Anthropological Study of Urbanization Process in Korea

本文在对韩国城市化进程进行全面研究的基础上，设置了五个描述和分析的研究领域：（1）对韩国传统城市中心性的基本特征及其发展变化的历史研究; (2)快速城市化造成农村社会文化的变化。(3)农村移民在城市环境中的社会网络和协会。(4)城市生活中的社会文化变化。(5)基督教在城市移民中的影响。吉田茂对义朝首尔的政治中心地位进行了分析。（2）以铃木的渔村和伊藤的范宁村的人口急剧减少和老龄化为参照进行了研究。至于（3）。Ito和Ohno研究了个人网络的区域、校友和亲属关系以及社会功能。关于（4）。Yi-Jinyong描述和分析了首尔和大邱的夫妻家庭对儿童保育和教育的兴趣日益增加。岩本和崔吉松Hidemura研究了首尔周边新城市中不断扩大的移民居民中基督教的社会文化方面。

Based on the comprehensive scope for the study of urbanization process in Korea, we set up five poles for description and analysis infield research as follows : (1) historical approaches to the basic features of centrality in the traditional Korean cities and their development and change. (2) socio-cultural changes in therural situations caused by the rapid urbanization. (3) social net-works and associations among rural immigrants in urban settings. (4) sociocultural changes in urban lives. (5) christianity among urban immigrants.As for(1). political centrality in Seoul in Yi-Dynasty is analysed by Yoshida. and social changes in the rural areas around Taegu City is studied by Shima with special focus on the reformation of kinship organizations, and (2) is studied in reference to the rapid depopulation and ageing in fishing villages by Suzuki and in fanning village by Ito. As for (3). regional, alumni and kinbased associations and social functions of personal networks are studied by Ito and Ohno. Concerning (4). increasing interests in child-care and education among conjugal families in Seoul and Taegu are described and analysed by Yi-Jinyong. lwamoto and Choe-Kilsong. Socio-cultural aspects of christianity among expanding immigrant residents in new cities around Seoul arc studied by Hidemura.