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Modern Housing Complexes in South Korea. An Educational Analysis to Evaluate the Typological Evolution and Urban Adaptations

  • Pedrabissi, Dario
    • Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.85-90
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    • 2017
  • The contemporary South Korean landscape is characterised by a massive display of modern apartment buildings. They are omnipresent in their monotonous manifestation and represent the dream of the Korean population. Serial mass housing is a typology that has had a great diffusion all over the world, but how has modern housing developed in South Korea? To this end, what are the resulting local adaptations?. This paper retraces these key evolutional aspects. Methodologically, it draws on a scholarly literature review as well as on-site photographic surveys, developed in connection with an educational program at the Korea Tech University. The result is the analysis of both the urban and architectural transformation from the early modernisation period to the present condition of contemporary housing. A historical background introduces Korean traditional urban houses, to be used as a context to describe the contemporary modern city that has developed since the 1960s. The main emphasis is then placed on the urbanisation process that fully matured during the 1980s together with a focus on the mass housing typology as the main pivot in the urban transformation. Finally, the paper will draw a parallel between modern Western theories and Korean applications.

The Modern Meanings and Attitudes of the Traditional Motives in Upper - Class Houses of Chosun Dynasty - (한국전통문양에 대한 현대인의 의미해석과 태도 - 조선시대 상류주택에 나타난 문양을 중심으로 -)

  • 박영순;김미경;김수진;호수진;최선미
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • no.29
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the modern meanings and attitudes of the motives shown in the traditional houses. Research methods to achieve this purpose are review of literature and the Questionnaire survey. The major results of this study are as follows; First, The interpretation of the modern meanings of the traditional motives were mainly affected by 'the forms and shapes of the motives rather than 'the meanings and symbols of the motives'. Second, many people felt friendly, preferable to use the motives in modern design, decorative and good-meaningful about the motives. Through this results related to the attitudes of the motives, each motive should be developed by new design and needed the modification.; Especially, 'flower-shape', '亞-shape', '正-shape', '喜-shape'were good motives to use in modem exterior and interior design.

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An Analysis of Characteristics of Literature on the Residential Environments of Korean-Chinese People Residing in China (중국 조선족 거주환경 관련연구의 동향분석)

  • Heo, Seong-Geol;Cho, Won-Seok;Byun, Kyeonghwa
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.105-112
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze characteristics of literature on the residential environments of Korean-Chinese people residing in China. The number of such studies on residential environment is a total of 123, of which 86 (69.9%) are Korean studies and 37 (30.1%) are Chinese studies. Research has been conducted in China since the 1980s, but from 1990s onward, research was conducted in Korea following the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations. More studies related to history, society, and tradition have been conducted in China than Korea because China is a multiracial nation and Korean-Chinese people comprise an ethnic minority. In terms of residential environment, the majority of studies are related to architecture and space and are typically focused on villages and housing. Studies on traditional housing of the Korean-Chinese focus on general characteristics of traditional housing, targeting China's three northeast provinces and the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China. Studies on modern housing of the Korean-Chinese have mainly been conducted in Yanji City in China. The reason for this is that 41% of Yanji City's population is Korean-Chinese, a distinct difference can be seen between Yanji City and other areas regarding changes of modern housing, and ondol (the traditional Korean floor heating system) is commonly found in modern housing there.

On Franco Moretti's World Literature: Seen from the Perspective of Periodical Studies (프랑코 모레티의 세계문학론 비판 - 매체론의 관점에서 -)

  • Lee, Jae-Yon
    • Cross-Cultural Studies
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    • v.48
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    • pp.325-359
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    • 2017
  • The works of a literary and cultural historian Franco Moretti are conspicuous in many ways. Trained in Marxism and Russian formalism, he participated in the construction of the New Left in England. Also, he interestingly interpreted the socialization of the individual through the genre of bildungsroman. Then, he shifted his research interest to the notion of world literature, and to explore its global scale, he developed his own quantitative approach combined with advanced computer technology in digital humanities. His recent publication reveals that Moretti conducted a social critique of the European bourgeois culture with his new quantitative method. His macroscopic view of literature and use of cutting-edge technology in his research inspire historians of Korean literature located in the so-called periphery of world literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the idea of world literature outlined by Franco Moretti by reviewing his method called "distant reading" and examples of such an approach. His distant reading is to construct a macroscopic archive through inclusion of forgotten works from literary history and to analyze morphological patterns that frequently appear in the archive. His book entitled Graphs, Maps, Trees is a collection of examples of which he applied distant reading. By delving into such cases, I will raise questions about Moretti's macroscopic perspective of world literature in conjunction with Korean literature. As located at the periphery of global circulation of literary knowledge, Korea appropriated Western genres, established its literary institutions, and developed book markets through modern newspapers and magazines. This experience of furthering modern literature through periodicals would provide another view to revisit Moretti's world literature.

Classic travel literature and the experience education -focused on - (고전기행문학과 경험 교육 -<열하일기>를 중심으로-)

  • Joo, Jae-woo
    • Journal of Korean Classical Literature and Education
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    • no.15
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    • pp.89-111
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    • 2008
  • In spite of importance of the experience education in Korean classic education, it has not made study in this field. Especially, is famous for typical Korean classic as a travel literature, but it was considered as a writing model or a novel. This study focuses on as the travel literature. For the experience education, it must be considered that literature appreciation is a core. So the experience education contents will contain what is selected, how to present, and how to teach. The resource of the experience education have to arouse educational meaning and interest in the classic literature. Concerning , there are two type of experience. First, the writer's experience. The writer, Yonam experienced a extra ordinary events. He wrote this event through other's points. This showed other's situation so it could make understand other's feeling and thought. Second, the reader's experience. A modern reader considers Korean classic as something difficult and strange. but if reader would have the point of view of others, he could understand more easily. Further, it will be expected that the reader can reflect on own's situation and conduct.

Study on Eum-yang Interlocking in "Hwangjenaegyeong(黃帝內經)" ("황제내경(黃帝內經)" "음양교(陰陽交)" 병해석(病解析))

  • Ju, Bao-Zhao;Kim, Hyo-Chul
    • Journal of Korean Medical classics
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.31-33
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    • 2010
  • The earliest record of 'Eum-yang Interlocking(陰陽交)' is in "Hwangjenaegyeong(黃帝內經)". In this article, we reviewed the meaning of the two Chinese Characters 'On'(溫) and "Gyo"(交), discussed the meaning, mechanism and treatment principles of Eum-yang Interlocking and Three Incurable Symptoms in order to provide a theoretical basis for treating the warm febrile disease in modern times.

Kim Soo-Young and the Critical Reception of Modernism in Korea (모더니즘의 비판적 수용)

  • 이승훈
    • Lingua Humanitatis
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.3-20
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    • 2001
  • The concept of "modernism" has always posed problems in definition from the beginnings of "early-modernism" to our age of post-modernism and multi-culturalism. And yet, the concept has been consistently aligned with the search for new paradigms of thinking about "modernity" as the age experiences it. In this sense, this study tries to explain the meaning of the term "modern," why it still matters in the study of literature, and how to apply it to the examination of Kim Soo-Young′s poems. Kim is one of the leading poets who understood the importance of modernism in the development of Korean modern poetry. But, despite his dedication to the western literary style and modernism, Kim also attempted the renewal of traditional Confucian thought in his poems. The result of such efforts can be seen in poems such as "Difficulties of Confucius ′Everyday Life," in which Kim tries to juxtapose the ancient life of Confucius with life in a much-westernized modern Korea. Another poem "Grass" shows his eagerness to transform traditional eastern aesthetics into a new mode of thinking that encompasses both the influence of the west and changes in 20th-century Korea. Through the study of Kim′s poems in relation to the critical reception of modernism in Korea, we can conclude the following: that Kim led the modernist movement in Korea; that modernism still matters in post-modern Korean literature; and that, because Kin tried to bring together the ideas of western modernism and traditional Confucianism, his poetry not only spoke to his own time but speaks also to our multi-cultural age.

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A Study of the Method of Expression of Surrealism in the Modern Costume (1) (현대복식에 응용된 초현실주의적 표현방법 고찰(I) -1989~1994년 복식을 중심으로-)

  • 곽미영;정흥숙
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.380-392
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    • 1995
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate a comparison between method of depaysement of Surrealism and modern costume. Surrealism was based on Freud's theory of uncon\ulcornersciousness and Hegelian dialectic. I found that its method of expression and inspiration have a continuous influence on a field of fashion through preceding study. Surrealism stimulated Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) to make creative and innovative costume which created a sensatio.i1 the world of fashion in 1930. And it have been influence on modern fashion. From this point of view, I examined surrealistic painter of Rene Magritte (1898-1967) to use shocking method of depaysement through literature and photographes. And I made researches on Paris London collcetions from 1989 to 1994 in the cause of analysis a comparison with depaysement in painting of R. Magritte. As the result of analysising main works of R.Magritte according classification of Suzi Gabric (an art critic), he was expressive of usual object in various of depaysement. I also proved that modern fashion which was new shocking, innovative and avant-garde presented unconsciousness through these expression of depaysement with common subject. In consequence, the method of expression of surrealism have been a durable influence on modern costume.

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A Study on the Culture of Modern Mass Consumption in View of Human Decent Life (인간생활의 관점에서 본 현대 대중 소비문화)

  • Park, Soon-Hee
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.45-58
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to determine how the culture of modern mass consumption is understood in determining a decent lifestyle. This study examined a variety of literature on this problem. The important results are as follows. The culture of consumption has evolved through the increase of productivity in modern industry. People's desires have instigated a developing consumption culture: the concepts of advertising, fashion, over-consumption, and conspicuous consumption. The dissemination of this new consumption culture in an information-rich society, facilitated by the popularization of the Internet, has started to influence every nook and comer of our lives. This change of lifestyle has resulted not only in positive effects, but also in negative ones, such as distortion of information, and inequality. Thus the culture of modern mass consumption has created a new concept of class order and has reinforced the unbalance between opinion-leaders and opinion-followers. It has also increased the ratio of needs to wants. Consumption makes escape and sensual pleasure possible. The conclusion of this study is that the culture of modern mass consumption has not upheld its original purpose, that is, the qualitative enrichment of life through consumption. It has only caused the disintegration of individuality.

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Expression Types and Characteristics of Body Parts Shown in Modern Fashion Design: Focused on from 2001S/S to 2008S/S (현대패션디자인에 나타난 신체부위의 표현유형과 특성 : 2001S/S$\sim$2008S/S를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Sun-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.47 no.8
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    • pp.25-35
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    • 2009
  • This study analyzed expression types and characteristics of modern fashion designs using body parts. The research was conducted based on a literature review and empirical research of fashion magazines published in Korea and other countries from 2001 to 2008. Four fashion statements predominated. Most frequently, body parts presented in modern fashion design, included realistic expressions, simplification, anatomic expression and a mixture with other patterns and logos. A body part, such as an eye, a lip, a hand or a chest was characteristically located in an unfamiliar position, as part of modern fashion design using body parts. Other parts and surrealistic images were shown with accessories utilizing body shapes. Second, amusing images were emphasized with humorous expressions, including simplification of body parts, childish decorations, fairy tale illusions and cartoon factors. Third, erotic images were presented with a more realistic expression of a partial image of a female body part, such as a lip or a tongue. Fourth, the use of facial images of celebrities in modern fashion design showed the phase of the times and the characteristic utilization of pop art as an image.