Constitution of Sanitary Space in Traditional Market: A Case of Seomun Market in Daegu

The purpose of this study is to understand how the concept of ‘sanitation’, as spoken of by those who lead change in space, operates in space and creates and constructs new space through the case of the Seomun Market in Daeg u. For this, the formation and transition processes of the Yang-gok Alley in Seomun Market were traced and aspects of how the placeness of Yang-gok Alley was restructured were observed. At this, the following aspects could be understood. First, g rain merchants of Seomun Market have continued to conduct business in Seomun Market since it was first formed until now and they have formed their space but the grain merchants of Seomun Market have experienced fluctuations following changes in the national and local economy and currently, grain merchants and the Yang-gok Alley have become established as marginalized presences in the Seomun Market, in which textile businesses have become the center. Second, while butchery merchants and street vendors, who formed Yang-gok Alley alongside the grain merchants, have kept their place and have maintained business despite conflicts with surrounding merchants, they have been disbanded, unable to withstand pressure from the Jung-gu Office, the Merchants’ Association, and surrounding merchants as the 2nd District shopping area was burnt down by a fire and reconstructed and the space of the Yang-gok Alley is also being newly formed. Third, as the 2nd District was being reconstructed, the butchery shops were disbanded throug h the cultural and political log ic of sanitary spaces and as the placeness of the Dak-jeon Alley became lost, the placeness of the Yang-gok Alley also changed. Also, as the placeness of stores with different characteristics such as coffee shops was attached, the placeness of Yang-gok Alley in the current Seomun Market is being reconstituted.