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Communication Seminar Series – The Flip from Fraught to Assumed use: Mobile Communications of North Korean women during their journey to South Korea by Dr. Juhee Kang
2018年1月30日
上午11时至下午12时30分
中文大学新亚书院人文馆313室
Dr. Juhee KangResearch Fellow, United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society
manlokchan@cuhk.edu.hk / Tel: 39437701 (Miss Mandy Chan)
Every year hundreds of North Koreans cross the Tumen River running through the Sino-Korean border in the search for a better life elsewhere. This talk examines the migratory experiences of North Korean women who flipped their home between two Koreas. In particular, I’ll analyzes the role of mobile communications in their journey as they transposed from the world’s most digitally-disconnected society to one of the most digitally-oriented societies. Based on qualitative interviews with North Korean women settled in South Korea, the study finds their mobile use during the journey was clandestine and fraught with danger but also a critically instrumental for the escape. By contrast, in their flipped home in South Korea where not having a mobile phone is a problem, their use of mobile is structured in everyday life while it is somewhat hindered by discrimination and re-designed for their need of anonymous bridging.
