1970년대 제역마을, 엘간골목 표지판; cropped.
Tuesday, March 20, 201811:00 AM - 1:00 PM10383 Bunche HallUCLA Los Angeles,
Since their liberation in 1945, the US military has never left South Korea and has affected the lives of Koreans economically, socially, and culturally. The people who started to live in camp towns lost their livelihood in their hometown and followed the U.S. base to find jobs. Living with the U.S. soldiers changed their lifestyle and they eventually became a “life fellow” of the U.S. forces. These “fellowships” forced people to live in the camp towns until now, as they had no choice but to stay marginalized in these areas. In this presentation, Ms. Bowoon Keum will deeply investigate the type of people who lived in the camp towns, why they lived there, and how they have lived. She will also demonstrate how the life in the camp towns was mobilized by the authoritarian government of South Korea with the Cold War policy, Anti-Communism, and the security supremacy principle based on the interviews with U.S. soldiers and office materials.
koreanstudies@international.ucla.edu
Sponsor(s): Center for Korean Studies