korea, following its “Jeju Humanities Statement (1996)”, has not only implemented various programs to generate new knowledge based on the humanities, but also legalized educational policy support for such actions by enacting a “Humanities Law”.
 Using the triple helix model, we aim to define the actions of its three pillars (i.e., university, government, and industry) and analyze the strategic aspect of the goals and outcomes of each nation's policies. Through word cloud text analysis, 56 keywords were extracted from 34 projects in 5 countries and conceptualized as the following four core strategies: (a) expanding infrastructure, (b) widening research scope, (c) linking to industrialization, and (d) building a digital foundation. Further, this study sheds light on the need to expand humanities research and proposes a new paradigm for interdisciplinary research with the potential to lead social change. In conclusion, our study calls for both the revitalization of existing humanities infrastructures and the cultivation of humanities research integrated with other sectors. We also suggest the need to create an environment in which experts from all fields can actively collaborate, a shift in support mechanisms, and practice-based performance evaluation.