A Case Study on the Experience of Working Cooperatively among Local Young People

This study began by supporting the process of struggling young people living with the difficulties of the young generation and the local extinction. They are struggle to solve the “Make a living” in the region, their hometown. The researcher wanted to look into their experiences and learning in the process by working together on a collaboration project that they proactively planned in anticipation of generating profits. Young people are worried about whether they can stay in the region and survive, but they still wanted to try something in the region and live in their hometown. The idea that it could not be solved alone could tie them up as “us,” but young people in the culture and arts world, who had little experience working together, came to experience understanding and inclusion in respecting each other and coordinating with each other while carrying out projects with young people in different areas. In the process, rather than being competitive compared to Seoul, they realized that being together with the power of the “region” and “young people” was their power and gained a new experience of becoming the subject through leading participation. Encounters lead to acceptance and expansion, and eventually, through dynamics through them, they found hope that they could find sustainability by creating new movements.