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Abstract:
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"The ‘cultural commons’ like intangible cultural assets have been extensively researched. From the viewpoint of public choice, these cultural commons studies of intangible cultural assets have been providing the remedies for effectively governing them. How can we pass down our disappearing intangible cultural assets to descendants in the right direction? The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of the sustainability of intangible cultural assets conservation in Korea and suggest policy implications for intangible cultural assets governance. The theoretical underpinnings are the Institutional Analysis and Development framework for visualizing the Rational Choice New Institutionalism with multiple level analyses developed by Professor Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues. Our research model includes three independent variables (rules and institutions of intangible cultural assets governance, physical & community attributes), one intermediate variable (action arena), and one dependent variable (sustainability of intangible cultural assets conservation). To test seven hypotheses, questionnaire survey was conducted.
Our major empirical findings by the AMOS statistical package and detailed policy implications are as follows. Firstly, the rules and institutions, physical & community attributes, and action arena of intangible cultural assets governance have affected in a configurational way the sustainability of intangible cultural assets conservation through action arena interaction. Secondly, the rules and institutions have most directly influenced the sustainable conservation of intangible cultural assets. However, current Korean formal laws and policies of intangible cultural assets have many issues such as the designation and discharge of national intangible cultural assets, recognition of possessors, and operation of Cultural Properties Committee due to diverse laws, overlapping policies, and local rules. Therefore, collective and constitutional rules should be re-designed. At the collective choice level, the current Korean intangible cultural assets related Laws and Acts should be revised for effective intangible cultural assets governance. Finally, at the constitution choice level, basic principles should be institutionalized in the Korean Constitution to preserve sustainable intangible cultural assets along with high evaluation of the future value of intangible cultural assets."
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