• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.63-86
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• 2010

Personalized services directly and indirectly acquire personal data, in part, to provide customers with higher-value services that are specifically context-relevant (such as place and time). Information technologies continue to mature and develop, providing greatly improved performance. Sensory networks and intelligent software can now obtain context data, and that is the cornerstone for providing personalized, context-specific services. Yet, the danger of overflowing personal information is increasing because the data retrieved by the sensors usually contains privacy information. Various technical characteristics of context-aware applications have more troubling implications for information privacy. In parallel with increasing use of context for service personalization, information privacy concerns have also increased such as an unrestricted availability of context information. Those privacy concerns are consistently regarded as a critical issue facing context-aware personalized service success. The entire field of information privacy is growing as an important area of research, with many new definitions and terminologies, because of a need for a better understanding of information privacy concepts. Especially, it requires that the factors of information privacy should be revised according to the characteristics of new technologies. However, previous information privacy factors of context-aware applications have at least two shortcomings. First, there has been little overview of the technology characteristics of context-aware computing. Existing studies have only focused on a small subset of the technical characteristics of context-aware computing. Therefore, there has not been a mutually exclusive set of factors that uniquely and completely describe information privacy on context-aware applications. Second, user survey has been widely used to identify factors of information privacy in most studies despite the limitation of users' knowledge and experiences about context-aware computing technology. To date, since context-aware services have not been widely deployed on a commercial scale yet, only very few people have prior experiences with context-aware personalized services. It is difficult to build users' knowledge about context-aware technology even by increasing their understanding in various ways: scenarios, pictures, flash animation, etc. Nevertheless, conducting a survey, assuming that the participants have sufficient experience or understanding about the technologies shown in the survey, may not be absolutely valid. Moreover, some surveys are based solely on simplifying and hence unrealistic assumptions (e.g., they only consider location information as a context data). A better understanding of information privacy concern in context-aware personalized services is highly needed. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to identify a generic set of factors for elemental information privacy concern in context-aware personalized services and to develop a rank-order list of information privacy concern factors. We consider overall technology characteristics to establish a mutually exclusive set of factors. A Delphi survey, a rigorous data collection method, was deployed to obtain a reliable opinion from the experts and to produce a rank-order list. It, therefore, lends itself well to obtaining a set of universal factors of information privacy concern and its priority. An international panel of researchers and practitioners who have the expertise in privacy and context-aware system fields were involved in our research. Delphi rounds formatting will faithfully follow the procedure for the Delphi study proposed by Okoli and Pawlowski. This will involve three general rounds: (1) brainstorming for important factors; (2) narrowing down the original list to the most important ones; and (3) ranking the list of important factors. For this round only, experts were treated as individuals, not panels. Adapted from Okoli and Pawlowski, we outlined the process of administrating the study. We performed three rounds. In the first and second rounds of the Delphi questionnaire, we gathered a set of exclusive factors for information privacy concern in context-aware personalized services. The respondents were asked to provide at least five main factors for the most appropriate understanding of the information privacy concern in the first round. To do so, some of the main factors found in the literature were presented to the participants. The second round of the questionnaire discussed the main factor provided in the first round, fleshed out with relevant sub-factors. Respondents were then requested to evaluate each sub factor's suitability against the corresponding main factors to determine the final sub-factors from the candidate factors. The sub-factors were found from the literature survey. Final factors selected by over 50% of experts. In the third round, a list of factors with corresponding questions was provided, and the respondents were requested to assess the importance of each main factor and its corresponding sub factors. Finally, we calculated the mean rank of each item to make a final result. While analyzing the data, we focused on group consensus rather than individual insistence. To do so, a concordance analysis, which measures the consistency of the experts' responses over successive rounds of the Delphi, was adopted during the survey process. As a result, experts reported that context data collection and high identifiable level of identical data are the most important factor in the main factors and sub factors, respectively. Additional important sub-factors included diverse types of context data collected, tracking and recording functionalities, and embedded and disappeared sensor devices. The average score of each factor is very useful for future context-aware personalized service development in the view of the information privacy. The final factors have the following differences comparing to those proposed in other studies. First, the concern factors differ from existing studies, which are based on privacy issues that may occur during the lifecycle of acquired user information. However, our study helped to clarify these sometimes vague issues by determining which privacy concern issues are viable based on specific technical characteristics in context-aware personalized services. Since a context-aware service differs in its technical characteristics compared to other services, we selected specific characteristics that had a higher potential to increase user's privacy concerns. Secondly, this study considered privacy issues in terms of service delivery and display that were almost overlooked in existing studies by introducing IPOS as the factor division. Lastly, in each factor, it correlated the level of importance with professionals' opinions as to what extent users have privacy concerns. The reason that it did not select the traditional method questionnaire at that time is that context-aware personalized service considered the absolute lack in understanding and experience of users with new technology. For understanding users' privacy concerns, professionals in the Delphi questionnaire process selected context data collection, tracking and recording, and sensory network as the most important factors among technological characteristics of context-aware personalized services. In the creation of a context-aware personalized services, this study demonstrates the importance and relevance of determining an optimal methodology, and which technologies and in what sequence are needed, to acquire what types of users' context information. Most studies focus on which services and systems should be provided and developed by utilizing context information on the supposition, along with the development of context-aware technology. However, the results in this study show that, in terms of users' privacy, it is necessary to pay greater attention to the activities that acquire context information. To inspect the results in the evaluation of sub factor, additional studies would be necessary for approaches on reducing users' privacy concerns toward technological characteristics such as highly identifiable level of identical data, diverse types of context data collected, tracking and recording functionality, embedded and disappearing sensor devices. The factor ranked the next highest level of importance after input is a context-aware service delivery that is related to output. The results show that delivery and display showing services to users in a context-aware personalized services toward the anywhere-anytime-any device concept have been regarded as even more important than in previous computing environment. Considering the concern factors to develop context aware personalized services will help to increase service success rate and hopefully user acceptance for those services. Our future work will be to adopt these factors for qualifying context aware service development projects such as u-city development projects in terms of service quality and hence user acceptance.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.83-101
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• 1981

Under the full consideration of the growing need and importance of population education in the field of home economics in Korea, the study was carried out to verify and assess the following facts on the current issues of population education of home economists who are presently engaging in teaching professions as the teachers of middle and high school and professors of college and universities by setting its primary objectives of the study as followings; 1) to assess the degree of general knowledge and attitudes of home economists toward population education in the field of home economics, 2) to verify the problems encountered in implementing population education by home economists in its field, 3) to find an existing status of previous trainings received and other activities of population education of home economists aimed at utilizing these findings as a part of reference materials when the population education is conducted in the field of home economics. In order to attain these objectives described above, the questionnaire was carefully designed to house a total of 40 questions with good combination of multiple-choice and the simple answer questions. The mail questionnaire survey was conducted by establishing teachers of home economics at middle/high schools and college/universities as Senior Home Economists(SHE) who are from public, private liberal arts and vocational schools. The rate of response observed during the survey was 45.6 percent and the findings of the survey research are as follows: 1) Examining the status of the respondents by residence and religion, it was found that 45 percent of middle & high school teachers ar.d 59. 1 percent of college professors are residing in Seoul city area and that the largest percent of them are christian in their religion. Analyzing respondents by their ages, 56 percent of middle/high school teachers are in their 30s, 45 percent of college professors are in their 40s, and 37 percent of college teachers are in their 30s. In addition, 13 percent of the total respondents are found to be unmarried. The study also revealed that 71 percent of the college professors finished Master Degree course and 82 percent of middle/high school teachers are graduated from college level lasting 4 years. Looking over the status cf major fields of respondents, 68.4 percent of middle/high school teachers are specialized in home economic education and the college professors, on the other hand, show relatively even prortion by specializing in the order of food & nutrition science, clothes & textile science and home managerial science. As far as the length of teaching experience is concerned, a relatively longer period of teaching experience is observed in the college professors in comparison with that of middle/high school teachers. In other words, 33.3 percent of middle/high school teachers are experienced in teaching from 6 to 10 years on average while 43.9 percent of college professors show more than 16 years of experience. 2) Examining the status of existing number of children cf the respondents, one boy and one daughter pattern is predominant, showing 28.5 percent in middle/high school teachers and 21.1 percent in college professors. As for the desired number of children of unmarried respondents, it is observed that 43.8 percent of middle/high school teachers desire to have one boy and one girl, and 31.3 percent of college professors want to have one child regardless of the sex. By assessing the degree of awareness of the population education through their students, it is observed that 53 percent of middle/high school teachers and 50 percent of college professors are aware of population education in some extent and that a majority of respondents took the positive attitudes toward an inclusion of family planning components into the formal school education. Another noteworthy to observe is that a total of 84.8 percent out of middle/high school teachers pointed that the population education currently conducted at schools as a part of home economics are less sufficient than it should be. 3) Analyzing the tendency as to whether the respondents were experienced in receiving population education during the time when they were students, 75 percent of college professors and 59 percent of middle/high school teachers responded negative answers in the survey. In the mean time, a total of 50 percent of the respondents replied that they began to acknowledge the importance of population education mainly through the participation of some sort of population-education orientend seminars, experienced by 40 percent of college professors and 80 percent of middle/high school teachers. 4) What it calls attention in this study was to find that 96.5 percent of middle/high school teachers and 72 percent of college professors conduct population education to some extent during their lecture hours and that more than 80 percent of them are never experienced in teaching population and family planning contents in their regular classes. It is, on the other hand, found that no more than once was the response of those who believe themselves that they are experienced in teaching these relevant components to their students. Analyzing the contents of the subjects being taught in the class, a large percent of them are found to be consisted of population and family planning contents. According to this study, the current population education through the formal school is quite inactive. Analyzing the facts, 44.9 percent of the college professors responded that the population and family planning components are quite apart from their specialization which eventually generates lack of interest in the field. 5) It is also noticed through the study that the degree of frequency of commenting on population and family planning contents during the classes was depending significantly on their specializations which means that the degree of frequency varies from a major to another. Those who majored in home managerial science was the first one, as compared to others who majored in different specializations. Glancing over the status of correlations between ages of the respondents and numbers of seminar paticipation, it is quite clear that the aged group participated more than the younger group did, and that the most highest number of participations made by college professors were those who are in 50s. In addition, it is also found that those who are aged 20s and 60s of the respondents were the group who comments least on the contents of population and family planning at their classes. The suggestions and recommendation made through this survey research are as follows. 1) No one denies that the rapid increase of population, as compared to the limited size of land and resources, will certainly affect adversly to an enhancement of individual life quality which will, eventually, bring forth the poverty of the nation. This is the reasson why we are insisting that the world population be controlled up to an optimum level with a matter of global concerns. It is our understading that the primary aim for reducing number of population is believed to be attained only by conducting the systematic and comprehensive population education through the formal schools. Therefore, the role of home economists in the field of population/family planning education is considered very importment due to the fact that an ultimate goal of population education is placed in elevating the quality of family life by having optimum number of children through family planning program. 2) It is quite clear that home economists as teachers of formal school in all level are invited to pay their attention on redefining the ultimate goal of education and that of population education. We also understant that the primary objective of population education is to change the norm and value of the clients by replenishing the students with pertinent knowledge and attitudes on population and its related problems through a sort of education in order to attain the ultimate goal for enhancing the quality of life. There is no exception in the theory of home economics. An altimate goal of home economics is to elevate the general quality of life through an establishment of value existed in daily life. Considering the relations between population education and home economics, it is quite indespensable to bandle population components as an integral part in the field of home economics. We believe, therefore, that the senior home economists positive participation in the effort population control is more needed than it has been. 3) It is also strongly urged that population education should be a part of instructor training course for home economics. In other words, the teacher of home economics should be well aware of population and its problems by teaching interrelationship between population education and home economics, needs, contents and methods of population education during the instructor training courese for home economics. In addition, the senior home economists should be encouraged through positive participation on the short term training by types of domestic and international seminar, workshop, etc. 4) We certainly believe that the population education can not sustain itself without any backing-up of information and findings' of various and comprehensive researches of natural and social sciences. Accordingly, every senior home economist is invited to exert their maximum effort to conduct systematic study with an aim to utilize these findings and information at best in population education in the field of home economics. Therefore, we consider that the development of training material is imminent in order to provide effective and efficient population education through the for training of home economies. It should be noted that these training materials must be carefully designed, tailored and developed to meet the different classes of trainees under the considerations as to whether it is easily adaptable and infusable into the curricula of every field of home economics, and it is acceptable in the degree of difficulty and quality in its contents. 5) It is true that there are many domestic and international research rapers, reports and findings in the field of population education and family planning. However, there is a tendency that the most of research papers are heavily relying on the authors intension and preferences in its expression and publication. Under these circumstances, it is urged that the home economists should aware of the growing need of the technical training in order to keep these available information and research findings reprocessed and redesigned to insure the practical application into the population education in the field of home economics in Korea.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.24-42
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• 1983

한국(韓國)의 서남부(西南部)에 천연분포(天然分布) 되어 있는 호랑가시나무를 조경수(造景樹)로 개발(開發)하고저 분포(分布)와 생태적(生態的) 특성(特性)을 조사(調査) 연구(研究)하여 그 결과(結果)를 다음과 같이 요약(要約)하였다. 1) 한국(韓國)에 있어서의 호랑가시나무의 천연분포(天然分布) 지역(地域)은 한반도(韓半島)의 서남부(西南部) 북위(北緯) $35^{\circ}$43', 동경(東俓) $126^{\circ}$44'과 제주도(濟州道)의 북위(北緯) $33^{\circ}$20', 동경(東俓) $126^{\circ}$15'의 위치(位置)에 있고 해안(海岸)에서 20 km 이내(以內), 해발고(海拔高) 100 m 이하(以下)의 지역(地域)이며 년평균(年平均) 기온(氣温) $12^{\circ}C$ 이상(以上), 한랭지수(寒冷指數) $-12.7^{\circ}C$ 이내(以內), 년평균(年平均) 상대습도(相對濕度) 75~80%, 적설일수(積雪日數) 20~50일(日)과 일치(一致)되는 지역(地域)에 분포(分布)하며 주(主)로 동남향(東南向)에서 좋은 군집(群集)을 이루고 있다. 2) 곰솔, 소나무 등(等)을 상층목(上層木)으로 호랑가시나무, 사스레피나무, 모새나무 등(等)을 중층목(中層木)으로 그늘사초, 새 등(等)을 지표식생(地表植生)으로 구성(構成)된 3계층(階層) 군집식생(群集植生)으로 종다양도(種多樣度)가 높은 발전기(發展期)의 식생(植生)이다. 곰솔, 소나무 등(等)의 침엽수(針葉樹)와 사스레피나무, 모새나무, 호랑가시나무 등(等)의 상록활엽수(常綠闊葉樹)가 혼생(混生)하는 온대(温帶) 남부형(南部型)이고 난대형(暖帶型)까지 천이(遷移)되고 있다. 3) 호랑가시나무의 천연군락(天然群落) 지역(地域)은 편마암(片麻岩), 유문암(流紋岩) 등(等)의 산성계(酸性系) 모암(母岩)으로 pH 4.5~5.0이며 유효인산(有效燐酸)의 함량(含量)이 적은 경식질(輕埴質) 및 중식질(重埴質) 토양(土壤)이었다. 4) 장령수(壯齡樹)의 년평균(年平均) 수고생장(樹高生長)은 $10.48{\pm}0.23cm$ 이고 근원경(根元徑) 생장(生長)은 년평균(年平均) 0.43 cm였다. 평균(平均) 착엽수(着葉數)는 $11.34{\pm}0.28$ 매(枚)였다. 수고(樹高)와 엽수(葉數)는 정(正)의 상관(相關)이며 직선적(直線的)인 관계(關係)가 있었다. 5) 유묘(幼苗)의 년평균(年平均) 묘고(苗高)는 $10.66{\pm}1.37cm$, 착엽수(着葉數)는 $12.21{\pm}0.34$ 매(枚)이고 근원경(根元徑)은 $2.24{\pm}0.067mm$였고, 고온기(高温期)에 주기적(週期的)인 생장(生長)을 한다. 묘고(苗高)와 엽수(葉數), 묘고(苗高)와 근원경(根元徑), 엽수(葉數)와 근원경간(根元徑間)에 모두 정(正)의 상관(相關)인 동시(同時)에 직선적(直線的)인 관계(關係)가 있다. 6) 개화기간(開花期間)은 4월(月) 하순(下旬)부터 5월(月) 상순(上旬)이며 4수성(數性) 화관(花冠)이고 황록색(黃綠色)으로 산방화서(繖方花序)이다. 향기(香氣)가 있고 양성화(兩性花)이지만 자웅(雌雄) 생식기관(生殖器管)의 한 성(性)만 발육(發育)시키는 자웅(雌雄) 이예성(異蕊性)이고 성비(性比)는 1:1이다. 7) 과실(果實)은 5월(月) 상순(上旬)에 장(長) 0.87 cm(0.61~1.31), 폭(幅) 0.8 cm(0.62~1.05)로 완전(完全)히 크며 10월(月) 하순(下旬)부터 11월(月) 상순(上旬)에 주홍(朱紅)으로 성숙(成熟)한다. 성숙과(成熟果)는 익년(翌年) 5월(月) 하순(下旬)까지 변색(變色)되지 않고 있다가 6월(月) 상순(上旬)부터 부분적(部分的)으로 흑갈색(黑褐色)으로 변색(變色)되면서 낙과(落果)되지만 3년차(年次)까지 부착(附着)되는 것도 있다. 8) 종자(種子)의 취득율(取得率)은 중량(重量)으로 평균(平均) 24.7 % 용적중(容積重) 114.2 gr 실중(實重) 24.56gr, 이고 1 과당(果當) 평균(平均) 3.9 립(粒)이 들어 있다. 9) 종자(種子)는 보습매장(保濕埋藏)하여 4월(月) 중순(中旬)에 파종(播種)하면 10월(月)에 뿌리가 내리고 익년(翌年) 4월(月) 중순(中旬)에 발아(發芽) 완료(完了)되지만 미발아(未發芽)한 종자(種子)는 광선하(光線下)에 있거나 건조상태(乾燥狀態)에 있게 되면 휴면(休眠)이 계속된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.1308-1317
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• 1997

연구배경 : 폐국균종은 대부분 기존에 존재하는 공동성 폐병소에 이차적인 감염을 일으켜 주위조직의 침윤없이 집락을 형성하고 국소성장으로 균구을 보이는 질환으로 공동성 폐결핵환자의 약 15%에서 합병되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 지금까지의 국내보고는 주로 증례나 소수예에 대한 보고가 대부분이었기에 저자들은 대구 4개 대학병원에서 폐국균종으로 진단된 91예를 대상으로 임상적 특성을 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1986년 6월부터 1996년 5월까지 10년간 대구지역의 4개 대학병원에서 단순흉부촬영, 전산화단층촬영, 국균에 대한 혈청침강반응검사 및 생검을 통해 폐국균종으로 진단받은 91예를 대상으로 임상적 특성에 대한 후향적조사를 실시하였다. 총 91예중 10예(11.0%)는 임상적으로, 81예(89.0%)는 조직학적인 방법에 의하여 진단하였다. 결 과 : 1) 대상환자의 평균연령은 $45{\pm}12.04$세였고 연령 분포는 22세에서 65세까지였으며 남녀비는 남자 57예, 여자 34예로 1.7 : 1 이었다. 2) 증상은 객혈이 81예(89.0%)로 가장 흔했으며 기침, 호흡곤란, 무기력 체중감소, 발열, 흉통의 순이었다. 3) 기저질환은 폐결핵이 68예(74.7%), 기관지확장증 6예(6.6%), 공동성 종양 2예(2.2%), 폐 격리증 1예(1.1%)의 순이었으며, 14예(15.4%)는 원인 미상이었다. 4) 호발부위는 우상엽이 39예(42.9%), 좌상엽이 31예(34.1%)로 주로 상엽에 위치하였고 그밖에 좌하엽 13예(14.3%), 우하엽 7예(7.7%), 우중엽 1예(1.1%)의 빈도를 보였다. 5) 전체예중 단순흉부사진상에서는 57예(62.6%)에서, 전산화단층촬영을 같이 시행한 59 예중에서는 단순흉부사진에서 36예(61.0%)만이 발견되었으나, 전산화단층사진에서는 52예(88.1%)에서 전형적인 균구가 관찰되었다. 6) 대상환자 91예중 76예는 외과적 절제를 시행하였고, 공동내 항진균제 주입을 받은 4예를 포함한 15예에서는 내과적 치료를 받았다. 7) 수술적 절제방법은 폐엽절제 55예(72.4%), 폐구역절제 16예(21.1%), 전폐절제 4예(5.3%), 설절제 1예(1.3%)의 순이었으며, 수술에 따른 사망은 3예(3.9%)로 패혈증 2예와 객혈 1예였고, 술후합병증은 호흡부전, 출혈, 기관지흉막루, 농흉, 성대마비 각각 1예로 모두 6예(7.9%)였다. 8) 경과관찰이 가능했던 81예는 절제술후의 71예와 내과적 치료군의 10예였으며 각각 2예(2.7% vs 18.1%)씩의 재발성객혈을 보였다. 결 론 : 만성폐질환, 특히 폐결핵의 경과관찰중 단순흉부사진상에서 특징적인 균구의 소견이 관찰되지 않더라도 의심되는 환자에서는 추가적인 전산화단층촬영사진과, 또한 감별 및 임상적 진단을 위하여 혈청침강반응검사의 적극적인 활용이 필요하리라 생각된다. 그리고 외과적 절제술은 생명을 위협하는 대량객혈이나 반복성의 객혈에서 선택적으로 시행되어야 하며 공동내 항진균제 주입 등의 내과적 치료는 대조군과의 비교연구에 의한 재평가가 필요할 것으로 생각한다.

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• 2020

러시아 상트페테르부르크의 에르미타주 박물관 3층 맨 우측에는, 세계 유수의 실크로드 미술 컬렉션을 상설전시하는 "중앙아시아실"이 자리 잡고 있다. 20세기 초 실크로드를 학술조사한 러시아의 코즐로프(Pyotr Kozlov), 베레조프스키(Mikhail Berezovsky), 올덴부르그(Sergey Oldenburg) 등에 의해 수집된 고고 미술품 들이다. 에르미타주 박물관 소장의 방대한 이들 유물은 그 대강을 파악할 수 있도록 지역별로 분류하여 공개중이며, 이제까지 독일과 프랑스, 영국, 네덜란드, 한국, 일본 등에서 개최된 특별전시를 통해 그 일부를 소개하기도 하였다. 그리고 러시아 실크로드 탐험대의 성과물을 종합적으로 공개한 대형 기획전시 이 2008년에 에르미타주 박물관에서 개최됨으로써, 러시아의 실크로드 관련 유물이 세상에 본격적으로 알려지게 되었다. 이번에 간행된 『아장구자예술품(俄藏龜玆藝術品)』(2018)은 중국의 상해고적출판사(上海古籍出版社)가 에르미타주 박물관과 공동으로, 당관 소장 실크로드 유물 가운데 쿠차 지역의 예술품만을 선정하여 출판한 도록이다. 이 도록의 편집과 논고 및 유물 해설은 에르미타주 박물관 동양부(Oriental Department)의 시니어 큐레이터 키라 사모슉(Dr. Kira Samosyuk)이 담당하였다. 키라 박사는 하라호토(Khara-Khoto)와 서역(西域) 미술 전문가로, 그 이름이 국제적으로 널리 알려져 있는 중앙아시아 불교미술 연구의 석학이다. 본서에는 에르미타주 박물관 소장의 쿠차 지역 출토 유물을 망라하여, 중앙아시아 불교미술에 있어서의 쿠차 지역의 특징을 입체적으로 파악할 수 있도록 하였을 뿐만 아니라, 러시아 탐험대가 남긴 현장사진과 스케치 등에 이르기까지 빠짐없이 소개함으로써, 수집 유물 이외의 귀중한 정보도 아울러 제공하고 있다. 키라 사모슉 박사는 본서의 게재 논문 「The Art of the Kuche Buddhist Temples」에서, 러시아의 실크로드 탐험의 개요를 소개하고, 주로 불교시대 쿠차의 역사 전개 과정과 쿠차에 전래된 불교의 양상 그리고 석굴의 벽화 묘사와 그 연대 문제를 논한 후, 벽화의 주제와 소상(塑像), 석굴사원이 예배의 장으로서 어떻게 운용되고 있었는지에 대해 상세하게 언급하고 있다. 키라 박사는 결론으로서, 쿠차 문화는 불교 전파의 역사 가운데 독립적인 위치를 점하고 있었을 뿐만 아니라, 중국이나 유목세계의 여러 민족과 관계를 맺고 있었으며, 간다라 미술, 헬레니즘, 고대 이란, 중국 문화와의 관련성 속에서 독자적인 성격을 구축하였음을 논하고 있다. 그리고 쿠차 지역에서 형성된 문화는 타림분지뿐만 아니라 돈황(敦煌)과 중원(中原) 지역의 석굴예술에도 지대한 영향을 미치고 있다는 점으로 문장을 마감하고 있다. 키라 박사의 논고 가운데 주목할 부분은 쿠차 지역 석굴의 조성(造成) 연대(年代)에 관한 것이다. 그녀는 이제까지 여러 학자들에 의해 제기된 벽화의 조성 연대에 관한 견해를 소개하며, 벽화의 인물이 착용하고 있는 갑주(甲冑)의 도상(圖像) 특징 등을 소그드 미술 등 주변 지역에서 출토된 관련 자료와 비교하여, 키질의 조성 연대를 기존의 학설보다 백여 년 이상 소급해야 함을 주장하며, 5세기 이전으로 추정하고 있다. 그러나 쿠차 지역 석굴의 조성 시기의 문제는 석굴의 형식 문제를 비롯하여 불화(佛畫)의 주제(主題)와 양식(樣式), 안료(顔料)의 문제, 복식(服飾)이나 두발(頭髮), 제 장식(裝飾) 요소 등을 학제적(學際的) 연구 방법으로 재조명하고, 그 과정에 나타나는 주변 문화권과의 관련성 등을 종합적으로 고찰한 위에 방사성탄소 연대 측정 등 과학적 방법을 보조 자료로 활용하는 수밖에 없다. 에르미타주 박물관에는 제2차세계대전 때 베를린에서 전리품으로 가져온 벽화편이 다수 소장되어 있다. 일반인에게는 물론 학계에서도 그 행방을 전혀 모르고 있었던 이들 벽화편이 최근에 보존처리를 마치고 일반에게 상설전시를 통해 소개되고 있다. 본서 출판의 경위를 서술한 서언(序言)에는 이번 간행이 에르미타주 박물관 소장 쿠차 예술품의 제1차 출판이라고 한 점으로 보아, 아마도 보존처리가 끝난 독일 컬렉션을 소개하는 도록의 편집도 예정되어 있는 듯하다. 아울러 투르판과 호탄 지역 문물을 소개하는 도록의 간행도 기대해본다. 현재 쿠차의 석굴사원에서 절취한 벽화편은 러시아와 독일, 한국 등 여러 국가에 분장되어 있다. 이번 도록 출판을 계기로 쿠차 현지의 키질 석굴을 비롯한 제 석굴사원의 잔존벽화를 중심으로, 세계 각지에 흩어져 있는 벽화를 함께 소개하여 이들 석굴사원 벽화의 원래 모습을 온전하게 소개하는 종합도록의 간행도 필요할 것으로 본다. 그리고 동서의 문화가 혼합되어 있고 쿠차 지역 특유의 지역적 특성이 반영된 석굴사원의 벽화류 등을 소개하는 도록에는, 각 유물에 대한 보다 상세한 해설이 요망된다. 그리고 미술사 이외에도 보존과학적 측면에서의 안료 분석 등 학제적 조사연구 성과도 포함될 수 있기를 기대해본다. 작금의 중국 서부 개발 정책에 따라, 신장 지역의 오아시스에 인구가 과밀 거주함으로써 유발되는 기후변화 등으로 석굴사원의 벽화는 현재 심각한 위기에 처해있다. 이러한 난관을 타개하기 위해서는, 중국의 문화계뿐만 아니라 문화재 보존수복(保存修復)의 첨단 기술을 보유하고 있는 여러 국가들이 실크로드 석굴벽화의 보존수복을 위해 공동 노력하고 아울러 관련 인적자원 양성 등을 위해 보존과학센터를 운영하는 등 모두의 중지를 모아야할 때다. 본서는 20세기 초 서구 열강에 의해 추진된 실크로드의 고대 유적 조사 결과 가운데, 러시아 조사대가 쿠차 지역의 석굴사원을 중심으로 거둔 성과를 종합적으로 소개하는 출판물이지만, 향후 에르미타주 박물관 소장의 독일 컬렉션 벽화까지 전부 소개될 경우, 쿠차의 불교미술과 실크로드 연구에 크게 공헌할 것임에 틀림없다. 이런 의미에서 본서는 이제까지 축적되어 온 쿠차 지역에 대한 고고미술 연구의 마지막 퍼즐 조각이자 실크로드 연구의 새로운 방향을 제시한 학적 의미를 지니고 있다. 본서는 에르미타주 박물관의 실크로드 미술 연구의 성과물이자 새로운 편집 체계로서 학적 편의를 제공하였다는 점에서 큰 의미를 부여할 수 있으며, 이 모든 것을 기획하고 실크로드 미술 연구에 새로운 경지를 개척한 키라 사모슉 박사에게 경의를 표하는 바이다.