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Political Economy of Global Market: Debate on Cultural Imperialism Thesis and Its Critical Acceptance of Cultural Imperialism (문화시장 개방의 정치경제학: 문화제국주의 논쟁과 비판적 수용)

  • Yim, Dong-Uk
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.35
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    • pp.114-146
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    • 2006
  • Now, Korea-U.S.A Free Trade Agreement talk is underway in Korea. In FTA talks, the issues on audio-visual sector including screen quota, opening of broadcasting and telecommunication to the U.S.A. are becoming a hot potato. Globalization has been speed up by mass media and telecommunications. Cultures are no longer bounded by specific place but, through the migration of persons and the electronic flows of information, ideas and images, transgress established boundaries. So issues and debates have to be focused on global culture and cultural imperialism. Some would argue global culture is the consequences of capitalist world-system, so dominance by the center should be criticized and vanished. Some would say that global culture would help recipient society's people with cultural diversify and improvement. The issues on culture and communication, particularly at international level call for our attention in light of cultural identity, homogenization and diversity. Although I criticize the cultural imperialism thesis, I suggest critical acceptance of cultural imperialism. That is the observation of complexity between internal and external dynamics. The process of cultural imperialism is not simple and unitary. It rather involves the various forces of internal dynamics along with external forces.

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A Study on the Education of the Fisheries School of Korea in Japanese Colony (일제하의 수산학교 교육에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Qui-Won;Kim, Sam-Kon;Chi, Ho-Weon;Kim, Jae-Sik;Kim, Tae-Wun
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.69-87
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    • 1999
  • This study had been analysed the establishment, the closing and the actual conditions of the fisheries school according to the four times revision and promulgation of the law of education of korea which were devided by the early term (the first Chosun educational decree), the middle term (the second Chosun educational decree) and the last term (the third and fourth Chosun educational decree), and also been investigated how the fisheries education of the school had been acted to the mobocracy and the assimilation policy and together with it's back ground through this analysis. The aim of this study is to contribute to the study of the history of the fisheries school education, analysis of change of the fisheries school education according to practical application of the Chosun educational decree. The summary of the characteristic of the each term are as under. First, in the early term of the fisheries education under the first Chosun educational decree, Experts were despatched to the each province with donated money from emperor and opened seasonal the fishing training centre, a kind of social fisheries education, and trained directly fishing technic and were going to train fisheries trainees regularly under name of elementary fisheries school. Japanese imperialism attached great importance to the vocational education in order to snack economical products from colonized Korea but actually had a purpose to train low quality technician who follow blindly their colony policy of Japanese imperialism. The fisheries schools in the circle of system in early time of Japanese imperialism, Kunsan public elementary fisheries school was established in April 1915, Yosu public elementary fisheries school was established ill May 1917 and Kyungnam Tongyoung training school was established in March 1917. Secondly, After 3.1 movement, the Japanese imperialism established an appeasement policy so called cultural politics and continued assimilation policy with skilful methods. After revision of the second Chosun educational decree, the Elementary vocational school was changed as the vocational training school. The school of fisheries education in middle of Japanese imperialism trained low quality technicians to snack fisheries resources from colonized Korea. After the middle of Japanese imperialism they paid attention on training fisheries technician through fisheries school rather than training school. With high interest and crowded volunteers, Kunsan public fisheries school was promoted in 1922, Tongyoung public fisheries school was promoted in 1923, Yongampo fisheries training school established in 1922 was promoted as Yongampo public fisheries school in 1926. Thirdly, in the time of the third and fourth Chosun educational decree, the end of Japanese imperialism, they met Pacific war after Japan vs China war. During the war time they considered the vocational school as the source of supply for materials and manpower and consequently had to expanded vocational education and systematically despatched students to war field and practiced military training. In 1938, Namhae public fisheries school was established and Chungjin fisheries school was permitted. But in order to supply manpower to Pacific war, the study period of Yosu public fisheries school was shorten from 5 years to 4 year in 1943 and also that of Tongyoung public fisheries school shorten in 1944.

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Prediction of compressive strength of concrete modified with fly ash: Applications of neuro-swarm and neuro-imperialism models

  • Mohammed, Ahmed;Kurda, Rawaz;Armaghani, Danial Jahed;Hasanipanah, Mahdi
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.489-512
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    • 2021
  • In this study, two powerful techniques, namely particle swarm optimization (PSO) and imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) were selected and combined with a pre-developed ANN model aiming at improving its performance prediction of the compressive strength of concrete modified with fly ash. To achieve this study's aims, a comprehensive database with 379 data samples was collected from the available literature. The output of the database is the compressive strength (CS) of concrete samples, which are influenced by 9 parameters as model inputs, namely those related to mix composition. The modeling steps related to ICA-ANN (or neuro-imperialism) and PSO-ANN (or neuro-swarm) were conducted through the use of several parametric studies to design the most influential parameters on these hybrid models. A comparison of the CS values predicted by hybrid intelligence techniques with the experimental CS values confirmed that the neuro-swarm model could provide a higher degree of accuracy than another proposed hybrid model (i.e., neuro-imperialism). The train and test correlation coefficient values of (0.9042 and 0.9137) and (0.8383 and 0.8777) for neuro-swarm and neuro-imperialism models, respectively revealed that although both techniques are capable enough in prediction tasks, the developed neuro-swarm model can be considered as a better alternative technique in mapping the concrete strength behavior.

J.M. Coetzee's Novels and American Colonialism/Imperialism: A Study of "Vietnam Project" in Dusklands (J.M. 쿳시의 소설과 미국의 식민주의/제국주의 -『어둠의 땅』의 「베트남 프로젝트」를 중심으로)

  • Wang, Chull
    • Journal of English Language & Literature
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.107-127
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    • 2008
  • Critics are inclined to interpret J.M. Coetzee's novels in South African contexts, which Coetzee's own background seems to support. One has to bear in mind, however, that Coetzee tends to "see the South African situation as only one manifestation of a wider historical situation to do with colonialism, late colonialism, neo-colonialism." In other words, putting too much emphasis on South African contexts may diminish or undermine significance of Coetzee's multi-layered novels. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to highlight what Coetzee has to say about American colonialism/imperialism and to emphasize importance of "postcolonial rhetoric of simultaneity" which is repeatedly shown in his fictional works. It gives a meticulous attention to and analyzes "Vietnam Project," the first novella of Dusklands, Coetzee's very first novel, which depicts and characterizes "what Chomsky in the context of Vietnam [War] called 'the backroom boys.'" "The Narrative of Jacobus Coetzee," "When a Woman Grows Older," and Diary of a Bad Year are occasionally brought into discussion as well. This kind of study seems timely and pertinent especially when we take into account the rampant American imperialism which has devastated and almost traumatized the world.

'Magic Imperialism': The Logic of Magic in Edith Nesbit's Fantasy Novels

  • Park, Sojin
    • Journal of English Language & Literature
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    • v.56 no.3
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    • pp.501-517
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    • 2010
  • This paper examines the British imperialism found in Edith Nesbit's fantasy stories by looking at the function of magic and of the hierarchical relationships seen in the books. Although Edith Nesbit is relatively unknown in Korea, she is widely recognized as having had a great influence on the 20th century British literary world, and is also well-known for her political position as a socialist. Nesbit's fantasy books are commonly differentiated from other Victorian children's books written before her in that she created realistic and liberal children characters and rejected the adult didactic tone. While Nesbit's books have been recognized as revolutionary and being distinguished from other Victorian children's books, I suggest that the ideas found in her fantasy novels largely include the dominant Victorian message of British imperialism. This imperial ideology is delivered by the logic of magic and the multilateral hierarchies. The two magic creatures (The Psammead and the Phoenix) and the two magic items from an Oriental background (the Carpet and the Amulet) all have a magic power to grant people's wishes, wholeheartedly exercising their power and knowledge for the sake of the British characters. While the magic agents serve to fulfill the children's wishes, the children aim to please their parents and to benefit their family, showing layered hierarchies among the characters. Also, there is a hierarchical distinction between the magic items and the magic creatures in that the magic items have no voice to express themselves but only serve and obey the British children. The foreign characters that the children encounter in their adventures also cooperate with the British characters to help them to fulfill their goals. In short, magic frees the children from the adult-centered world but ultimately their free adventures serve their parents and other adults, and represent the ideals and hierarchical concepts of British imperialism. Thus, Nesbit's position as a modern writer seems to be ambiguous, switching between modern characterization and style, and the old Victorian imperial messages that also exist in her fantasy novels.

Research into academic journal of oriental medicine in the era of early Japanese imperialism (일제시대 초기 한의학술잡지의 연구)

  • Jung, Ji-hun;Kim, nam-il
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.149-159
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    • 2000
  • There were four academic journals on oriental medicine, published in the era of early Japanese imperialism. Research into these journals has derived the conclusion that the academic trend at the time were, firstly, the interaction between western and eastern medicine, secondly, researches on "Nai Kyung", "Sang Han Ron" and finally, promotion of development of oriental medicine by looking at the advantages of western medicine.

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A Study on Heroes in Hollywood Movies

  • Park Chur-Woong
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.44-47
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    • 2005
  • One of the most important characteristics in Hollywood movies is that Hollywood movies have created heroes. But, the meaning of heroes in Hollywood movies is different from proto- typical heroes. America has such a short history, so it doesn't have the mythology. It is also consist of multi-race, culture. Thus, America people, especially governor need something that tie up governed people spiritually. Hollywood film industry has responded about this expectation since 1920's. Hollywood film producers have created mythology and hero like the western genre and Rambo. Now days, America, as only super power, wants to spread it's mythology and heroes over the world. That is cultural Imperialism.

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A study on the Tendencies of Oriental Pediatrics by Researching Academic Journal of Oriental Medicine in Modern Korea (from 1910 to 1960) (한의학술잡지(韓醫學術雜誌)를 중심으로 살펴본 근세(近世) 한방소아과(韓方小兒科)의 학술적(學術的) 경향(傾向)(1910년(年)부터 1960년(年)까지))

  • Seo, Young-Min;Kim, Jang-Hyun
    • The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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    • v.10
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    • pp.62-76
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    • 2008
  • Object: Oriental pediatrics at the Late-Joseon had constantly developed positively, independently, originally, but depressed since Japanese imperialism because the western medicine flowed into Korea and Japanese imperialism carried out the oriental medical obliterating policy. As a effort of oriental medical group that coped with the obliterating of policy of Japanese imperialism, there were publication of oriental medical academic journal and it is important data that we comprehended the tendencies of oriental pediatrics in modern korea. Method: We studied academic journals on oriental medicine in Knowledge of Oriental Medicine Web Service and selected 31 volumes of nine academic journals out of 80 volumes of twelve academic journals, which is contained pediatrics contents. Result & Conclusion: Research into these journals has derived the conclusion that the oriental pediatrics academic trend at the time were transformed into new state which brought the interaction and balanced the merit of oriental-western medicine.

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A Study on the Tendencies of Oriental Pediatrics by Researching Academic Journal of Oriental Medicine in Modern Korea - from 1910 to 1960 - (한의학술잡지(韓醫學術雜誌)를 중심으로 살펴본 근세 한방소아과(近世 韓方小兒科)의 학술적 경향(學術的 傾向) - 1910년(年)부터 1960년(年)까지 -)

  • Seo, Young-Min;Kim, Jang-Hyun
    • The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.133-144
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    • 2007
  • Objectives Oriental pediatrics during the Late-Joseon dynasty had constantly developed positively, independently, originally, but had declined since Japanese invasion because the western medicine flowed into Korea and Japanese imperialism carried our the oriental medical obliterating policy. As a effort of the oriental medical group that coped with the policy of Japanese imperialism, there were publication of oriental medical academic journal and there were the most important data. Those were the bases of our study which was about the tendencies of oriental pediatrics in modern Korea. Methods We studied academic journals on oriental medicine in Knowledge of Oriental Medicine Web Service and selected 31 volumes of nine academic journals our of 80 volumes of twelve academic journals, which were about pediatrics. Results and Conclusions Research into these journals has derived the conclusion that the oriental pediatrics academic trends at the time were transformed into new state which were brought the interaction and were balanced with the merit of oriental-western medicine.

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The Process of Dissolution on the Lots-Subdivision at Gaeksa of Dongnae-bu by Japanese Imperialism (일제의 필지 분할에 의한 동래부 객사 공간의 해체 과정)

  • Song, Hye-Young;Seo, Chi-Sang
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of lots-subdivision within the block of Gaeksa at Dongnae-bu under the rule of Japanese Imperialism. Gaeksa of the old government office was the sanctuary that symbolized the sovereignty. Therefore it was naturally a main object of demolition and then the site was converted to other purpose. And Gaeksa was not only converted into the elementary school and the public market but the historic site also processed to break down for opening the road through Japanese Occupation of Korea. The main reasons of lots-subdivision were the transfer from state property to private ownership and the urban development project. Needless to say, the particular major reason was derived from the intention of Japanese Imperialism to destroy the traditional urban. As a result, Gaeksa can not be recognized the traces of today and contributes to the demolition of the remaining ancient building. Finally the deformed urban structure was left over from destroyed building.