Mobility and Future Society in Films - KU Academy of Mobility Humanities

Instructor

Kim, Hee Kyung

Ph.D. Cultural Content, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Currently teaching at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Kyung Hee University. Previously taught in Chung Ang University, Sookmyung Women's University, Hongik University, Inha University. Former HK Research Professor at Chung Ang University / Former Research Fellow at Research Institute of Cultural Heritage/ Sungkyunkwan University Interaction Science Institute. Published journal articles on Transformative and Transcendentalism in the Generation Principle of Trans-Media Storytelling, Domestic Research Trends (Human Content Issue 50) and Movie Elysium (1940), and a study on the utilization of local cultural story resources (Global Culture Contents 29). Ethnic cultural contents, components and types of spin-off, trans-media activism, and many other publications

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.