The Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation promotes the Center for Gyeonggi Studies, 2020 ‘Gyeonggi Studies Facilitation’
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▶ The Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation promotes the Center for Gyeonggi Studies, 2020 ‘Gyeonggi Studies Facilitation’

The Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation (President, Kang Heon) and the Center for Gyeonggi Studies promote regional studies in 2020.

As local government systems were recently established, there are more and more people who look to the present while their interest in history, culture, nature and environment grows. They know about the past and this helps them to think about the future through local studies. There are also many people trying to establish a regional identity by acquiring knowledge about where they live.

The Center for Gyeonggi Studies has studied the history and culture of Gyeonggi-do for a long time, and it will promote multi-angular regional studies in addition to research. Also, in line with promotion of northern area projects, which are a major foundation of policies of the institution, a significant number of major 2020 projects will be carried out in the north.

The Center for Gyeonggi Studies, first, understands that establishment of ‘local identity’ will become a huge cornerstone for future development and plans to proactively uncover the historic and cultural foundations of 31 cities and counties, as well as Gyeonggi-do at large, and ensure joint collaborative projects. ▲<Gyeonggi Studies Lectures> is a popular education program carried out in each locality in collaboration with city and county cultural institutions. This year, this will be carried out in Gapyeong-gun and Pocheon-si in the first and the second half of the year, respectively. ▲<Local Researcher Development Course> which provides theories and practices in local studies will be carried out in Goyang-si representing northwestern Gyeonggi areas. ▲<Gyeonggi Studies in Sympathy>, a consulting service for in-depth development of city and county regional studies will be promoted with Ansan-si and Siheung-si.

Also, the center will keep researching and surveying within Gyeonggi-do. ▲The <Local Community Survey> project, which has published 20 reports since 2011, will take place in Dongducheon, Bucheon and Siheung. This project will examine and record the development of Gyeonggi-do. ▲It also promotes <A Survey of Materials Held by Families Who Have Lived in the Locality over Several Generations>.

The Center has been involved in publications designed to spread and share its performance. ▲The series of <Historic Culture> overseeing history and culture at large, ▲The <Gyeonggi-do History Tour> series, is where people can study local history at schools, ▲<Gyeonggi Studies Magazine (Quarterly)> is also to be published and shared this year, which is a periodical for sharing and communicating local studies.

From 2020, ▲<Archive Catalog of Modern and Contemporary Cultural Assets> to obtain basic materials on regional studies and test operations took place. This was to ensure that the Center can play a role as a hub of information relevant to Gyeonggi-do regional studies.

▶ The Center for Gyeonggi Studies is to cover not only survey and research, but also expansion for the use, support and networking of regional studies.

The Center for Gyeonggi Studies will facilitate regional studies and diversify businesses. This will be a cornerstone not only for survey and research but also for expansion to various applications for provincial residents, city-county related networks, and support for regional research. The orientation of the center is likely to be expanded to ‘Gyeonggi Studies Promotion’. Affiliation and collaboration will be strengthened to cover not only a large-scale locality focus on cultural areas but also studies on small areas and localities.

Lee Jihun, Director of the Center for Gyeonggi Studies said, “For a Gyeonggi-do with often un-celebrated local character and lack of localist perspectives, to develop for a future with a large population and significant resources, it is necessary to develop the province’s unique identity and the sense of community,” and went on, “we will aim at ① open, sustainable and future-oriented regional studies, ② residents’ participation in regional studies to build communities, and ③ practical regional studies for local facilitation and regeneration.

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▶ It has long offered counseling concerning unfair practice, legal and/or psychological matters and in-person legal issues since 2019, to be extended this year.

Gyeonggi-do and the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, since 2019, have run the ‘Gyeonggi Artist Consulting Center’ to help protect the rights of artists and support for independence.

For the establishment of a fair art ecosystem for artists in Gyeonggi-do and for creative artist work, we support people who have suffered from unfair activities, provide for legal affairs and offer psychological counseling, as well as counseling and consulting about copyright, contracts and administrative affairs. Also, in relation to promotion of the welfare of artists, we support by providing proof of art activities in art areas relevant to the Korean Artists Welfare Foundation. We also provide help for preparation for documentary evidence and online applications. Also, we offer psychological counseling for artists who need psychological and mental counseling. For this, we launched a local, designated counseling center for each area unit last year.

▶ We have a plan to install and manage support for independence, consulting and special counseling programs for young artists.

Especially, this year, we will proactively expand the areas relevant to artists’ counseling.
We promote ‘Young artist financial independence consulting’ and invite mentor artists or culture and art professionals to be counselors, to counsel artists in terms of their career and start-ups in the areas of culture and art. We also run a ‘Special Counseling Program’ through collaboration with other basic foundations, related institutions and art-related organizations.

Through these onsite counseling and extended consulting, the facilitation of the Gyeonggi Artist Consulting Center will ensure more convenient access and constant operations.

The Gyeonggi Artist Consulting Center is a counseling center only for artists, and support will be limited to artists only. The commonly applied requirement is that the artists must reside in Gyeonggi-do. As for counseling, only professional artists are supported, meaning that a candidate shall have received evidence of artistic activities (the Korean Artists Welfare Foundation) or must be able to prove that he/she is a professional artist.

A spokesperson from the Gyeonggi Artist Consulting Center said, “this year, we will promote more diverse and proactive programs. We will establish a counseling support system so that more artists can concentrate on their art.”

To apply, access the website of the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation (www.ggcf.kr) online or download the attached application file (gasc@ggcf.or.kr). Otherwise, you can visit the Gyeonggi Artist Consulting Center located at the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation Artist Support Center to apply.

※ As the governmental response to COVID-19 has been elevated to Alert, applications for visit-based counseling of artists will temporarily not be received. When this temporary period will end is still unknown and depends on conditions, indicated on the website. While visit-based application is closed, you can apply online or access to phone calls for counseling. In the future. the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation Artist Support Center will do its best to protect the rights of artists and ensure stable creative work.

Temporary closing: Feb. 25, 2020 (Tue.) ~
□ Resuming point of time will be indicated on the website.