A Cross-Section of Korean People’s Thoughts on the Immobility Situation Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Cross-Section of Korean People’s Thoughts on the Immobility Situation Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 건국대학교 모빌리티인문학 연구원, 건국대학교 아시아·디아스포라 연구소
- International Journal of Diaspora&Cultural Criticism
- Vol.14 No.1
- 2024.02
- 138 - 159 (22 pages)
The COVID-19 pandemic created an immobility situation that was not just a quarantine issue, but formed meta-discourses in all areas related to human life, including politics, economy, diplomacy, education, and culture. Even in the urgent situation of these meta-discourses in which nations had to decide on their future, discourses existed about daily life and the unusual lives of individuals caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. To record the testimonies of that era, the Mobility Humanities Education Center at Konkuk University has collected writings on life changed after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which were written by middle and high school students, college students, and ordinary citizens. This paper attempts a narrative analysis of the 51 essays to explore how Koreans are influenced by meta-discourses, to examine that era, and make suggestions for the future.
1. Introduction
2. Korea’s Pandemic Response and Social Distancing
3. COVID-19 and Sense of Place
4. On Inequality in Mobility and New Ethics
5. Conclusion
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