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Roundtable: The Researcher’s Ttanjit

  • Journal of Popular Narrative
  • 2026, 32(2), pp.623~669
  • DOI : 10.18856/jpn.2026.32.2.017
  • Publisher : The Association of Popular Narrative
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Received : May 25, 2026
  • Accepted : June 15, 2026
  • Published : June 30, 2026

Hanbit Lee 1,  Jo, Ik sang 2,  Jang Key Young 1,  LEE YungHee 3,  choi nahyun 4,  HANSOL LEE 1,  Jeong, Go Eun 5,  Cossu, Lidia 6,  Minkyung Kim 7

1연세대학교
2서원대학교
3한양대학교
4부산대학교
5성균관대학교 동아시아학술원
6카포스카리 베니스대학교
7서울시립대학교

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This article is a record of the roundtable discussion “The Researcher’s Ttanjit,” held at the Third Conference of Korean Modern Literature Scholars on February 20, 2026. Using the keyword “ttanjit” —roughly meaning side projects or academic moonlighting— the roundtable examined how researchers’ activities beyond the conventional boundaries of research relate to individual scholarly identities and the culture of academic communities. The four presenters explored the meaning of ttanjit from diverse perspectives, drawing on their experiences in comics criticism and teaching, performing arts criticism and planning, web novel writing and publishing, and the production of interview collections and labor-union activities. The discussion suggested that ttanjit is not merely an activity external to research but can be redefined as a process through which researchers engage with colleagues and citizens both inside and outside academia and reconsider the social significance of their scholarly work. The participants also explored the boundary between researchers’ primary work and ttanjit. It was noted that the distinction between the two, shaped by the expectations that the state and society place upon academia, may both create new opportunities for researchers and impose constraints on their lives. In particular, concerns were raised that the current institutional practice of recognizing only journal publications as research outcomes fails to adequately reflect diverse contributions to academic communities. The subsequent discussion addressed issues such as balancing research and livelihood, time management and self-care, connections between academia and society, and participation in scholarly communities, while participants shared their perspectives on the structural conditions facing researchers today and the ways they respond to them. By bringing together diverse experiences and reflections on the boundary between research and ttanjit, the roundtable offered an opportunity to reconsider researchers’ lives and the sustainability of academic communities from a fresh perspective.

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