다문화주의와 초국적 이주민: 안산 원곡동 이주민 집주지역의 사례
Multiculturalism and Transnational Migrants: A Case Study of Wongok-dong, an Immigrant-dominated Area of Ansan City in South Korea
- 발행
- 2013
- 소속·발행
- 경기도외국인인권지원센터
- 출처
- 국내 KCI
- 원문등록
- 2013-07-30
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개념
키워드
다문화주의, 초국주의, 원곡동, 이주민, multiculturalism, transnationalism, Wongok-dong, immigrants
초록
This paper investigates multiculturalism in Korea and immigrants’ transnational strategies through a case study in an immigrant-dominated area of a local city in South Korea. The study is based on anthropological fieldwork conducted between 2011 and 2012 in a neighborhood called Wongok-dong in the city of Ansan, located about 40 km southwest of Seoul. Wongok-dong is recognised as a representative multicultural area in South Korea. It has the highest percentage of immigrant population in the country along with well-developed ethnic businesses and various government and non-government organizations supporting immigrants. In 2009 a specific area of Wongok-dong was designated as the “Multicultural Village Special Zone” by the government.
 The paper first briefly reviews the origin and limit of multiculturalism as an immigration policy and introduces a transnational social field approach as a new perspective to conceptualize international migration. It then examines the process of Wongok-dong, which originally was a residential area for migrant workers, being redeveloped into a multicultural space by the government while adopting multicultural discourse. The paper goes on to descri