1894년~1905년 학부 지리교과서에서 나타난 ‘조선’의 공간적 인식 - 『조선지지 』와 『대한지지 』의 비교를 중심으로 - = Spatial Concept of ‘Joseon’ as seen in Geography Textbooks from 1894 to 1905 - Focusing on the Comparison between Joseon-Gygi(Chorography of Joseon) and Daehan-Gygi(Chorography of Daehan) -

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Previous researches on geographic textbooks published in Korea in the period from 1894 to 1905 were mainly focused on researches related to world geography, and there were very few studies on domestic geography. This was because domestic geography textbooks were not considered to be much different from the geography information produced during the Joseon Dynasty, unlike the fact that world geography textbooks were considered to be new knowledge. Little attention was paid to the effects caused by dividing geography textbooks into foreign and domestic, or the differences in content between the Joseon-Gygi(Chorography of Joseon) and the Daehan-Gygi(Chorography of Daehan). Based on this research deficiency, this study explored the formation of spatial perceptual frameworks of ‘Joseon’ by focusing on two national geography textbooks.
Firstly, in 1895, as geography education in elementary school was divided into foreign and home countries, the description of 'Joseon' was omitted from foreign geography textbooks. This was to secure possibility that knowledge of ‘Joseon’ could be differently formed from foreign geography textbooks. In the domestic geography textbooks, the territory was described as a closed space separated from neighboring nations and a mass emerge from the origin. Secondly, the Daehan-Gygi(Chorography of Daehan) completely reorganized the previous domestic geography information by linking natural geography to the power of the state. The following knowledge contributed to forming spatial perceptual frameworks of ‘Joseon’ in a world order where sovereign states compete: Knowledge that can recognize the distinction between foreign country and the home country, the relationship with foreign countries, knowledge of ‘national power’ linked to natural geographic information, and the time axis of development, etc.