Sera Yeong Seo Park
Biographic Data
| ID | 197896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sera Yeong Seo Park |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sera Yeong Seo |
| FAMILY NAME | Park |
| SIGNATURE | PARK S Y S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-3159-5595 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond the Dichotomy of Success and Failure
First deployed in the 1970s, prefiguration has recently gained traction among ethnographers of political action as a descriptor for activist practices that foreground participatory democracy, horizontality, and direct action, as seen in social movements like Occupy Wall Street. Notably, ethnographers have come to understand these prefigurative‐inspired, present‐oriented movements as departures from “traditional” social movements, which are often …
Sewŏl Activism and the Changing Tenors and Tactics of Political Action in South Korea
The sinking of MV Sewŏl, on April 16, 2014, claimed 304 lives, 250 of whom were high school students on a field trip to Jeju Island. The activist movement in the Sewŏl Disaster’s wake, calling for remembrance of the victims, investigation into the Disaster, and accountability, has witnessed mobilization on a scale unprecedented for post-disaster activism in Korea, and continues to this day. Based on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork among…
An Ethics of Duty in the Absence of Hope
An Ethics of Duty in the Absence of Hope
Beyond the Dichotomy of Success and Failure
First deployed in the 1970s, prefiguration has recently gained traction among ethnographers of political action as a descriptor for activist practices that foreground participatory democracy, horizontality, and direct action, as seen in social movements like Occupy Wall Street. Notably, ethnographers have come to understand these prefigurative‐inspired, present‐oriented movements as departures from “traditional” social movements, which are often …
Sewŏl Activism and the Changing Tenors and Tactics of Political Action in South Korea
The sinking of MV Sewŏl, on April 16, 2014, claimed 304 lives, 250 of whom were high school students on a field trip to Jeju Island. The activist movement in the Sewŏl Disaster’s wake, calling for remembrance of the victims, investigation into the Disaster, and accountability, has witnessed mobilization on a scale unprecedented for post-disaster activism in Korea, and continues to this day. Based on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork among…
Ethnography (2 works) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social movement (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 works) · Citizen journalism (1 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (1 works)