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Hijacking Area Studies: Ethnographic Approaches to Southeast Asian Airlines

  • Ferguson, Jane M.
    • SUVANNABHUMI
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.225-244
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    • 2020
  • Area Studies, by definition, conjure ideas of emplaced knowledge; in-depth interdisciplinary understanding of language, history, culture and politics of a nation or region. Where detractors might see this approach as overly empirical, therefore precluding theoretical sophistication, others argue that "places" are either artificially constructed, or that processes of globalisation have obliterated the cultural zone. But what if we turn an ethnographic eye to those very processes and technologies themselves? Can Area Studies take to the air, and if so, what are the attendant challenges and benefits? Based on insights from ethnography amongst airline customer service workers, ground and cabin crews in Thailand and Myanmar, this research examines the airline cabin as a field for ethnographic study, and as an emplaced site for political and cultural processes. With participant observation-based knowledge of Southeast Asian cabin crews, this paper examines the 1990 hijack of Thai Airways TG 305 from an emplaced cultural perspective.

An Analysis of the Fashion Collection of Hussein Chalayan (Hussein Chalayan 컬렉션 분석)

  • Yun, Ji-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.59 no.1
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    • pp.77-93
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze on the fashion collection of Hussein Chalayan who has changed the concept of fashion design in the 21st century and has pioneered in the new vision of fashion. This study will give a new perspective and perception of fashion as a conceptual and ideological art. The conclusions of this study are as follows. First, Hussein Chalayan's multicultural ideas and interdisciplinary approaches which based in national speciality are the unique elements in his works. Second, Hussein Chalayan intends to present his works as an expression of conception. He has expressed the clothes which speaks the form of nature, symbolizes the combination of culture, visualizes time and space and investigates the existence of human being. Third, Hussein Chalayan has asked an endless question about existence of the human being. Furthermore, He has put a question about the relationship between time, space, history, nature and the human being. His trial to visualize the metaphysical conception of 'ego' and 'self' through his works of art makes him as the designer who represents the 21st century. Forth, Hussein Chalayan pursues the communication between the human being and the world. His works is made for human being and makes the human life as valuable thing. Because the clothes is completed when the human wears it, it can not exist without the relationship of human being. Fifth, Hussein Chalayan makes a various attempt to combine with different artistic field. Fashion has developed to new direction with diverse trial and combination beyond fashion field and this has to be a direction in the 21st century fashion. Fashion is not just making clothes, but accepting and delivering the history and culture, expressing and communicating empathy, and combining the different fields harmoniously.

Bioethical Deliberation of a Human Life before Birth (출생 전 생명에 대한 생명윤리적 고찰)

  • Choi, Yung-Suk
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.11-38
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    • 2009
  • "Bioethics" may have various meanings depending on its roles. It may mean professional ethics for scientists and physicians, etc. It may also mean an academic discipline using interdisciplinary approach as well as a philosophical or a legal approach. "Bioethics" as an interdisciplinary study should often deal with public policy on bioethical issues. I call this role bioethics as a study of bioethics policy, which has to be developed as a new discipline. From this perspective, I deal with bioethical issues relevant to a human life before birth. There are various and often conflicting arguments about the moral status of a human life before birth such as the fertilization argument, the argument of genetic identity, so-called the "14 days" argument focusing on the formation of primitive streak, the argument of sentient being, and Michael Sandle's argument of an embryo as a being between a thing and a person. I argue that each of them is reasonable. Thus we are faced with reasonable disagreement on the views over whether a human life before birth has the same right to life as that of a person or whether right to life may be considered to be a matter of degree. If we acknowledge reasonable disagreement, as John Rawls pointed out, we should tolerate the views from ours in a plural society. Therefore, we cannot help making a policy that allows abortion and embryonic research with some limitations. When we say a certain act is morally permissible, "moral permissibility" does not mean that the act is morally right for all. Rather it means that the act cannot help being morally allowed for some persons although the others do not believe its moral rightness because they cannot right now rationally persuade others to accept their view.

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A Study on Utilization Method of Information Visualization in the Humanities and Area Studies (인문·지역연구에서의 정보시각화 활용 방안 연구)

  • Kang, Ji-Hoon;Lee, Dong-Yul;Moon, Sang-Ho
    • Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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    • v.5 no.5
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    • pp.59-68
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    • 2015
  • Since interdisciplinary convergence could beyond the borders of each disciplines, it is able to create new and meaningful knowledge through collaborative research between different study areas. Especially, in recent years, the Digital Humanities has attracted the attention as the convergence form of the Humanities and ICT. From a research methodology perspective, the Digital Humanities is a tool that can be used as a convergence system for various information utilization such as storage, retrieve, share, and spread. In view of Information system, Digital Humanities has been constructed and used in a variety of systems. Among them, studies related to information visualization for the Digital Humanities have been actively conducted. To visualize data or information, various types such as images, multimedia, interface, and etc could be applied. In this paper, we analyze the cases of various information visualization in digital humanities systems, and propose a method to utilize them in the Humanities and Area Studies.

The body image of women participants in the convergence Walking impact on the psychological dimension happiness from the interdisciplinary perspective (융·복합적 차원에서 걷기 운동 여성참여자의 신체이미지가 심리적 행복에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Pum-Ho;Ju, Sung-Bum;Choo, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.317-325
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is fusion-dimensional image of the body standing walking exercise female participants to convergence investigate the effects of psychological happiness In order to serve this purpose, questionnaires were used for females who participated into the walking program worked on by the National Health Insurance Corporation in 2014. A convenience sample was used for 150 subjects. Unanswered questions and questionnaires that did not meet normalcy were excluded, and 135 samples were extracted to use them for final analysis. Frequency analysis was performed for the collected data in order to examine demographical characteristics by using the SPSS/WIN 20.0 V program. In addition, multiple regression analysis was performed in order to resolve research issues. Cronbach' ${\alpha}$ verification and exploratory factor analysis were performed. The result of the aforementioned research and data analysis in this study is as follows: Perceived competence, looks, and health during the walking of female participants turned out to make static, positive effects on immersion and happiness, which were the lower-level factor of psychological happiness.

Analysis of Research Trends in Tax Compliance using Topic Modeling (토픽모델링을 활용한 조세순응 연구 동향 분석)

  • Kang, Min-Jo;Baek, Pyoung-Gu
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.99-115
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    • 2022
  • In this study, domestic academic journal papers on tax compliance, tax consciousness, and faithful tax payment (hereinafter referred to as "tax compliance") were comprehensively analyzed from an interdisciplinary perspective as a representative research topic in the field of tax science. To achieve the research purpose, topic modeling technique was applied as part of text mining. In the flow of data collection-keyword preprocessing-topic model analysis, potential research topics were presented from tax compliance related keywords registered by the researcher in a total of 347 papers. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, in the keyword analysis, keywords such as tax investigation, tax avoidance, and honest tax reporting system were included in the top 5 keywords based on simple term-frequency, and in the TF-IDF value considering the relative importance of keywords, they were also included in the top 5 keywords. On the other hand, the keyword, tax evasion, was included in the top keyword based on the TF-IDF value, whereas it was not highlighted in the simple term-frequency. Second, eight potential research topics were derived through topic modeling. The topics covered are (1) tax fairness and suppression of tax offenses, (2) the ideology of the tax law and the validity of tax policies, (3) the principle of substance over form and guarantee of tax receivables (4) tax compliance costs and tax administration services, (5) the tax returns self- assessment system and tax experts, (6) tax climate and strategic tax behavior, (7) multifaceted tax behavior and differential compliance intentions, (8) tax information system and tax resource management. The research comprehensively looked at the various perspectives on the tax compliance from an interdisciplinary perspective, thereby comprehensively grasping past research trends on tax compliance and suggesting the direction of future research.

The Relationship analysis between Safety Consciousness, Self-Efficacy, and Life-Respect according to Participation in Survival Swimming Program of Elementary School Students for interdisciplinary convergence research (학제 간 융합연구를 위한 생존수영프로그램 참여 초등학생의 안전의식과 자아효능감 및 생명존중의 관계 분석)

  • Kang, Hyo-Min;Lee, Yong-Kuk
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.401-408
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship analysis between safety consciousness, self-efficacy, and life-respect according to participation in survival swimming program of elementary school students for interdisciplinary convergence research. In order to achieve this purpose, 248 elementary school students were selected from registered in Kangwon-do area by the cluster sampling method. Frequency analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlations analysis and structural equation model analysis were executed using SPSS Statistics 23.0 Version and AMOS 23. As the results, First, it was discovered that the Safety Consciousness had static influence to the Self-Efficacy. Second, it showed that the Safety Consciousness did not gave static influence to the Life-Respect. Finally, it showed that the Self-Efficacy had static influence to the Life-Respect. In conclusion, the safety consciousness of elementary school students participating in the survival swimming program influences self-efficacy. It also has a positive effect on respect for life through self-efficacy. Therefore, various approaches to survival swimming education program are needed from the perspective of interdisciplinary fusion research.

Research on Geographic Variations in Health Services Utilization in the United States: A Critical Review and Implications (미국의 지역간 의료이용의 변이 연구: 비판적 검토와 함의)

  • Do, Young-Kyung
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.94-124
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    • 2007
  • This paper critically reviews three decades of research on geographic variations. in health services utilization in the United States, thereby drawing policy and research implications for Korea. The recent renewed interest in variations research in the United States, precipitated by studies on regional variations in Medicare expenditures, stems mainly from the policy implication that a substantial amount of Medicare expenditures could be saved without compromising quality and access. From the research perspective, this policy implication was made tenable by integrating micro- and macro-level analysis of variations in health services utilization. Still, theoretical limitations inherent in the research pose great challenges to developing effective strategies at the health system level. Variations research in the United States can serve as a case study as to how health services research has responded to efficiency and quality issues in an ever expanding health system Considering the current health policy and research environment in Korea, the following implications can be drawn. Variations research will help formulate a national policy agenda for health care quality and also advance the framework of approaches to health policy issues. For such purposes, both relevant descriptive and hypothesis-testing studies are needed. Further advancement in variations research will require interdisciplinary explorations and methodological sophistication. To the extent that Korean health policies will strive to achieve complex goals, variations research will increasingly prove to be useful.

Mouse phenogenomics, toolbox for functional annotation of human genome

  • Kim, Il-Yong;Shin, Jae-Hoon;Seong, Je-Kyung
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.79-90
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    • 2010
  • Mouse models are crucial for the functional annotation of human genome. Gene modification techniques including gene targeting and gene trap in mouse have provided powerful tools in the form of genetically engineered mice (GEM) for understanding the molecular pathogenesis of human diseases. Several international consortium and programs are under way to deliver mutations in every gene in mouse genome. The information from studying these GEM can be shared through international collaboration. However, there are many limitations in utility because not all human genes are knocked out in mouse and they are not yet phenotypically characterized by standardized ways which is required for sharing and evaluating data from GEM. The recent improvement in mouse genetics has now moved the bottleneck in mouse functional genomics from the production of GEM to the systematic mouse phenotype analysis of GEM. Enhanced, reproducible and comprehensive mouse phenotype analysis has thus emerged as a prerequisite for effectively engaging the phenotyping bottleneck. In this review, current information on systematic mouse phenotype analysis and an issue-oriented perspective will be provided.

Platform Business and Network Strategy

  • Kim, Junic
    • STI Policy Review
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.57-74
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    • 2014
  • This review organises the fragmented management literature on platform business according to a conceptual map and a meta-theoretical scheme. Since the early 2000s, numerous researchers have examined platform business and two-sided networks with platform business and strategy being an important business innovation model for many industries, creating value primarily by enabling direct interactions. Platforms such as Google or Amazon contain a common set of rules and components in most user transactions. Thirty-two core papers and books on Strategic Management Journal, Industrial Economics and Operation Management-related disciplines are reviewed, with further observations on how cumulative research streams on the platform are carried out independently from each academic perspective. The first of the two arguments in this paper is that because interactive relationships bridge the platform and stakeholders such as end-users and developers, it is crucial for platform companies to be aware of their relationship with stakeholders in order to support and sustainably provide content to their platform. The second is that integrative perspectives are essential due to the low number of interdisciplinary investigations conducted thus far. The paper's final section deals with implications for theory and practice, concluding that integrative studies and interactive relationship studies should be the main research streams in future platform research.