Mobility
Moments of Need for Community Formation in a Fluid, Anonymous Life 1: Child Care and Education
Modern people’s characteristics in highly advanced technology include mobility and anonymity. Modern individuals use mobility technologies to move constantly and form anonymous relationships in fluid lives. Such mobility and anonymity have caused the decline of traditional communities.
This lecture explores the importance of community in modern society within childcare and education. Based on the lecturer’s experiences, it discusses the necessity of community in childcare and education, providing the counter-education concept accompanied by community formation.
Mobility of Cosmopolitan 1: Ecole de Paris- Impressionism and Mobility
During a time when France’s industrial output doubled, the population engaged in agriculture and fisheries decreased by over 50%. Meanwhile, due to the significant mobility revolution brought by the commercialisation of railways, urban workers adopting modern lifestyles surged to nearly 40% of the French population. Through railways, the world’s reach expanded for the public. During this period, the bourgeois, who economically and socially sustained France and led in culture and the arts, sought to break away from the rigid social and cultural codes of the early-to-mid-19th century aristocratic society. Amidst these changes, artists who resisted compliance with the existing academy system, including the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Salon exhibitions, emerged. These artists, later known as Impressionists and honoured as pioneers of modern and contemporary painting, were born in the 1840s. They declared a departure from traditional institutionalised art through the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. The gradual growth of the art market, accompanied by the expansion of bourgeois audiences, disrupted the exclusive status of the Salon. Tired of conventional styles, the audience began to show interest, leading to significant purchases and patronage.
Mobility and User Experience – Emotion Sign
With the rise of the digital era, our communication methods are changing, and interaction styles are becoming more varied. People express their thoughts not only through sentences but also by using words and emojis. One clear example of this shift is the expanding emoji market. With images as small as 50 pixels, individuals use emojis to convey their opinions and feelings. By looking at examples of user experiences in communication and emojis, the lecture explores new perspectives and insights into co-evolutionary mobility.
History of Digital Contents 1: Changes in Media
Throughout the lecture, students learn about the dictionary definition of media and the background of media emergence. They also explore how analogue and digital media have transformed through various examples, considering the processes and catalysts behind each characteristic. Also, by examining the evolution of multiple media, from cave paintings to mobile and social media, students explore the characteristics of social media and contemplate effective ways to use them.
What is Community? Is It Necessary? The End of Community as Being and the Necessity of Community Building
We often use terms like family community, village community, and local community. The word “community” is used in various ways worldwide and generally brings a positive meaning. However, it’s essential to question whether we truly experience a sense of “community” in the many contexts where the term is used. With the disappearing of traditional family and village conception and the rapid advancement of mobility technology leading to a more anonymous and fluid society, it could be argued that the tangible, fixed being of the community has faded away. Nevertheless, this lecture emphasises the necessity of forming a community as a utopian ideal in modern society. This lecture aims to highlight the significance of community movements that promote “cooperation” and “inclusivity,” which are difficult to achieve in today’s fluid and anonymous society, alongside illustrating cases of such movements.
Mobility and User Experience – Synesthetic Sign
Humans have sensory organs like eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin. Whenever we consciously or unconsciously experience moments or places, we undergo user experiences based on these sensory elements. The smell of fresh bread or coffee can trigger purchases, and handshakes with politicians can influence voting decisions. Our senses extend beyond basic instincts and are utilised in various aspects of life, such as politics, economics, and human relationships. Through examples of user experiences based on multisensory elements, we can understand sensory symbols within mobility.
- # Sensory signs and modality
- # User experience based on sensory symbols
- # Designing user experience with synesthetic sign
Did the Fourth Industrial Revolution Change Politics? (2): Civic Movement of Democracy Technology
The Fourth Industrial Revolution brought about changes in government and political parties and catalyzed shifts in civic movements. Future citizens are anticipated to enhance their information-gathering abilities and social criticism skills, making political participation more accessible through democratic technology. Moreover, information and communication technology advancements provide the groundwork for simultaneous and global civic movements. This lecture examines the evolution from offline civic movements to internet-based ones through case studies and proposes the direction that civic movements utilising democratic technology should take. Also, this lecture presents historical examples of civic movements to citizens, discussing the impact of civic movements utilising mobility technology. Ultimately, the lecture raises questions about the implications of civic movements and their proper application.
Living in the Era of Mobility : The Dilemma of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
In a society where online and offline mobility is on the rise, individuals who adapt to technological and societal changes may be the most crucial. Understanding the characteristics of mobility citizens with abilities to move across time, geography, and space is vital. Everyone must strive to live as citizens of this changing mobility society, blending offline geographical movement with online spatial navigation. Guidelines for enhancing citizenship in a mobility society need to be developed.
With the integration of ICT, mobility will become more robust, and changes in time and space will accelerate. Considering the interconnected nature of networks, preparation is necessary at all levels, from individuals and families to schools, civil society, and government. The most essential preparation lies in citizen education. In a mobility society emphasising multi-layered connectivity and mobility, citizen education should focus on fostering empathy for humanity, the future, and philosophical thinking. Adapting to the new society will hasten as our understanding of ICT improves. With the rise of changes in economics, politics, and media throughout the 4.0 Industry, there are optimistic and pessimistic views on human lives. This lecture explores questions about the future of humanity and puts forth new solutions together.
Tobacco: Is it a Gift from God or a Demon’s Smoke?
Tobacco has been known in Latin America since around 16,000 years ago, but its widespread cultivation began between 5,000 and 3,000 B.C. years ago. Tobacco and clay pipes were discovered in the Maya, Aztec, and Caribbean regions. In these cultures, tobacco was considered a crop bestowed by the gods, and the rising smoke symbolised communication with the gods. Tobacco was introduced to three Northeast Asian countries in the early 17th century. In Korea, tobacco was introduced during the reign of King Gwanghae in 1616, passing through Japan and rapidly gaining popularity. This led to extensive tobacco cultivation, resulting in widespread tobacco planting in fertile lands to fulfill the increasing demand.
This lecture explores how Columbus’s encounter with Native Americans smoking tobacco played a pivotal role in its rapid spread to Europe, where it became crucial for early European settlers, and examines the underlying politics behind the rapid diffusion of tobacco.
Mobility and Future Society in Films
How will our future society change, bringing benefits and threats to us?
- Technology of future prediction in Minority Report (2002)
- Biometric technologies such as iris, fingerprint, facial recognition in Minority Report
- Data openness and storage by motion recognition in Minority Report
- Internet of Thing in everyday life in The Island (2006)
- 3D hologram technology such as assembling a suit with holograms in Iron Man
Exploring through news clips and seven films, this lecture contemplates the convenience and lifestyle changes brought by autonomous vehicles and discusses how mobility depicted in films affects our lives when applied.
Community Building: Start from My Own Needs, Collaborating, Engaging and Cooperating with the Power of Collaboration
Communities form based on the needs of their members, where individuals with similar demands come together to cooperate and move towards cooperative associations or social enterprises. Efforts are also made to include those who cannot directly participate in these communities, forming “a community of cooperation and inclusion.” For example, in Wonju, there is a senior cooperative where elderly individuals create their jobs without taking opportunities away from the youth. Similarly, in Munrae-dong Creative Village, artists have formed a community. This lecture prompts the audience to consider their own “needs” and how communities formed around those needs should progress. Today, as mobility technology has made society more fluid and anonymous, it questions, “What kind of community should we create?”