Held a forum to explore institutional foundations for promoting Jeju folk culture

An opportunity will be provided to explore ways to preserve and promote Jeju folk culture that is disappearing or having difficulty passing it down.

Jeju Island and the Jeju Studies Research Center will hold the 2026 Jeju Folk Forum under the theme of ‘Search for an institutional foundation for the promotion of Jeju folk culture’ in the conference room on the second floor of the Jeju Island Economic and Trade Promotion Agency at 2 p.m. on the 11th.

At the forum, Professor Takashi Machida of Changwon National University will present on the topic 'Crisis and revival of folk culture: Japan's system and challenges', and Professor Ki-tae Song of Mokpo University will present on the topic 'The light and dark of policies for promoting folk culture in the Jeolla-do region, and the vitality of the field'.

Next, Kang So-jeon, a lecturer at Jeju National University, presents policy tasks under the theme of 'Recognition and promotion policy tasks of Jeju Island's folk culture' from the perspective that Jeju folk culture should be viewed not as a culture of the past, but as a culture that continues in the present and as a resource for the future.

After the topic presentation, a comprehensive discussion will be held, chaired by Professor Emeritus Heo Nam-chun of Jeju National University, and participated by Oh Young-joo, Chairman of the Jeju Island Intangible Heritage Committee, Jin Seon-hee, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Halla Ilbo, Ryu Jin-ok, researcher at Jeju National University's Tamna Culture Research Institute, Park Jong-seon, senior researcher at Chungcheongbuk-do History and Culture Research Institute, and Kang Soo-kyung, expert researcher at Jeju Studies Research Center.

Participants will discuss establishing a system to oversee folk culture policies, supporting transmission communities, establishing research, records and archives, and establishing systems for promoting folk culture.