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Review of the Yun, Baek-nam's Articles 「Theater and Society」(1920) (윤백남의 논설 「연극과 사회」(1920) 고찰)

  • Sung, Meung-Heyn
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.10
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    • pp.46-55
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    • 2015
  • This study is to re-read Yun, Baek-nam(1888-1954)'s editorial "Theatre and Society" from the perspective of postcolonial criticism. He was a man of the theatre who pursued practical interests in compliance with the colonial reality under the rule of the Japanese imperialism. His advocacy of theatre development work was based on the Japan-directional reformism and on Japan-friendly in following after Japan's improvement policy. His general discussion on Western theatre history had considerable errors as a result of focus on the social role and utility of the theatre. But his vindication of theatre-actor opened an era of interaction between theatre and intelligence in Korea. In addition, his enlightening view of a theatre became such as one of the cornerstones for the Shinkug Movement during Japanese colonial period in Korea.

Place Memories of the Downtown 'Bonjeong-tong': the Case of Chungmu-ro.Myeongdong Area in Seoul, Korea (도시 '본정통'의 장소 기억 -충무로.명동 일대의 사례-)

  • Jeon, Jong-Han
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.433-452
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    • 2013
  • Bonjeong-tong(本町通) which was originated from Japanese place name and commercial center during Japanese colonial period speaks for downtown in the urban Korea of today. This study tries to investigate a variety of place memories that have been layered in Bonjeong-tong in the case of Chungmu-ro and Myeongdong area in Seoul, Korea. The author settles the concept of 'place memory' from the viewpoint of the discipline of human geography, and reconstructs place memories of Bonjeong-tong by three folds of layers focusing on the multilayeredness and the contestedness of place memories which have been piled up in Bonjeong-tong; 'the symbol of colonial power' vs. 'the emblem of modernization', 'the heart of monetary capitalism' vs. 'the ground of humanists and artists', 'the space of fashion' vs. 'the place of identity'. As a result, the author places emphasis on that a place like Bonjeong-tong in itself within a city is a sort of palimpsest, and suggests that therefore it is necessary to adopt a vertical approach not a horizontal one for the study on urban space in future.

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The Creation of Ttukseom Pleasure Ground and Its Transformation to a Park (뚝섬유원지의 생성과 공원화)

  • Kim, Jeoung-Eun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.127-142
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    • 2018
  • Ttukseom was once a suburban area that had a government horse ranch for national use and a naenogpo (area of royal farm land). During the Japanese colonial period, a pleasure ground was built at Ttukseom, and after independence, it has been used as a park through the process of urbanization. This study examines the creation of the Ttukseom Pleasure Ground and the process through which the pleasure ground were transformed to a park. This study also explores its landscape and cultural aspects. In the 1930s, Gyeongseonggwedo (京城軌道), a private railway company, built a pleasure ground at Ttukseom to attract passengers, according to the business model of Japanese railway companies, in which recreational areas were developed near railway routes. Mass media portrayed this area as a "rural landscape" in contrast to the city. The Ttukseom Pleasure Ground emerged as a popular summer resort for Gyeongseong citizens. At the same time, it was managed by Gyeongseongbu (京城府). The city of Seoul began to manage the Ttukseom Pleasure Ground following independence, and development plans for Ttukseom as a pleasure ground or a park were continuously drafted but never implemented. Even after Korea's independence, the operation and use of the pleasure ground did not change significantly from the colonial era. In the late 1980s, the Ttukseom Pleasure Ground became the Ttukseom Han River Citizen's Park, and the sandy beach of the Han River was removed. Nonetheless, the previous facilities and major activities such as an open-air swimming pool, camp ground, and areas for boat recreation remained as major park programs. When the urbanization of Ttukseom was completed, its idyllic image disappeared and it became a park instead of a pleasure ground. Since parks expand their programs, it can be concluded that by providing those kinds of programs, the Ttukseom Pleasure Ground transformed to a park.

A Study on the Urban Planning of Qingdao in the Chinese Colonial Period - Focused on the Historical Analysis of Qingdao Urban Planning (1891-1937) (중국 식민지시기 칭다오의 도시계획에 관한 연구 - 칭다오 도시계획의 역사적 분석을 중심으로(1891~1937))

  • Lin, Shoudie;Cho, Sung-Yong;Choi, Jin-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.671-677
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    • 2019
  • The modern urban planning of Qingdao began in the early 20th century by the German colonization. At that time, the Germans adopted the modern urban planning philosophy and standards for building high-level cities in Qingdao's planning. Therefore, in the turmoil that followed the period of Japanese occupation and the Republic of China, although urban planners constantly changed, they always planned according to the initial plans of the city. Therefore, this paper conducted a time division on the urban planning of the Qingdao colonial period through an analysis of various literary materials by combining the historical backgrounds of different periods. This can be the basis for an analysis of current urban planning in Qingdao. This paper is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 is the introduction for description purposes and scope. In Chapter 2, the Urban Planning of Qingdao in the Chinese Colonial Period is confirmed and explained. Chapter 3 concludes the characteristics of the planning.

Growth Inhibition of Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa by Various SNPs (Silver Nanoparticles) (여러 가지 은나노 물질의 유해 남조 Microcystis aeruginosa 생장억제)

  • Park, Myung-Hwan;Kim, Keun-Hee;Lee, Huk-Hee;Kim, Jin-Seog;Hwang, Soon-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2009
  • The effect of various SNPs (silver nanoparticles) on the growth of Microcystis aeruginosa was investigated in laboratory and field experiment. Four SNPs, namely JS47N, JS47N-K2, JS47N/3-1 and JS47N/3-2 were used to this study. The Ag size, concentration and color of these solutions were about $20{\sim}40nm$, $200mg\;L^-1$ and brown, respectively. At 0.01 and $0.1mg\;L^-1$, SNPs inhibited the growth of unicellular M. aeruginosa by 99.4% and 99.9%, respectively. However, SNPs of $1mg\;L^-1$ inhibited the growth of colonial M. aeruginosa by 98.5%, whereas the other three concentrations (0.001, 0.01 and $0.1mg\;L^-1$) had little inhibitory effect. In experimental enclosures from eutrophic lake, cyanobacteria including M. aeruginosa were found to be more sensitive to the SNPs than green algae and diatoms. In conclusion, our study indicates that SNPs has a selective cyanocidal potential when used to M. aeruginosa. We believe that future studies need to test on various other organisms, and determine minimum concentration for field application.

Development and Effects of the Project to Increase Lacquer Production During the Japanese Colonial Era (일제강점기 옻칠 증산(增産) 사업의 전개와 영향)

  • KANG, Yeongyeong
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.55 no.3
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    • pp.22-44
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    • 2022
  • Lacquer, in addition to high-end crafts such as lacquerware inlaid with mother-of-pearl, was an important strategic material used in a wide range of fields such as industry, architecture, and munitions during the Japanese colonial era. In particular, as the demand for lacquer used in munitions soared in the 1940s when the war started, a ticket system was introduced to restrict its distribution. Meanwhile, Japan experienced a chronic shortage of lacquer as a result of the rapidly increasing demand for it, and thus went on to import Chinese lacquer after the late 19th century. After the 1910s, the market share of Chinese lacquer reached 90%, and the local situation in China began to affect the supply and demand for lacquer in Japan. To counteract the issue, the Japanese government increased the production of lacquer in Joseon. As for the project to increase lacquer production in Joseon, objective indicators were prepared through a number of tests in the 1910s and 20s, which paved the way for the project to begin in earnest in the 1930s. Lacquer trees were planted and training classes on how to collect lacquer were held throughout the country. The Japanese government promoted the lacquer production industry as a promising side job for Koreans. The project, implemented in various parts of the country, reaped fruitful results, and it provided the basis for lacquer production in Korea that has continued to this day. At that time, the major regions in the southern part of the country where the project was concentrated were Wonju, Okcheon, and Hamyang, regions that are still known today as major production sites. The improved method of collecting lacquer taught to Koreans by the Japanese has now become the main method of collecting lacquer in Korea. This study attempts to identify the current status of the project to increase lacquer production through various records from the Japanese colonial era with a view to contributing to the study of modern lacquer craft history.

Remodeling and Extension of reused Goon(郡) Office Buildings in the Japanese Colonial Period (일제강점기 기존 건물을 전용한 군청사의 개축 및 증축 양상)

  • Kim, Myungsun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.7
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    • pp.4992-4998
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate that which Goon office buildings were reused from existing buildings and to identify remodeling and extension ways of the reused to match Goon's administration work. This study used literature research method, i.e., analysing the digital images, the annotation, and the official documents between the Japanese government-general of Korea and To(道), and articles of newspapers and journals. The reused were governmental offices of Joseon(朝鮮) dynasty, existing Goon office buildings of Korean empire government and old buildings with unknown purposes. They were remodelled and extended to match Goon's administration work. Common remodelling was making large space with desks for civil petitions and projecting an small entrance from the center of main building's facade. Common extension was constructing accessory buildings with simple wooden structure, locating them to back or side of the reused, and connecting them through external corridor. As many as 30% of 218 Goon office buildings were reused. About 57% of them were replaced as new office buildings, however the number of the new was rapidly decreased after mid 1930s.

Housing Consciousness Revealed from the Discourse of Ideal Housing since the Enlightement Era (개화기 이후 이상주거 담론에 나타난 주의식)

  • Yang, Se-Hwa;Jun, Nam-Il;Hong, Hyung-Ock;Sohn, Sei-Kwan
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.44 no.5 s.219
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    • pp.35-48
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of the study is to examine how housing consciousness has been changed through various discourse on ideal housing from opening ports to the present. Reviews of literature including newspapers, magazines, novels, advertising materials, research papers, books, and so on are mainly utilized in accomplishing the purpose. This study covers four periods such as the enlightenment era, the Japanese colonial nile, before and after the Korean war, and after the economic development to present. During the enlightenment period in which foreign culture and housing were introduced, with reconsideration on traditional housing basic physiological housing value including health and hygiene was appeared. The desires of Munhwa housing with western styles and housing improvement were emphasized due to the new cultural improvement during the Japanese colonial rule. Before and after the Korean war which was chaotic times with rehabilitation, the provision of a large amount of public housing with minimum conditions for the basic human needs was the most important. After 1960s, due to the housing policy focusing on the mass-provision of apartments and the discourse on apartment as an ideal housing for the ordinary households in Korea, apartment dwellings become structure type norms in Korea.

A Historical Review on the Anyang Pool after the Independence from the Japan Occupation (광복 이후 안양 수영장의 여가 콘텐츠적 의미에 관한 고찰)

  • Yim, Suk-Won;Park, Sung-Soo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.14 no.10
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    • pp.788-794
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    • 2014
  • Anyang pool is the leisure facility which was constructed in the Japanese colonial era and widely used even after independence. That is why it is sufficiently necessary to study its aspect after independence in terms of historical investigation. The purpose of this thesis is to describe how Anyang pool has been used after independence most clearly. Study method of this thesis is the method of literature review using the photos of newspaper, official gazette and magazine. And this thesis is meaningful in that it examines the leisure facility that existed in the metropolitan area not in the province, and expands the width of consideration for leisure facility at the early days of foundation of Korea. In this regard, this thesis concludes that Anyang pool had played not less role after liberation than in Japanese colonial era.

Site-Plan Types of Common Design's Goon Office Buildings and their Addition & Remodeling in Japanese Colonial Period (일제강점기 '공통형' 군청사의 배치 유형과 유형별 증·개축 경향)

  • Kim, Myungsun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.11
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    • pp.7629-7634
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is is to organize the site-plan types of common design's Goon office buildings in Japanese colonial period based on the main building's shape and main & attached building connection way and to investigate all the types' addition & remodeling ways. The study used literature research method, analysing the digital images, the annotation of the images, official documents between the Japanese government-general of Korea and To, and articles of newspapers or journals. The site-plans are sorted 5 types and subdivided 13 as their addition & remodelling ways. The initial shapes of site-plan were changed to apply every Goon's site circumstances, The main buildings were always in the center ahead and attached buildings behind or next to them in any cases of new construction, addition or remodeling. The buildings of the common design's were constructed until early 1930s and it means that their architectural level was lower than Pu office buildings, although both had same administrational level.