Mobility Festival

2024 Mobility Humanities Festival

7.15-12.27 / Konkuk Univeristy

The HK+ Mobility Humanities Education Centre organizes “Poster Contest: Future Mobility and Eco-Friendliness,” “Mobility Book Talk,” and “Mobility of Object” for the 2024 Mobility Humanities Festival.

Festival Events

  • Mobility Book Talk

    A book talk with the author of Media Literacy Mentoring, presented as part of the Mobility Humanities series. The book explains the concept of mobility in an accessible way and explores the importance and value of literacy education in the era of mobility.

    □ Book: Media Literacy Mentoring

    □ Author: Sungeun Jung (Konkuk University, Department of Public Policy)

    □ Host: Jonghyun Yoo (Konkuk University, Department of Media Communication)

  • The Mobility of Object Festival

    The Mobility of Object Festival promotes the circulation of resources and the value of sharing by giving away items no longer used by members of the Academy of Mobility Humanities.

    □ Submission Period: December 9 (Mon) - 26 (Thur), 2024

    □ Event Date: December 27 (Fri), 11:00 am

2023 Mobility Humanities Festival

6.1-12.30 / Konkuk University

The HK+ Mobility Humanities Education Centre organises “UCC Contest: The World of Mobility,” “Mobility of Object,” and “Mobility Book Talk” for the 2023 Mobility Humanities Festival. The “UCC Contest: The World of Mobility” shows videos illustrating the changes in urban life based on big data, autonomous vehicles, and Internet of Things (IoT) representing the industry 4.0. “Mobility of Object” is an event sharing everyday objects no longer used to practice the mobility of these objects with members of the Academy of Mobility Humanities. In the “Mobility Book Talk,” Professor Yoonji Kim from the Research Institute of Korean Studies at Korea University, and author of Dance, Coevolution of Movement and Technology, an engagement series of Mobility Humanities, will discuss the coevolution of body and technology in Korean dance.

Festival Events

  • UCC Contest, “The World of Mobility”

    The HK+ Mobility Humanities Education Centre held “The World of Mobility” UCC Contest for the 2023 Mobility Humanities Festival from June 12 (Mon) to June 19 (Sun). Participants interested in creating UCC videos showed videos on the theme of mobility. The awarded videos showed various aspects of mobility, depicting the impact of Industry 4.0 through the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles, and changes in urban dwellers’ lifestyles. The award results were announced on June 26th. Winners received prizes: a gold award of 500,000 krw, two silver awards of 300,000 krw each, three bronze awards of 200,000 krw each, and five participation awards of 100,000 krw each, along with certificates. Konkuk University HK+ Mobility Humanities Education Centre/02-455-3767

  • 2023 Mobility Humanities Festival, Mobility of Object

    For the 2023 Mobility Humanities Festival, the HK+ Mobility Humanities Education Centre hosted the Mobility of Object on December 28th (Thurs) at Room 1106 in the New Millennium Hall. A Festival of The Mobility of Object aimed to embody the mobility of objects by sharing items no longer used by members of the Academy of Mobility Humanities. Konkuk University HK+ Mobility Humanities Education Centre /02-455-3767      

     

  • 2023 Mobility Humanities Book Talk, “Dance, Coevolution of Movement and Technology”

    In the 2023 Mobility Humanities Festival, the Mobility Book Talk, “Dance, Coevolution of Movement and Technology,” took place on Friday, December 29th, at the 2023 Mobility Humanities Festival. This session is hosted by Professor Hyejoon Park (Mokwon University). Professor Yoonji Kim, author of the Dance, Coevolution of Movement and Technology, an engagement series of Mobility Humanities, discussed the coevolution between human beings and technology in Korean dance.  

2022 Mobilty Humanities Festival

2022.8.10 -8.31 / Konkuk uni.

Festival Events

  • Mobility Photo Contest: Coevolution between Human and Technology

    HK+ MHE holds Mobility Photo Contest as part of the 2022 Mobility Humanities Festival from August 10 to August 31 under the theme of “Coevolution between Human and Technology” Those who want to enter the contest need to send a photo of  coevolution between Human and Technology with a personal story. To apply, submit the original photo file along with the application form, personal information collection and use agreement, and affidavit by email (to mobilityedu@konkuk.ac.kr). An applicant may file up to a original photo copyrighted by the applicant. An award may be offered to only one of the photos submitted by a single applicant. The contest result will be announced on Sep 8. Prizes for winners are as follows: 500,000 KRW for 1 grand prize; 300,000 KRW each for 2 gold prizes; 200,000 KRW each for 3 silver prizes; 100,000 KRW each for 5 bronze prizes.

  • 2022 Humanities Festival: Mobility and Tourism

    As part of the Mobility Humanities Week, the 2021 Humanities Festival Special Lecture Series on Mobility was held online in 2 sessions from August 10 to August 31. The first lecture, “Changes in tourism trends and new urban tourism” and "Re-Constructing everyday life as atourism attraction by local" were provided by Dr.Jurak Kim (Seoul National University). The second lecture, “Why we become traveler?” and "How we become travelers?" were provided by Myungin Ji (University of Kentucky). The series was offered online due to COVID-19 pandemic and was released on the Academy of Mobility Humanities’s YouTube channel.

2021 Mobilty Humanities Festival

2021.9.27-10.12 / Konkuk University

Festival Events

  • Lighthouse Photo with a Story Contest

    HK+ MHE holds Lighthouse Photo with a Story Contest as part of the 2021 Mobility Humanities Festival from September 27 to October 12 under the theme of “Guide in Mobility and Anchoring: A Story of My Own in a Korean Lighthouse!” Those who want to enter the contest need to send a photo of a lighthouse, as a guide in navigational mobility and anchoring, with a personal story. To apply, submit the original photo file along with the application form, personal information collection and use agreement, and affidavit by email (to mobilityedu@konkuk.ac.kr). An applicant may file up to 3 original photos copyrighted by the applicant. An award may be offered to only one of the photos submitted by a single applicant. The contest result will be announced on October 19. Prizes for winners are as follows: 1 million KRW for 1 grand prize; 700,000 KRW each for 2 gold prizes; 500,000 KRW each for 3 silver prizes; 200,000 KRW each for 5 bronze prizes.

  • 2021 Mobility Special Lecture Sreies

    As part of the Mobility Humanities Week, the 2021 Humanities Festival Special Lecture Series on Mobility was held online in 2 sessions from September 27 to October 12. The first lecture “The History of Joseon Dynasty Read through 56 Spaces” was provided by Professor Byunju Shin(Konkuk Uni); the second lecture “Trend of Future Mobility” was provided by Professor Yongjoo Kwon(Koomin Uni). The series was offered online due to COVID-19 pandemic and was released on the Academy of Mobility Humanities’s YouTube channel to ensure easy access by a greater number of citizens.

2020 Mobility Humanities Festival

2020.11 ~ 12 / Konkuk University

The Mobility Humanities Festival is a large-scale humanities event held during Mobility Humanities Week under the supervision of the HK+ Mobility Humanities Education Center of the Mobility Humanities Institute. The goal of the Mobility Humanities Festival, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Korea Research Foundation, and Konkuk University, is to spread the research results of the Mobility Humanities Institute, thereby cultivating the humanities literacy of citizens suitable for the high mobility era. It is also to achieve the popularization of the humanities in a real sense that inspires vitality.

The 3rd year 2020 Mobility Humanities Festival will be released through the Mobility Humanities Institute’s YouTube channel after online shooting for each event due to the spread of Covid-19. Through this, it is expected to be an opportunity to arouse citizens’ interest in humanities and to promote liberal arts.

Festival Events

  • Special Lecture Series on Mobility

    As part of the Mobility Humanities Week, the 2020 Humanities Festival Special Lecture Series on Mobility: Art and Mobility was held online in 3 sessions from December 8 (Tue) to 17 (Tue). The first lecture “Life of Haenyeo in Music and Mobility” was provided by Professor Jinsu Kim (Sookmyung Women’s University) on December 8 (Tue); the second lecture “What Makes Us Move” was provided by Professor Seongyong Kim (Daegu City Dance Company) on December 15 (Tue); the third lecture “Spatio-temporal Mobility Film History and Film Aesthetics” was provided by Professor Jina Yoo (Dongguk University) on December 17 (Tue). The series was offered online due to COVID-19 pandemic and was released on the Academy of Mobility Humanities’s YouTube channel to ensure easy access by a greater number of citizens.

  • Mobility Speech Contest

    The Mobility Humanities Festival Speech Contest, a Mobility Humanities Week event, is for national university (graduate) students under the theme of “(Im) Mobility and Our Life”will be held from November 11 (Wed) to December 15 (Tue), 2020. The Speech Contest is intended to contribute to fostering the next generation of academics through reflection on mobility and life by providing university (graduate) students with opportunities to give critical thinking and logical and persuasive speeches centered on topics related to mobility humanities. This speech contest, which is held online due to the spread of Corona 19, will be awarded to the winners selected as Gold (1), Silver (1), and Bronze (3) based on the screening results. It will be released through the Mobility Humanities Institute's YouTube channel.

  • Contest for User-generated Content on Mobility

    The 2020 Humanities Festival Contest for User-generated Content (UGC) on Mobility was held by the Mobility Humanities Education Center (MHE) from November 11 (Wed) to December 15 (Tue) under the theme of “The World of Mobility.” The event was open to all who were interested in UGC video production. Winners were selected based on the number of views recorded by the time of the review among the videos uploaded to the MHE YouTube channel. The contest was conducted online due to COVID-19 pandemic. The videos selected in the first screening have been uploaded to the HK+ Mobility Humanities Education Center’s official YouTube channel.

2019 Mobilty Humanities Festival

2019.9.3 ~ 6 / Konkuk University

The Mobility Humanities Festival is a large humanities event held during the Mobility Humanities Week under the leadership of the HK + Mobility Humanities Education Center (MHE). The goal of the Mobility Humanities Festival, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the National Research Foundation, and Konkuk University, is to promote the research results of the Academy of Mobility Humanities AMH) and to cultivate the humanistic knowledge and literacy of citizens in the high-mobility era and increase the publics’ recognition on the humanities in a way that civil society is genuinely revitalized through knowledge and resources from the humanities.

The second year of the 2019 Mobility Humanities Festival was held in Konkuk University campus in Gwangjin-gu during the Humanities Week (September 3 ~ 6): Mobility Content included a Mobility Art Exhibition, Talk Concert, Mobility Film Festival, and Walking Mobility: Exploring Konkuk University Campus. Through this process, the research results of the Academy of Mobility Humanities were gathered and spread, and it is expected to be a great opportunity to raise the public’s interest in the Humanities.​

Festival Events

  • Mobility Art Exhibition

    Mobility Art Exhibition was held during the Humanities Week (September 3~6) of Mobility Humanities Festival 2019 at the lobby of Sanghuh Memorial Library. This event is to enhance the understanding of the concept of mobility for the general citizens. The exhibition was the collection of the artworks that the students expressed their ideas on Mobility Humanities after listening to the lectures provided by the Education Center. It is expected to promote the contents on mobility humanities and revitalize the Humanities activities in local communities. This art exhibition was held in cooperation with Middle school Attached to College of Education Konkuk University located near the campus. Twenty-five works that passed the evaluation were exhibited, and local residents and students attended.

  • Mobility Talk Concert

    Talk Concert, one of the events of Mobility Humanities Festival, was held on November 4 at Room 103, Hae-bong Real Estate Building, Konkuk University. The talk concert aims to create an opportunity where students and general citizens who participated in the concert can discuss on mobility humanities. Heung-su Park(Social public researcher/visiting scholar of Railroad policy), current railway driver with 23-year experience, gave a lecture on world history along the railroad and perspectives to see wider range of the world out of the confined frame. The lecture moderated by So-young Kang, editor of publishing company Humanitas, was followed by discussion and Q&A sessions with local citizens.

  • Mobility Film Festival

    Mobility Film Festival was held under the theme of “mobility” on September 5 at KU CinemaTech, Art and Culture Building, Konkuk University. At the event, Director Bong Jun-ho’s “Snowpiercer”(2013) and Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors”(2012) was screened on the theme of mobility. Through this film festival, we would like to exchange various ways of life and culture together, and raise the general public's awareness of mobility and revitalize humanities.

  • Walking Mobility - Exploring Konkuk University Campus

    On Semtember 6, Walking Mobility – Exploring Konkuk Univ, Campus was held as the final event of the Humanities Week, at the Konkuk University campus. The event was held with the purpose of making the concept of mobility familiar to citizens by exploring the culture of their own community. About 40 people including students of Konkuk University and the local citizens participated in this event with the guide of Chan-Woong Lim, advisor from National Folk Museum. The tour course was: the statue of the bull in front of Administration Building → Sanghuh Memorial Museum → Ilgam Lake → Cheongsimdae → Tomb of Yoo Suk-chang → Dojeonggung Gyeongwondang → Sanghuh Memorial Library. We finished all the events of Humanities Week by visiting the mobility exhibition held in the last visiting point of the tour and taking a picture.

2018 Mobilty Humanities Festival

2018.11.5 ~ 9 / Konkuk University

The Mobility Humanities Festival is a large humanities event held during the Mobility Humanities Week under the leadership of the HK + Mobility Humanities Education Center (MHE). The goal of the Mobility Humanities Festival, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the National Research Foundation, and Konkuk University, is to promote the research results of the Academy of Mobility Humanities AMH) and to cultivate the humanistic knowledge and literacy of citizens in the high-mobility era and increase the publics’ recognition on the humanities in a way that civil society is genuinely revitalized through knowledge and resources from the humanities.

The first year of the 2018 Mobility Humanities Festival was held in Konkuk University campus in Gwangjin-gu during the Humanities Week (November 5 ~ 9): Mobility Content included a (Photography) Exhibition, Book Concert, Speech Contests of College Students, Invited Lectures, and Walking Mobility: Exploring Konkuk University Campus. Through this process, the research results of the Academy of Mobility Humanities were gathered and spread, and it became a valuable time to induce the humanistic interest of the citizens and promote education.

Festival Events

  • Mobility Photograph Exhibition

    Mobility Photograph Exhibition was held at the first floor of Sanghuh Memorial Library, Konkuk University during the Humanities Week (November 5~9). The Mobility Photograph Exhibition aims to enhance the general public's understanding of mobility and to satisfy the intellectual curiosity about mobility humanities through exhibitions of works of art in related fields. The opening ceremony of Humanities Week was held with the moderating of Professor Woo Yeon-hee(HK Professor of Academy of Mobility Humanities) and the opening speech of Professor Kim Ju-young(Head of the Education Center of Mobility Humanities). And it is followed by congratulatory speeches of Sim Yong-hee (Director of Sanghuh Memorial Library) and Jung Ji-yong (Assistant Branch manager of Gwangjin-gu Photographers Association), and the comments of the photographers. Thirty works of six photographers (Jung Ji-yong, Kim Tae-min, Bae Ji-sook, Song Su-hyun, Song Young-han, Cho Nam-hee) from the Gwangjin-gu Photographers Association were exhibited and approximately 120 students from Konkuk University and local residents participated during the Humanities Week.

  • Book Concert

    As a part of the Mobility Humanities Week, Mobility Humanities Book Concert was held at KU CinemaTech at Art&Culture Building of Konkuk University on November 6. We selected best-sellers and newly published mobility-related books and had a book concert with the authors to enhance the public understanding of mobility humanities. Moderated by Professor Koh Jun-seok, Park Chang-gyu, the lecturer of this event gave a lecture under the theme of “If contents is king, context is god.” About 60 students from Konkuk University and local residents participated in this book concert and shared questions and answers about the lecture.

  • Speech Contest

    On November 7, a Speech Contest was held at the International Conference Hall (5th floor of Law School Building, Konkuk University). The event aims to contribute to fostering the next generation of academics by providing university students with the opportunity to give critical thoughts and logical and persuasive speeches on the subjects of mobility humanities. The contest moderated by Prof. Taiyang Yoon(HK Professor of AMH, Konkuk University) started with an opening speech of Prof. Jooyoung Kim (Head of Education Center of Mobility Humanities). The contest was held with 7 university students and graduate students on the theme of “mobility and life”. The judges were Jong-myung Park(Chairman, Professor of the department of Japanese Education, Konkuk University), Jin-ki Kim(Professor, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Konkuk University), Jae-ku Lee(Principal, Konkuk High School Attached to Konkuk University), Tae-hee Kim(HK Professor in AMH, Konkuk University), Jin-hyoung Lee(HK Professor in AMH, Konkuk University). The first prize winner was Hye-yeon Lee, graduate student in Political science department from Konkuk University. The Second prize was awarded to Joong-yong Kwon majoring Business Administration from SUNY Korea. The third prize awarded to Ye-young Lee studying Media Communication from Konkuk University. The honorable mentions were Gil-woong Jung(Business Administration, Kwangwoon University), Seo-yeon Hong(International Studies, Kyunghee University), Nu-ri Son(Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Konkuk Univeristy), Yu-mi Hong(Business Administration, Konkuk University).

  • Invitation Lecture

    On November 8, Invitated Lecture was held in the International Conference Hall (5th floor of Law School Building, Konkuk Univerity). The lecture was moderated by Inseop Shin, the director of Academy of Mobility Humanities. Sang-gi Min, the president of Konkuk University, gave a lecture on “The 4th Industrial Revolution and the future of University”. The event is to invite humanities researchers to discuss related topics and to enhance the understanding on humanities of local community citizens. About 100 participants listened to the lecture and shared various opinions.

  • Walking Mobility – Exploring Konkuk University Campus

    On November 9, Walking Mobility – Exploring Konkuk Univ, Campus was held as the final event of the Humanities Week, at the Konkuk University campus. The event was held with the purpose of making the concept of mobility familiar to citizens by exploring the culture of their own community. About 40 people including Ja-eun Yu, chairperson of Konkuk University Foundation and the local citizens participated in this event with the guide of Chan-Woong Lim, advisor from National Folk Museum. The tour course was: the statue of the bull in front of Administration Building → Sanghuh Memorial Museum → Ilgam Lake → Cheongsimdae → Tomb of Yoo Suk-chang → Dojeonggung Gyeongwondang → Sanghuh Memorial Library. We finished all the events of Humanities Week by visiting the mobility exhibition held in the last visiting point of the tour and taking a picture.