A Proposal of Certification Indicators for Civil Heritage Cultural Village in Terms of Territoriality: Focusing on Andong City

The purpose of this study is to propose the certification index of the ‘Citizen Heritage Cultural Village’ in terms of ‘territoriality’ for the development of certification indicators that reflect the needs of villagers' leading participation in the project in terms of village spatialization. To this end, first, the concept of ‘territoriality’ was clarified and the standard for suggestion of certification indicators was prepared by linking it with the concept of ‘locality’ as a means of practicing territoriality. Next, based on the proposal criteria, the ‘Citizen Heritage Cultural Village’ certification indicators were derived through domestic and international case studies. In order to examine the applicability of the derived certification indicators, the indicators were applied to three villages. The final certification indicators is 20 common indicators and 25 autonomous indicators, and if the common indicators are classified by four categories: subjectivity, location, innovation, and locality, which were the criteria for the proposed certification indicator system of “citizen heritage culture villages” according to the concept of spatial sovereignty, there are six indicators related to “subjectivity,” two indicators related to “locality,” seven indicators related to “innovation,” and five indicators related to “regionality.” In the case of autonomous indicators, there are six indicators related to “subjectivity,” seven indicators related to “locality,” seven indicators related to “innovation,”and five related to “regionality.” The composition of the sub-indicators of the certification indicators were related to securing the community and organizational foundation and network for the promotion of civil heritage cultural villages in the case of “subjectivity”, securing the tangible and intangible foundation of the region in the case of “locality“, “innovation“ in the vision and existing business promotion capabilities and performance to enhance its unique charm, and ”regionality” in terms of expanding and guaranteeing residents' cultural enjoyment, creating village brands and sustainable development.