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Making Sense of Loss and Belongingness: Korean Transracial Adoptees' Journey from Europe to Korea

  • Favre, Beatrice;Park, Hye Jun
    • Child Studies in Asia-Pacific Contexts
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2016
  • From 1953 to 2015, approximately 200,000 children born in Korea were adopted into foreign countries. Many studies have focused on Korean adoptees growing up in the US, as the majority of these children were adopted by American families. In comparison, research on Korean transracial adoptees raised in European countries is limited. Thus, the current study aims to highlight the journey of Korean transracial adoptees from Europe to Korea. Three participants narrated their life stories as adoptees in two separate interview sessions. The findings of this study call attention to the adoptees' ongoing reconsideration of their identity as they assimilate life experiences within two disparate cultural settings in Europe and Korea. The study found that ambiguous loss faced by the adoptees from their childhood in Europe continued to their adulthood in Korea. Major themes of the participants' narratives in their journey from Europe to Korea focused on their feelings of loss and the lack of belongingness. This study found that the sense of loss and the lack of belongingness changed over time. Participants were active agents in the process of their journey from Europe to Korea, as they constantly worked to adapt to and improve their situation in face of adversity.

The Heroic Journey in Yeats's Cuchulain Plays

  • Du, Lei;Xiao, Yongmei;Kang, Seung-Man
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.181-187
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    • 2021
  • According to Joseph Campbell, there is always a similar pattern in the hero myth, which is called hero's journey. The legends about Cuchulain, the great Irish warrior, also follow this pattern. W. B. Yeats adapts the legends into his plays with Cuchulain as the protagonist. This paper discusses the protagonist's heroic journey in the five Cuchulain plays written by Yeats. In the five plays, Cuchulain grows, matures, weakens, dies, and resurrects, completing and meanwhile sublimating his heroic journey. In At the Hawk's Well, Cuchulain shows potential qualities of a hero. The Green Helmet displays his self-growth through the depiction of his heroic merits which make him a true hero. In On Baile's Strand, the hero suffers from the major frustrations and tribulations in his heroic journey and is stricken down consequently. The Only Jealousy of Emer reflects the hero's inner struggle and vulnerability. The last play, The Death of Cuchulainn, marks the end and reincarnation of the hero's life. Through the depiction of Cuchulain's heroic journey in the five plays, his heroic qualities are well demonstrated. Meanwhile, Yeats's views of heroism can be found as well.

Hwarang's journey and Hyangga (화랑의 순유(巡遊)와 향가)

  • Shin, Jae-hong
    • Journal of Korean Classical Literature and Education
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    • no.15
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    • pp.67-88
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    • 2008
  • In spite of a few numbers of Hyangga that is handed down today, Hyangga has diverse and abundant contents. So it is possible to survey Hyangga as a journey literature of the middle age. On this purpose we can inquire into the Hwarangs' group journey, because the Hwarang was one of the main enjoying group of Hyangga. Hwarangs' group journey shows many aspects. They made a journey for the public purpose like a tour of inspection of people's daily life and the fortresses of the country's peripheral areas. Also, they made a journey for personal purposes like enjoying the attractive view of the mountains and rivers or seeking pretty girls outside of the palace. On these journeys, Hwarang made and enjoyed Hyanggas. Among Hyanggas that remains today, Hyeseongga and Cheoyongga have a direct relation to Hwarang's journey. Hyeseongga was made to eliminate the calamities that occurred at the time of the start of a journey. It is expressed in this poem that Hwarang could take a peaceful trip with the condition that the celestial objects shed light on the earth path. As such, the trip becomes a sacred ceremony. Cheoyongga reflects the fact that the foreigner Cheoyong became Hwarang and toured the streets of Seorabeol, the capital of Shilla. The Cheoyong's bitterness of broken love is expressed in this poem. SongSadahamga and MoJukjirangga come under a broad category of Hwarang's journey literature. SongSadahamga is a farewell poem for Hwarang who leaves to fight on the battlefield. It was universal to make a journey for the fighting of a battle in Shilla period, so many Hyanggas would be made under those situations. MoJukjirangga has the content of Hwarang's trip for saving his follower who was taken by another senior. It expresses the intimate relationship between Hwarang and the follower. Though the words of the song have not been remained, Hyeongeumpogok, Daedogok, and Mungungok were created on the way of Hwarang's journey. These seem to be a series poems which have the proper characteristic features of the Hwarang's journey literature. In these poems, the king's open mind and liberal political views are reflected. In short, Hwarang created and enjoyed Hyanggas on the way of their journey, so Hyangga has the features of journey literature in Korean middle ages.

Customer journey in the digital age (디지털 시대의 고객여정)

  • Chung, Byoung-gyu;Jung, Sang-hee
    • Journal of Venture Innovation
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.29-47
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    • 2018
  • As the radical advances of digitalization, our daily life have been fundamentally changed. As a result, the customer journey also changed as compared with previous periods. This study analyzed customer journy of digital age. First, historical trends and issues of customer journey research were analyzed. Second, Comparative analysis of customer journey of digital and previous age were conducted. No more funnel model of customer journey which assumed hierarchical and linear paths was valid. Customer journey of digital age will be non-linear and circular paths.

A Study on Leisure Life in Accordance with Gender (성별에 따른 여가생활에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Young-Sook
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.83-98
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to provide basic information necessary for improving the satisfaction and quality of leisure life and thereon propose better leisure life programs in accordance with gender. For the purpose, this researcher made a questionnaire survey of 560 persons between July and December 2003 to know the trend and satisfaction of their leisure life in accordance with their gender. Results of the study can be summarized as below; First. the extent to which the surveyed persons participated in leisure life was highest in terms of other leisure activities, followed by self-development. viewing activities, sports activities and journey in order. The satisfaction of leisure life participation by those surveyed persons was scored 3 or over in average, meaning 'generally satisfied'. The time of leisure life participation was most spent in other leisure activities and self-development. Expenses of the participation were highest in terms of other leisure activities. followed by self-development and viewing activities in order. Second, differences in sub-areas of leisure life were analyzed in accordance with gender to show that the degree and time of participation in viewing activities and self-development, expenses of sports activity participation and the degree of participation in journey and others were significantly different between the opposite sexes which were surveyed here. Men were higher in the degree, time and expenses of the participation than women. Third. effects of gender on the satisfaction of leisure life as a whole were determined here to show that men were higher in such satisfaction when they were more satisfactorily participating in sport activities while in case of women, when they were spending more time in sport activities. Women showed a higher satisfaction of leisure life as a whole when they were more frequently and satisfactorily participating in other leisure activities. Based on these results, the researcher proposed effective leisure life programs in accordance with gender.

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The Experience of Receiving Radioactive Iodine Therapy among Thyroid Cancer Patients (갑상선암 환자의 방사성요오드 치료경험)

  • Kang, Kyung Ok;Kim, Hyun Kyung;Kim, Ji Young;Lim, Seok Tae
    • Journal of East-West Nursing Research
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.148-157
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of the experience of receiving radioactive iodine therapy among patients with thyroid cancer. Methods: A qualitative research design was adopted. The participants were ten women diagnosed with thyroid cancer who had received radioactive iodine therapy within one year. Data were collected through in-depth interviews from October of 2015 to April of 2016. Individual interviews were recorded, and transcribed data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method. Results: The six categories of the experience of receiving radioactive iodine therapy were "Finally realizing having cancer," "The lonely fight that feels like prison life," "Narrower scope of life," "Lack of understanding by others," "Enduring a short, yet difficult journey," and "A turning point for a new life." Conclusion: This study provides deep insight into the experience of thyroid cancer patients who had received radioactive iodine therapy. Nurses should concern their distress during radioactive iodine treatment and manage psychological difficulties as well as physical symptoms. Support from family and health care providers may help them to overcome the hard journey.

The Distortion of Road Distance Perception by the Pattern of Object Distribution - Focused on the Distance Estimation in the Campus by Students - (인공환경 분포방식에 의한 보행거리 인지 변화에 대한 연구 - 대학 캠퍼스 내 보행로의 실제거리와 인지거리의 차이를 중심으로 -)

  • Seo, Kyung Wook
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2014
  • The behavior of walking involves our action of seeing things. It is the intention of this research that the cognitive process of perceiving things along the path can affect the way we sense the length of the journey. The theory generally accepted in this line of thought is the 'feature accumulation theory'. It assumes that if the journey includes many objects or memorable features, then our memory recalls that journey much farther than it really was. This study set up a real-life experiment by asking university students about their mental memory of the two different routes in the campus. One is a longer path that has not much to look at except trees and the other a shorter path yet with many buildings, sign boards and street furnitures. The subjects processed their mental image in the brain based on their experience. They showed a strong tendency that the path with more features were remembered longer while that with less features shorter. More interestingly, it was found that as their experience increases, they become more accurate about the exact length of the questioned paths. The result corroborates the theory that human perception of space is based on the topological understanding of surroundings rather than geometric understanding.

The Life History Study on the Life Journey of Retired Teachers (교원 은퇴자의 삶의 여정에 관한 생애사 연구)

  • Park, Jong-Hwan;Youn, Sun-Sook
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.626-638
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    • 2021
  • This study is about a life history. Through investigating the life of retired teachers in preschool, elementary, and middle schools, authors wanted to explore the meaning of retirement and the process of adaptation to find out their personal and social needs in post-retirement life. Studies have shown that their experiences at childhood have greatly influenced the performance of one's profession, such as contributing to setting limits on behaviors of their students. In the period of interdependence, they have contributed to serving society and the nation beyond as a professional, and in the second half of his teaching career, they have learned that their painful experience was a resource and have realized that changing mind can make the world changed. Since teachers' behavior affects on many subjects unlike other jobs, rewards or satisfaction from the job was bigger than any other jobs. However, after retirement, they felt a sense of emptiness in life without any sense of belonging or accomplishment, while feeling happiness and infinite freedom in other hand. Thy still go forward for life challenging to new study.

Leveraging Psychology in Digital Marketing : Case Study (디지털 마케팅에 있어서 심리학 원리 적용사례)

  • Choi, Yang-ae;Chung, Byoung-gyu
    • Journal of Venture Innovation
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2018
  • The applications of psychology principles in marketing areas were pervasived. As the importance of digital marketing has increased, the cases of applications of psychology principles in digital marketing areas also has increased. This study analnyzed digital marketing cases based on the psychology principles of social proof, scarcity and loss aversion, reciprocity, commitment and consistency, anchoring. Cases were analnyzed amomg USA and Korea in digital marketing areas. This attempt will facilitating interdisciplinary research. It also will improve customer engagement, increase customer life value, and develope virtuous circle of customer journey through optimal user interface and message strategies.