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CULTURE
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InterviewwithChoHanHye-jeong,aheadofHajaCenter
OVER
VIEW
Ears & Eyes
YouthsUpgradeThemselvesin“Haja”
GettingOverSeoulComplex
D
oyouwanttodosomethinginteresting
can take an active part in the project or
and something you’d enjoy at the
eventsinHaja.
G
sametime?
In the case of students who go to school,
overnment authorities have designated the year 2001 as the year of “Regional
Then go to the Haja Center! At the Haja
they experience no trouble, either. They
Culture”.Preparingforthe2002Korea-JapanWorldcup,thegovernmentintends
Center, there are various projects going on.
come here for their wish and their parents
to attract non Korean tourists through a plan of regional activation. Accordingly,
Among many kinds of projects, youth can
understand. Also, as types of entrance
regionalfestivalshavecroppeduplikemushrooms.
independently select their favorite and
university examinations have diversified, it
HaHoi which has preserved traditional mask plays held a Byulshingut Festival in
participate in them. The Haja Center has
became important to assist individual
March.Byulshingutisaplayformthelowerclasseexposuresthenobility’sfalsehood.It
startedmanyprojectsincludinganexhibition
development.
is a precious cultural property which has been handed down from the 12th century.
“attacking art gallery”, “club 999 concert”
Chongdoisfamousforitsbulls,andplanstoholdthe2001BullfightingFestivalnext
and“dStoryFestival”.
R: Haja center is called the alternative
April.TheoriginofbullfightinginKoreaisnotclearhavingnoliterature.Probablyit
TheHajaCenterisaculturefactorythatis
spaceforeducation.What’syouropinion
startedinanimpromptuwaywhencowpunchersgottogether.Itsscalehasbeensteadily
operated by the Center for Youth and
oftheexistingeducationalsystem?
enlarged and has celebrated its 10th anniversary. In addition to a variety of different
Cultural Studies of Yonsei University with
ChoHan:Schoolsareeducatingstudents
sizedbullfight,othereventswillbeheld.
the entrustment of the Seoul Metropolitan
underthesystemofmassproduction,based
Regional culture, as seeing above, is life-settled culture having roots among people
Government.TheofficialnameoftheCenter
onatechnologyoftheindustrialrevolution.
who share their history and experience. It’s a productive and unique district culture
is The Youth Factory for Alternative
However, the present age requires that the
havingitsownnativecustomsalongwithtimesandseasons.Peopleenjoyitnaturally
Culture, but they just call it in the Haja
viewofeducationanditscomponentsreflect
anddon’tfeelawkwardtosayit’stheirownculture.
Center.Hajameans“Let’sdoit”inKorean.
changingtechnologyandchangingneedsof
Theactivationoftheregionalfestivalsisakindofdrasticreform.NonKoreanswho
ChoHanHye-jeong,theheadofHajahas
humanity. Despite, the existing educational
firstvisitKoreaareoftensurprisedtoseethatthere’snootherdistinctanduniqueliving
managedthiscentersinceitsfoundation.She
system being unidimensional and giving
cultureinKorea.Expectedlocalcultureishardlyobserved.
KamEun-jin/TheArgus
also is a professor of department of
only the technical side, leaving out other
Korea has a Seoul-centered system in all its aspects. The Metropolitan area only
Sociology of Yonsei University and has
theyareready.
University and the Venture Incubator. The
more essential things. In this situation,
occupies 11.8% of Korea as a whole. The overwhelming majority, however, has
made a study of alternative education for
Culture Factory is the main part of the
studentscannotsatisfytheirdesireinschool.
clustered in this one area. Besides the population of Seoul compromising 45.9% of
youth and teenagers as a scholar in human
R:Therearemanyorganizationswhich
Center. It is a workshop and learning space
So,inasenseweprovideusefulsoftwarefor
Korea’s total, Seoul has political and financial power beyond comparison. It’s no
and social sciences. This month a reporter
educatepeopleinthecultureandthearts.
that aims to convert juvenile energy into
them.
wonderKoreanshavebeenplungeddeeplyintothe“SeoulComplex”.
from the Argus met her to inquire more
What distinguishes this center from
creative projects. The Haja Collegio is a
This complex, interestingly, is based on historical reasons. Seoul, the center of
abouttheHajacenter,aplaceforalternative
others?
name of the Open University, and it has a
R:What’syourplantoupgradeHaja?
sovereign power, has reigned over the other towns from the Chosun era. This five
culturaleducation.
Cho Han: Our way of education is not
new concept adaptive to the internet
ChoHan:Innearfuture?Becauseweare
hundred years was the strong centralism age. The word Sangkyung (containing the
teaching and learning. We help them do as
environment of the 21st century. The
making a new kind of educational system,
meaningofgoingupperside)wasusedtoindicate“goingtoSeoul”inallcases,evenif
Reporter: What is the purpose of
theydesire.Asthecultureindustryhascome
VentureIncubatorconnectscreativecultural
problems have occurred meanwhile. The
thepointofdeparturewasthegeographicallynorthtoSeoul.Seoulhasbeenthecapital
establishingtheHajaCenter?
tohavegreatdealofweightinthisage,ithas
activities produced by teenagers at the
existing educational system, however,
ofKoreaoversevenhundredyears.Ithashadmanyadvantagesthroughoutthatyears.
Cho Han Hye-jeong: The Haja center is
become possible for people to maintain a
Culture Factory and the Open University
appears to go on smoothly as if it has no
The modernization period of 1970s and 80s was the time of one-way expansion
an experiment of 21st century. Though a
livelihood doing things what they want to
withculturalindustries.
problem. There is no one who raises an
development and it focused on the majority of economic, educational, and cultural
universityisaspacewhichfulfillstheneeds
do. In this situation, we give teenagers the
objection.Itiscausedbythespiritlessyouth
properties to Seoul. Therefore Seoul complex is nothing but an ambition wanting to
ofthetimes,itdoesnotexecuteaneducation
waytoliveinthenewage,whichcannotbe
R: The Haja center is a center for
culture. We will upgrade Haja by bringing
jumponthemajorityboard.
on the basis of a spontaneity. As we see a
learntintheotherplaces.Inotherwords,we
teenagers.Bywhomisthecenterused?
upquestionswithinthecommunity.
Considering this Seoul-centered system and people’s consciousness, the absence of
collapse of in middle and high schools, the
help them to develop their potential
ChoHan:Youngpeopleincludingmiddle
Seoulcultureisanotherseriouschallenge.Seouldoesn’thaveculturewhenviewedin
existing educational system are not
independently.
andhighschoolstudentsandteenagerswho
thepointofidentity.Regionalactivationplansthroughfestivalshaveepochalmeaning
satisfying teenager’s requirement. The most
donotgotoschooljoininHaja.Aboutthirty
inthissense.
important thing is a “self-motivation”. The
R:HowisHajaCenterorganized?
areteenagerswhodonotgotoschool.
However,theyarenowfacingagainstbittercriticismsfortheyarerepresentedfalsely.
ByKamEun-jin
Haja center intends that they can do
ChoHan:HajaCenterisconsistsofthree
Mostofthemareaptto“Jookdoli”,thatis,
Seoulpeoplearesentworktothelocalareas,andhavetobedetached.Thiscentralized
AssociateEditorofCultureSection
systematically what they want to do when
parts: the Culture Factory, the Open
studentswhostayattheHajaallday.They
personnel committee causes many problems. Those who don’t really understand the
regional emotion consequently cause the standardization of festivals. The essence of
festival, creativity and enthusiasm to participate in the government-centered festivals
SpecialContribution/LookingintoKoreanuniversitypress
has diminished . In addition, tight budgets degenerates festival into commerical
ventures.
UrgingforInterconnectionBetweenPresses
Itisveryundesirableandratherparadoxicalphenomenonthattheregionalfestivals
losetheiridentitybecauseofantiquatedconsciousness.Andithasreachedthelimitof
theSeoul-centeredsystem.Therootcauseofthedegenerationofregionalfestivalslies
in the Seoul complex, however. As the water in the gutter lays stagnant, a gimcrack
I
n many universities in Korea, there are
Buttheconnectionbetweentheuniversity
excludingswitchoverthoughtismeanttobedeteriorated.
newspaper and/or magazine presses and
presses and other Korean press
broadcasting stations that are run by
organizations, that is being built by groups,
students. Such university presses generally
such as the Journalists Association of
ByChoHongJoo-hee
report or deal with issues that have to do
Korea(JAK) and the Committee for
EditorofCultureSection
withtheuniversitytheyarein,oronissuesin
UniversityPress(CUP),willbeabletoutilize
thesociety.
the good points of university presses and
Insuchpressorganizations,thereseemsto
other Korean press organizations. Whereas
beatrendtolookforthedifferentproblems
university press has a greater freedom of
in school policy, or to talk about issues in
speech, other Korean press organizations
societythataresubjecttocontemplation.
have better access to information or
There is definitely a difference in the
reporting. Through the connection of the
quality of university press and other press
two, the former can write articles on the
ChoHongJoo-hee/TheArgus
that can be found in the society. This is
basis of a greater amount of
partially because of the fact that students
information(provided by the latter) than in
have received only a limited education on
the past, and the latter can express ideas or
becoming reporters, and partially because
perspectivesthroughtheformer,inwaysthat
students are studying their majors in
werenotpossibleinthepast.
university at the same time that they do
University press must improve in quality.
activitiesasreporters.
Reporters of university presses must be
In Korean society today, the press is
givenroomtothinkonamorewidebasis,to
HUFSWeekly
partially controlled by strong family lines,
open their perspectives. University news
ReportersofHUFSWeeklyareworkingattheiroffice.
and among different press organizations,
must be reported with a more objective
“From Seoul to
Choson Ilbo is the strongest press
viewpoint.Universitystudentsmustbeable
towardsenglish-languagemedia,ofboththe
andactivelyutilized,amongKoreanenglish-
ParisbyKyungui
organization. Other newspaper companies
toreadtheirschool’snewspaperormagazine
society, and of universities. The image of
language university presses and university
Railroad!”
looktoChosonIlbotodecidewhatposition
andnotjustthinkabouttheirownschool,but
Koreathatisgiventoforeignerslivinginand
pressesofothercountries,inwhichEnglish
to take concerning certain issues. And
think about Korean university culture as a
out of Korea can be improved, or made
isanativelanguage.Alliancesshouldalsobe
ChoHongJoo-hee/TheArgus
powerful press organizations apply pressure
whole, or Korean society in general.
worse easily, through the english-language
made between Korean press organizations,
to other press organizations, making an
University presses can achieve such goals
media.
such as the JAK or the CUP, and english-
honest and truthful press culture difficult to
throughorganizationssuchastheJAKorthe
Ontheotherhand,english-languagemedia
languageuniversitymedia.
findintheKoreansociety.
CUP.
might be less popular to the Korean public
The interconnection between university
Ontheotherhand,universitypresseshave
AsIamareporterformyschool’senglish
than korean-language media. Funding of
presses and other press organizations, be
only minimal pressure or limitations
magazine, I have more interest in english-
such media is a difficult issue to deal with.
they Korean or foreign, used in the right
concerning the content they display.
language university media than korean-
Universityenglish-languagemedia,provided
way, can bring a development in Korean
Sometimesuniversitieswilllimitthecontent
languageuniversitymedia.Iknowthatthere
that it is funded by universities, can be a
press. And the importance of Korean
of the university presses, according to the
isalimitinthelevelofEnglishthatcanbe
great help to Korean students in preparing
universityenglish-languagemediashouldbe
interest of the universities or university
expected from english-language university
themtofacetheworld.Jobplacesaremany
stressed to universities, and to press
“Let’spaintthis
sponsors.Althoughinmostcasesuniversity
media.Honestly,asaforeigner,whenIfirst
times filled by people with English ability,
organizations,suchastheJAK,ortheCUP.
Kyungui line
presseshavelessreaders,theyaremorefree
contacted english-language newspapers in
yet student reporters for english-language
Thedevelopmentofenglish-languagemedia
together.”
to express their opinions on issues in the
Korea, I immediately acquired a certain
university media are not always looked for
in Korea can help Korea on its road to
society.
amount of prejudice about english-language
bycompanies.
internationalismandglobalism.
Of course, reporters from university
mediainKorea.Forsomereason,Isawthe
Thequalityofuniversityenglish-language
YourImaginationRestores
presses have less access to information or
KoreaHeraldandtheKoreaTimesasbeing
media must improve, and having been a
reporting than reporters of other press
lesserthanforeignnewspapers.
reporter for an English newspaper or an
Tossacromwell
organizations.Andtheyhavelessability,or
In this age of internationalism and
English magazine should be a plus when
KyunguiLine
editor-in-chiefofSunmoonUniverse
know-howwithwritingarticles.
globalism, there should be more interest
tryingtogetajob.Alliancesshouldbemade,
BrokeVideoFestivalMakesIndieMovieWorldActive
O
ne little boy holding a picture in his hand is riding on a model train. Two
volunteerstughimfrombothsidessmilebrightly.
OnMarch25,anonprofitorganizationURartCenterpromotedthestreetartunder
T
he14thBrokeinSeoulVideoFestival
Theconceptofthisyearis“ANewCure-
“Ziziq’sSchoolStory”,“AQuestion”.“The
Group’s Show” and “Publicizing Show by
thesubjectof“Drawinginter-KoreanreailwayKyunguiline”inYouidoPark.Aninch
was held on Hitel On&Off Theater,
all”. It comprised of “The Final Contest”,
Project Event” is the third one and showed
Bicycle” was given, however, “Anti Broke
boardwithamodelrailroadtrackwasinstalledinfloor.Justafewmainstationsare
Daehakro on March 24th and 25th. The
“The Project Event”, “Showing Jewels of
variousexperimentalandchallengingworks
in Seoul Festival” which had been planned
indicatedandalargeblankspaceisreservedforpeoplepassingby.Anythingorany
BrokeinSeoulFestival,called“AHundred
Works Got Back”, “Showing Invited
of artist. In the “Showing Jewels of Video
was not held. “A lot of amateur artists
wordiswelcomedonthisfreeboard.
Thousand Video Festival” begun in 1997.
Foreign Films”, and “Shocking Reportage-
Got Back”, works which did not rank as
entered in the contest and many audiences
People do not merely draw a railway but also images of their heart’s desire, of
“A hundred thousand” is representative of
The state of culture planners’ earnings”.
competition works at the final contest by a
including amateur artists as well came to
reunification,imagesthatillustratebetterthanhundredsofwordsthetragedy,butalso
the way of creating video work on a low
Only“ShowingJewelsofWorksGotBack”
narrowmarginwereshown.Inthe“Showing
others’ works. This will make the Indie
thehopeofthepeopleinthedividednationpoursoutinthissmallscrawl.People’sfree
budget. It is based on the hope that
wasgivenasanon-lineevent.
Invited Foreign Films”, works of Kip
movie world active by intensifying their
imagination has already restored the Kyungui railroad line which has been cut
everybody can create video work without
Inthefinalcontest,fivefilmswereentered
FulbeckandShuLeaCheangwhoareactive
desiretocreatevideoworks,”ChoiSo-won,
throughoutthepartition,for50years.
havinganexpensivefilmandahigh-quality
intocompetitionfromaboutfifty.Theseare
in USA with an identity of Asian Maker
arepresentativeofthisfestivalmentioned.
URartCenterpreparesdifferentitemseverySundayandmeetpeopleinInsadongor
equipment but merely possessing a brilliant
“Please Give Me Two Plastic Bags”, “On
wereinvited.
Youidostreet.Youcancontactthemformoreinformationatwww.urart.org.
ByKamEun-jin/TheArgus
ideaandtheuniqueness.
the Way to Hong-Kong”, Yahjah Time”,
As side events, “Wandering Theater

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