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The Politics of Mobilization through Daejeon Expo

  • PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
  • 2021, (37), pp.231~252
  • DOI : 10.33639/ptc.2021..37.010
  • Publisher : Research Institute for East-West Thought
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : October 20, 2021
  • Accepted : November 24, 2021
  • Published : November 30, 2021

Jeong Choongsil 1

1한국연구재단 인문사회학술연구교수

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ABSTRACT

The 1993 Daejeon Expo carries a great significance in Korean society as a mega-event along with the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic games. Nevertheless, studies focusing on the exposition from the political, social, and cultural perspectives are almost non-existent. Therefore, this study investigated how Korean society viewed the countries around the world and positioned itself based on its understanding of other nations at the Deajeon Expo with 110 countries participated. This study also looked into how the state power established the goals for Korean society and mobilized the general public after positioning the country in the global arena. In addition to the literature, video footages such as news media, documentary films, and TV dramas were analyzed in this study.

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