본 연구는 수원시를 대표하는 대규모 도시축제인 수원 화성문화제에 대한 집중적 사례연구이다. 이를 통해, 도시의 지역사회를 주민들이 애착과 소속감을 느끼며 동일시하여 긍정적 자아정체성의 일부로 삼는 대상, 즉 ‘도시 지역공동체’로서 형성해내는 일에 도시 이벤트를 활용하고자 할 때 발생하는 각종 문제점을 진단하고, 그것들에 대한 현장의 맥락에 충실한 해결방안들을 제시하는 것이 본 연구의 목표이다. 이를 위해 우선 도시민의 지역정체성이 ‘도시정체성’과 ‘동네정체성’이라는 2개의 층위로 나누어져 있음에 주목하고, 그런 점이 도시 이벤트의 연행 공간과 관련하여 갖는 관계에 대해 논의한다. 이들 두 가지 층위의 존재와 도시 이벤트가 도시 내의 특정 장소에서 연행될 수밖에 없다는 점은 때로 도시 이벤트에 대한 특정 지역 주민들의 부정적인 반응을 자극할 수 있다. 특히 도시 이벤트의 연행 공간으로서 도심지역이 가장 높은 비중을 차지하고 있는 현실에서, 담론구조상으로 도시 전체의 일이라 언명되는 도시 이벤트가 도심에서 일상생활을 영위하는 주민들의 이해관계와 얽히는 경우 사회적 긴장과 갈등이 유발될 가능성이 존재한다. 이러한 관점에서 본 연구는 먼저 수원 화성문화제의 역사적 발전과정을 개관하고, 2012년 가을에 거행된 제49회 화성문화제 행사의 내용을 중심으로 도시 이벤트로서 화성문화제의 기획 및 운영에서 나타나고 있는 각종의 문제점들을 분석한다. 이 문제점들을 크게 공간 디자인과 주민 참여라는 두 가지 측면으로 분류하고, 각각에 해당하는 세부적 문제점들이 수원의 특수한 역사적·사회적 맥락 속에서 어떻게 발생하게 되는 것인지를 설명한다. 다음으로는 화성문화제의 주요 연행 공간인 수원시 행궁동의 주민들과 여타 지역의 주민들 및 행정당국 등 참여주체들 모두에게 화성문화제가 긍정적인 효과를 가져다주기 위해 필요한 실천방안들을 제시한다. 특히 본 연구에서는 화성문화제의 연행 공간을 더 효율적으로 활용할 수 있도록 행궁동 지역의 공간구조를 개선하는 일, 또한 지역주민 및 외부 방문자들 모두의 보다 적극적이고 자발적인 참여를 유발할 수 있는 방안들을 모색하는 일의 중요성을 강조한다. 아울러 현재 수원시에서 활발히 전개 중인 마을 단위의 다양한 도시 지역공동체 만들기 운동의 참여주체들과 전체 도시 차원의 도시 이벤트인 화성문화제의 기획 및 운영에 관여하는 행정조직 간에 보다 유기적인 협의와 협력의 체제를 구축할 것을 제안한다.

This is an intensive case study of the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, a large‑scale urban festival, which is the most representative urban event of the City of Suwon. In this study the authors aim at delineating the various problems which may confront those who attempt to make, out of localities of varying scale, ‘urban local community’, which the residents concerned consider to be a part of their positive self‑identities, as well as feeling a sense of belonging to it. On that basis, we also aim at suggesting some practical measures to tackle those problems, which are relevant to the local social contexts. We pay attention to the co‑existence of the two distinct levels constituting the local identity of urbanites, which we respectively call ‘civic identity’ and ‘dongne identity’. We then discuss the implications of such differentiation for the diverging attitudes of urban residents vis‑à‑vis specific urban events. It may well arouse negative responses on the part of those who happen to reside and lead everyday life in the locality constituting the main performance space of the urban event in question. Especially we emphasize that, given the predominance of the urban centre as the main performance space for those urban events which discursively claim to be matters for the entire city, there may occur social tension and conflict when some residents of the city centre area feel that they have been unjustly treated by the city authorities taking only the negative side‑effects of large scale urban events (e.g. traffic, noise, and garbage problems) without countervailing benefits or compensation. Based upon this analytical framework, we first overview the historical development of the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival. We then analyze the various problems related to its planning and implementation specifically focusing on the event contents of the 49th Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, which took place in the autumn of 2012. We classify those problems into two aspects, which are space design and residents’ participation respectively, and then explicate how the details of the two problem aspects have come about in the specific historical and social contexts of the City of Suwon. Next, we suggest a few practical measures needed in order to make the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival bring positive effects to all the agents involved, i.e. residents of Haenggung Dong (the main performance venue), residents of other Suwon localities as well as Suwon’s administrative authorities. We lay special emphasis upon the reformation of spatial structure of the Haenggung Dong area in a way that will render the performance space of the festival more efficient. We also emphasize the need to find out the ways whereby both the local residents and outside visitors can participate in the festival more actively and spontaneously. Finally, we suggest the setting up of a regular system of discussion and cooperation between the organizers and active participants of various ‘village community creation’ movements, on the one hand, and the administrative personnel in charge of the planning and implementation of the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, on the other hand.

This is an intensive case study of the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, a large‑scale urban festival, which is the most representative urban event of the City of Suwon. In this study the authors aim at delineating the various problems which may confront those who attempt to make, out of localities of varying scale, ‘urban local community’, which the residents concerned consider to be a part of their positive self‑identities, as well as feeling a sense of belonging to it. On that basis, we also aim at suggesting some practical measures to tackle those problems, which are relevant to the local social contexts. We pay attention to the co‑existence of the two distinct levels constituting the local identity of urbanites, which we respectively call ‘civic identity’ and ‘dongne identity’. We then discuss the implications of such differentiation for the diverging attitudes of urban residents vis‑à‑vis specific urban events. It may well arouse negative responses on the part of those who happen to reside and lead everyday life in the locality constituting the main performance space of the urban event in question. Especially we emphasize that, given the predominance of the urban centre as the main performance space for those urban events which discursively claim to be matters for the entire city, there may occur social tension and conflict when some residents of the city centre area feel that they have been unjustly treated by the city authorities taking only the negative side‑effects of large scale urban events (e.g. traffic, noise, and garbage problems) without countervailing benefits or compensation. Based upon this analytical framework, we first overview the historical development of the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival. We then analyze the various problems related to its planning and implementation specifically focusing on the event contents of the 49th Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, which took place in the autumn of 2012. We classify those problems into two aspects, which are space design and residents’ participation respectively, and then explicate how the details of the two problem aspects have come about in the specific historical and social contexts of the City of Suwon. Next, we suggest a few practical measures needed in order to make the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival bring positive effects to all the agents involved, i.e. residents of Haenggung Dong (the main performance venue), residents of other Suwon localities as well as Suwon’s administrative authorities. We lay special emphasis upon the reformation of spatial structure of the Haenggung Dong area in a way that will render the performance space of the festival more efficient. We also emphasize the need to find out the ways whereby both the local residents and outside visitors can participate in the festival more actively and spontaneously. Finally, we suggest the setting up of a regular system of discussion and cooperation between the organizers and active participants of various ‘village community creation’ movements, on the one hand, and the administrative personnel in charge of the planning and implementation of the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival, on the other hand.

urban event, local identity, local community, civic identity, dongne identity, performance space, residents participation