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DESCRIPTION:  THE CENTER FOR KOREAN STUDIES,  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY  
 cordially invites you to the following COLLOQUIUM     Representing Nation 
 and Gender on the Vernacular Korean Internet:  The Case of Lee Kyung-sil  
 Roger L. Janelli  (Indiana University, Bloomington) and Dawnhee Yim  
 (Dongguk University)  Friday  January 30, 2004  4:15 p.m.  Institute of 
 East Asian Studies  2223 Fulton Street  6th Floor Conference Room         
 Within the past few years, the Korean-language Internet has emerged as one 
 of the foremost technological devices for public debate and political 
 mobilization.  Several online newspapers, hundreds of thousands of bulletin 
 boards, and a variety of other Internet sites offer individuals 
 opportunities to present views, concerns, and opinions, usually 
 anonymously.   As a result, diversity of thought is revealed more starkly 
 than in newspapers, television, or other more established media.  This 
 presentation focuses on an incident of February of 2003 that captured major 
 public attention and motivated well over a thousand internet postings.   
 Lee Kyung-sil, a popular television personality, was brutally attacked with 
 a baseball bat by her husband, and this instance of domestic violence soon 
 became a focal point for debating gender roles, sexual morality, and many 
 other aspects of contemporary life in South Korea.  The posted commentaries 
 offer an opportunity to understand better the extensive disparity of 
 thinking  about gender and national culture today.   Yim, Professor of 
 History at Dongguk University (Seoul), now serves on the International Jury 
 for the proclamation by UNESCO of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible 
 Heritage of Humanity.  Janelli, Professor of Folklore and  Ethnomusicology 
 and of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University 
 (Bloomington) is a member of the Committee on Korean Studies of the 
 Association for Asian Studies.  Their current research focuses on the 
 vernacular Internet in Korea.  FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC  ...for more 
 information, visit our website at  http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/!  The 
 Center for Korean Studies  University of California  2223 Fulton Street, 
 Room 508  Berkeley, CA 94720  (510) 642-5674\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29573.php
SUMMARY:Discussion on Gender and Domestic Violence in Korea
LOCATION:  Institute of East Asian Studies  2223 Fulton Street  6th Floor Conference 
 Room  Berkeley, CA 94720  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/29573.php
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