Abstract

Researchers of urban commons in Korean academia have focused on two contexts since the 2010s: the city as commons and the urban commons. However, studies have yet to discuss the administration‘s role in institutionalizing each or combining the two. The ways of collaboration between administration and citizens have yet to be the research focus as well. On the contrary, this analyzes the Regulation on Collaboration between Citizens and the City for the Care and Regeneration of Urban Commons (Regolamento sulla collaborazione tra cittadini e amministrazione per la cura e la rigenerazione dei beni comuni urbani, the Bologna Regulation) to identify specific issues and measures of participatory administration for constructing urban commons. This paper aims to accomplish two goals at a time when the vision of urban commons in Seoul and elsewhere has become a distant memory. First, it systematically analyzes the provisions of the Bologna Regulation to understand its content, features, and meaning. Second, it examines the feasibility of using the Bologna Regulation from the perspective of participatory administration.