In Wanju-gun, we have d a sharing culture

In Wanju, a sharing culture is being d based on the principle of openness, ranging from human assets, human talents, skills, knowledge, and experiences beyond the economic realm, to space, goods, and data. Based on the value of "connection," city residents directly discover and record shared resources, aiming to form social capital in the city based on respect and trust.

Platform ‘Wanju Culture Sharing 365’. Data d by citizens

At ‘Wanju Culture Sharing 365 www.wculture365.com’, where all the information on tangible Wanju cultural assets are collected, anyone can access the information about various spaces and goods needed for cultural activities. There are 172 spaces ready for meetings, concerts, lectures, and events, and you can obtain information on 205 shareable items, from chairs and tables, to all sorts of tools. It is a precious record of Wanju assets that the sharing culture exploring team, comprised of 40 citizens, in 2020 visited every corner of Wanju to check and put down, and this year they have continued checkups and made additions to share the resource information status.

Wanju’s Culture Reception Rooms Increasing Without the Addition of Physical Spaces

‘Culture Sharing Space of Our Village’ refers to a space ‘more familiar than home.’ Although there are so many facilities and spaces for cultural activities, this is a kind of activity that gives cultural reception rooms for us to visit, like our homes visiting our close neighbors. There exists a more important thing than the material space in ‘Culture Sharing Space of Our Village’; the point is no other than ‘people’ and ‘relationships.’ Every village, and every owner of the space does their own cultural activities. Of course the owners’ ideas started from ‘our village,’ The owners of each space who have experienced cultural activities are experimenting with their ideas to meet their neighbors. The ‘1 million won lab’ held in each space is a process of jointly developing and realizing unique cultural contents based on the characteristics of participants and spaces.

Knock, Knock, Shall We Do It Together? Talent-sharing bringing neighbors closer

‘Talent Sharing Club, A Class for All’ aims to make opportunities to share and enjoy personal interests, tastes, and habits with neighbors more actively in order to communicate better. People’s personal interests were recognized as their talents, and the results became the sources of one day classes where they are able to communicate with neighbors. The number of participants increased at a rapid speed, and the participants became more diversified, ranging from children to senior ladies, as the theme of the class was personal interests. In the Talent Sharing Club, citizens quickly agreed with each other when it was emphasized that they did not want specialized lectures from experts, but that citizens with the same interests and hobbies could meet and share secrets with each other.

Enjoying culture and solving the needs for space by the residents themselves.

The project, which marks its third year since the operation of ‘Talent Sharing Club, A Class for All’ in March 2019, has conducted a total of 600 talent sharing classes as of October 2021. More than 2,000 citizens participated in the project. Starting with 120 times in the first year, the participation rate has more than doubled every year. In particular, it is of great significance considering that face-to-face activities have shrunk due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year and this year. It also has the meaning of trying to restore disconnected social relationships temporarily through talent sharing. The sharing culture of Wanju cultural city, is a project to make an independent foundation for citizens to solve their own needs for cultural enjoyment.