Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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2018
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Kyung Sun Lee
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Kyung Sun Lee
这项研究考察了韩国的国际发展志愿者计划作为公民外交倡议。在传播的文化视角和公共外交的关系模型的启发下，我研究了志愿者培训将文化学习纳入其计划的方式。研究发现，志愿者培训在很大程度上是基于一种器乐主义的文化方法，强调学习韩国传统舞蹈、艺术和食物等文化中“显性”的一面，以此作为提升国家形象的战略。相比之下，培训计划中涉及较少的是一种关系式的文化学习方法，这种方法是以对文化的“隐含”方面的反身性理解为指导的，即指导志愿者和东道主成员世界观和行为的价值观和信念。志愿者计划作为一种公民外交倡议的价值在于它有可能在双向接触的基础上建立关系，而它的文化概念主要是由公共外交的传播模式指导的。基于研究结果，本研究呼吁在志愿者培训计划中采用文化学习的综合方法，以推动公民外交倡议的发展。
This study examines Korea’s international development volunteer program as a citizen diplomacy initiative. Informed by a cultural perspective of transmission and relational models of public diplomacy, I examine the ways in which volunteer training incorporates cultural-learning into its program. The study finds that volunteer training is largely based on an instrumentalist approach to culture that places emphasis on learning the “explicit” side of culture, such as Korean traditional dance, art, and food as a strategy to promote the country’s national image. In contrast, much less covered in the training program is a relational approach to culture-learning that is guided by a reflexive understanding of the “implicit” side of culture, or the values and beliefs that guide the worldviews and behavior of both volunteers and host constituents. Whereas the value of the volunteer program as a citizen diplomacy initiative is in its potential to build relationships based on two-way engagement, its conception of culture is mostly guided by that of the transmission model of public diplomacy. Based on the findings, this study calls for an integrated approach to culture-learning in volunteer training program to move the citizen diplomacy initiative forward.