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Culture and Canon

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AGENDA 05

CultureCanon

We explore the identity of K-Culture and the potential of Korean studies
as an alternative canon.

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AGENDA 01Crisis and Connection AGENDA 02History and Place AGENDA 03Concepts and Values AGENDA 04Knowledge and Institutions AGENDA 05Culture and Canon AGENDA 06Convergence and Media
Introduction About this agenda

Culture and Canon

FUTURISTIC TURN
OF K-HUMANITIES

We explore the identity of K-Culture and the potential of Korean studies as an alternative canon.

01

Systematizing Korean Studies

We survey the history of efforts to canonize and systematize Korean studies in relation to the Other, and establish a K-Humanities database.

02

The Sender in an Era of Civilizational Transformation

We establish new normative standards for Korean culture and expand the academic foundations necessary for Korea to become an active sender in an era of civilizational transformation.

03

Expanding Civic Education

We organize these achievements through digital technologies and disseminate them for civic education

Relevance

Relevance to
the Agenda

# Reconfiguring the Canon# Digital Humanities# Polyphonic Culture# Universal Humanities

As globalization accelerates and digital technologies and artificial intelligence advance, we find ourselves in a transitional situation in which existing systems of the canon are being rendered obsolete. At the same time, there is a growing demand for new universals and norms to be formed through pluralistic participation.

“Culture and the Canon” critically reexamines the concept of the canon, while exploring ways to apply digital technologies to establishing and disseminating the foundations of K-Humanities. It also investigates the polyphonic and transversal character of K-Culture and seeks to expand Korean studies toward the horizon of universal humanities.

Research Plan

Research Content and Plan

Phase 1 · Year 01

Year 1

Pioneers of Korean Studies Around the World (1): Research on the First Generation of Korean Studies Scholars

  • Digital Humanities Education for Database Construction
  • Designing and establishing the working infrastructure for databases of Korean literature and culture
  • Reconfiguring the canon of Korean culture: Open Call for the Korean Literature Commentary Series
Phase 1 · Year 02

Year 2

Pioneers of Korean Studies Around the World (2): The Formation and History of Korean Language Education

  • The Crossings and Hybridity of K-Culture: Conference on K-Pop and K-Culture
  • Building databases of Korean literature and culture: Sourcebook on the History of North Korean Literary Criticism · Complete Works of Ch’oe Ch’an-sik
  • Reconfiguring the canon of Korean culture: Open Call and First Publication of the Korean Literature Commentary Series
Phase 1 · Year 03

Year 3

K-Culture, Deconstructive Universality, and the Alternative Canon

  • Technology and the Pluralistic Canon of K-Culture: AI & DH Workshops and Conference
  • Building databases of Korean literature and culture: ① Bibliographic, Intellectual History, and Narrative Database of the Modern Transition Period ② Literary Journals Database of the Cold War Period ③ Magazines and Mooks Database of the 1980s
  • Reconfiguring the canon of Korean culture: Open Call and Second Publication of the Korean Literature Commentary Series
Phase 2 · Year 04–06

Phase 2 (Years 4–6)

  • Expanding the planning and scope of the Korean literature and culture databases, with construction completed and databases made publicly accessible
  • Expanding and completing the ongoing scholarly series The Futuristic Turn of K-Culture and the Canon
  • Completing the K-Humanities: Reconfiguring the Classics series as part of the liberal education series project
  • Completing the Korean Literature Commentary Series