The Transmission Structure and Communal Identity of the Sanshinje in Yeonchuk-dong

An Oral History Approach

Authors

  • Younghee Noh Dept. of Library and Information Science, Konkuk University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5865/IJKCT.2025.15.4.095

Keywords:

Yeonchuk-dong Sanshinje, Folk Belief, Oral History, Community Identity, Symbolic Interpretation, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Folkloristic Ethnography

Abstract

Purpose: This study examines the Sanshinje (mountain spirit ritual) of Yeonchuk-dong, Daejeon, as a living form of folk belief embedded in communal practice.
Methodology: Based on 2025 oral history documentation, the research adopts folkloristic ethnography, symbolic interpretation, and community theory to analyze the ritual’s structure and meaning.
Result: Findings show that the Sanshinje functions as a symbolic and ethical system sustaining collective identity and memory. The sacrificial use of a bull reflects regional uniqueness and communal solidarity. Institutional support through a preservation committee has enabled the ritual’s continuity despite social change.
Implication: The study emphasizes the need to preserve Sanshinje as community-owned living heritage, maintaining authenticity while adapting to modern challenges.

Publication Facts

Metric
This article
Other articles
Peer reviewers 
3
2.4

Reviewer profiles  N/A

Author statements

Author statements
This article
Other articles
Data availability 
N/A
16%
External funding 
N/A
32%
Competing interests 
N/A
11%
Metric
This journal
Other journals
Articles accepted 
43%
33%
Days to publication 
255
145

Indexed in

Editor & editorial board
profiles
Society 
N/A
Publisher 
RIKCDT(Research Institute for Knowledge Content Development & Technology)

Author Biography

Younghee Noh, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Konkuk University

Biographical Details

[Author 1 bio] Younghee Noh

 

Younghee Noh has an MA and a PhD in Library & Information Science from Yonsei University, Seoul. She has published more than 50 books, including 3 books awarded as Outstanding Academic Books by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism(Government)and more than 150 papers, including one selected as a Featured Article by the Informed Librarian Online in February 2012 and one awarded as a Best Article by Korean Library and Information Science Society.

She was listed in the Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2012-2016 and Who's Who in Science and Engineering in 2016-2017. She received research excellence awards from both Konkuk University (2009) and Konkuk University Alumni (2013) as well as recognition by “the award for Teaching Excellence” from Konkuk University in 2014. She received research excellence awards from ‘Korean Library and Information Science Society’ in 2014. One of the books she published in 2014, was selected as ‘Outstanding Academic Book’ by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2015. She received the Awards for Professional Excellence as Asia Library Leaders from Satija Research Foundation in Library and Information Science (India) in 2014. She has been a Chief Editor of World Research Journal of Library and Information Science in 2013~2016, an Associate Editor in Chief of International Journal of Knowledge Contents Development & Technology in 2011~2017.

Since 2004, she has been a Professor in the Department of Library & Information Science at Konkuk University, where she teaches courses in Metadata, Digital Libraries, Processing of Internet Information Resources, and Digital Contents. Before that, she taught courses in Using Information in a Knowledge-Based Society, Information Resources in Social Science, and Information Resources in Humanities in the Department of Library & Information Science, Yonsei University. From 1997 to 2004 she was Head of the International Information Center, Ewha Women’s University.

 

Downloads

Published

2025-12-30

How to Cite

Noh, Y. (2025). The Transmission Structure and Communal Identity of the Sanshinje in Yeonchuk-dong: An Oral History Approach. International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 15(4), 95–105. https://doi.org/10.5865/IJKCT.2025.15.4.095

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 4 (2025)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2025 Younghee Noh

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

  • The Copyright of reserch papers already or will be published in the jounal shall belong to RIKCDT, and by submitting a manuscript, the copyright is consider to be transferred to RIKCDT.
  • No dispute shall be raised on matters RIKCDT already managed on research papers published in previous journal.
  •  Once publication of the paper is confirmed, Copyright tansfer agreement shall be submitted.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 3 4 5 > >>