"The Role of Korean Culture in Limiting the Spread of COVID-19 in South Korea"를 주제로, 서울대 인류학과 4단계 BK21교육연구단과 서울대학교 비교문화연구소, 서울대학교 인류학과에서 주최하는 해외석학초청강연이 개최됩니다. 많은 관심과 참여 부탁드립니다.
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- 일시: 2021년 3월 11일(목) 12:30-14:00
- 장소(줌 링크): https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/3395374845 (Zoom ID: 339 537 4845)
- 사회: 정향진 교수
- 연사: Greg Thompson (미국 브리검영대학교(Brigham Young University) 교수)
- 주최: 서울대 인류학교 4단계 BK21교육연구단 / 서울대학교 비교문화연구소 / 서울대학교 인류학과
- 문의: anthrobk21plus@snu.ac.kr
- 강의 개요:
South Korea's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak has been so effective it has garnered praise from such unlikely bedfellows as former President Donald Trump and the New York Times. In spite of having a much higher population density than the U.S., South Korea has sustained a per capita infection rate that is, on average, about 1/50th that of the U.S. In this article I argue that certain features of Korean culture have played a critical role in the prevalence of positive health-related behaviors such as mask-wearing and social distancing that have limited the spread of COVID-19 in South Korea. In contrast to the rather flat-footed but common explanation of "collectivism", I propose that key to the management of the spread of COVID-19 in South Korea is a particularly well-developed sense of what I will call social proprioception. Social proprioception is a social awareness/perception that exists in all cultures but which is particularly well developed in Korean culture as a form of mutuality of being (Stasch, 2011). I describe three cultural concepts that help to elaborate the peculiarly Korean version of social proprioception, namely, nunchi, bunwigi, and uri. Drawing on ethnographic data from Korea, including ethnographic data from South Korea during the COVID-19 outbreak, I argue that the practices surrounding these cultural concepts have been critical for supporting health-related behaviors that have limited the spread of COVID-19.
K-방역의 명암이 모두 조명받고 있는 지금, 한국의 문화가 코로나 바이러스 전파 억제에 어떻게 기여하였는지 외부자의 시선으로 검토하는 것은 우리 모두에게 중요한 시사점을 제공할 것입니다. 특히 본 강연에서는 social proprioception이라는 개념을 통해 '눈치', '분위기', '우리'의 인식이 코로나 바이러스에 대항할 때 어떤 역할을 했는지 다룰 예정입니다.
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