정향진 교수

This paper examines a psychological and behavioral characteristic of North Korean refugees living in South Korea and its implications for their social adjustment in the South. South Koreans working closely with refugees from the North commonly point out marked emotionality among them, while new comers complain of difficulties in social communication with existing residents. North Korean refugees themselves acknowledge their emotional style as different from the dominant one in the South Korean s

Abstract In this special issue, we examine how globalizing forces reshape the self among South Koreans in educational contexts. To address facets of and issues raised by what we call “psychocultural globalization,” we take as the central problematic the tension between individuality and relationality in both self‐organization and self‐other relationships in various educational settings in a globalizing South Korea. A focal concern shared in the five articles is: How are competing educational ide

감정은 핵심적으로 자아와 사회적 세계와의 관련에 대한 것이라는 점에서 ‘관계의언어’라고 할 수 있다. 따라서 감정의 인류학을 한다는 것은 무엇보다도 행위자를 관계속에서 느끼는 주체로서 파악하는 데에서 출발하며, 그렇게 함으로써 정의적 과정을 사회문화적 과정의 주요한 측면으로 기술∙분석한다는 것을 의미한다. 이 글에서는 첫째,인류학적 연구를 위한 감정의 개념적 정의를 제시하고 또한 감정의 속성과 기능을 네 국면으로 나누어 고찰한다. 둘째, 각 국면에 대한 고전적인 감정이론을 살펴보고 해당국면에 초점을 맞춘 인류학적 연구들을 예시한다. 그리하여 감정을 인류학적 연구의 한 영역으로, 민족지 서술의 중요한 측면으로 자리매김하는 데 기초를 세우고자 한다.

In this article, I am concerned with the dynamics of self among North Koreans, in conjunction with their predicament of being under constant surveillance. To the outside world, the public behavior of North Koreans counts as one of the most puzzling aspects of the reclusive state, while many observers of North Korea point to a “real face” or “pure heart” behind the theatrical “public face” among North Koreans. Based on ethnographic interviews with visitors to North Korea and North Korean refugees

Abstract This article, based on interviews with teachers and classroom observations, examines the contour of the educational reform for individualization over twenty years in South Korean schooling. By way of an educational metaphor implicated in shifting dynamics between two competing yet complementary cultural models of sociality and human development, I attempt a historically nuanced analysis of an interdependence orientation manifest in South Korean schooling. In so doing, I closely attend t

Abstract In this article I explore the psychocultural underpinnings of authenticity as a signature feature of late modernity. I examine the self‐narratives of baby boomers in the United States, the generation that came of age under emerging postmodern conditions. The data point to shared emotional dynamics that not only provide a culture of authenticity with a strong motivational foundation but also inform the subjective experiences of modern rationality. The baby boomers, from their own bodily

In this article, I am concerned with the religious nature of North Korean statehood and the religiosity of the people, as exemplified by North Korea’s hallmark mass gymnastics show, the Arirang Festival. As a ritual occasion of the highest import in Jucheism, the Festival displays the topography of statehood and shapes the mind-heart of the people through the extraordinary bodily discipline of the supposed disciples of Jucheism. By relying on video footage as well as film and other narratives ab

I am located in Seoul, South Korea. The country has been managing the pandemic to the extent that we have not gone into a lockdown situation. Yet, with extended social distancing followed by a recent upsurge during the winter, many people, those in small businesses in particular, are expressing discontent about the government's measures to control the spread of the virus. It hasn't affected me much, except that I had to teach online through Zoom. My classes were relatively small (under twenty),