Soo Ah Kwon
Biographic Data
| ID | 243622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Soo Ah Kwon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Soo Ah |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwon |
| SIGNATURE | KWON S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chungbuk National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2007-6240 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Assessment of Earthquake Evacuation Shelter Capacity in Seoul
This study assesses the capacity of earthquake evacuation shelters in Seoul, South Korea, focusing on their ability to accommodate the transient population, a key aspect of the city's critical infrastructure. Using GIS‐based spatial analysis, the research examines population fluctuations across different times of day, weekdays versus weekends, and seasonal variations. The results reveal significant shortcomings in the current shelter infrastructu…
Institutionalizing youth in the United Nations
National pride and safety awareness at large events
This study examined the impact of safety awareness on the branding effectiveness of cultural events in the context of globalization. Focusing on BTS’ ‘Yet to Come’ concert, a significant event supporting South Korea’s bid to host the Busan World Expo 2030, we analyzed responses from 552 attendees using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 21.0. Our findings revealed that while safety awareness education elevates expectations for safety management services, general…
Disaster Resilience Differs between Survivors and Victims’ Families
The main purpose of this study is to clarify the difference in disaster resilience between survivors and victims’ families by analyzing the language used in popular literature on disaster cases. The results showed that there were differences in emotions, behaviors, attitudes, role perceptions, etc., between survivors and victims’ families in dealing with a disaster. In particular, survivors remember and think about the situation that occurred at …
Effect of Public Empathy with Infection-Control Guidelines on Infection-Prevention Attitudes and Behaviors
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the government has provided infection-control guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. The authors of this study examined the structure (causal relationship) of factors that influence public behavior toward COVID-19 and verified the effect of public empathy with infection-control guidelines in each structure. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire survey fr…
Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products
After the 2011 "Oxy accident" involving deaths from humidifier disinfectants, Korean consumers' anxiety about chemical products has risen. To provide timely, appropriate information to consumers, we must understand their risk recognition and explore methods of safety information provision. We investigated Korean consumers' level of risk perception for chemical products depending on the provision of safety information and other factors. We conduct…
What Role Do Disaster Victims Play as the Mainstream for Future Disaster Preparedness in Korea? Case Studies of Foundations Established by Disaster Victims
Historically, the primary agents performing key roles in disaster preparedness, as well as risk mitigation and vulnerability reduction, in Korea have been the central government, local government, and regional government. Recently, and without controversy, the disaster management paradigm has shifted from disaster relief to disaster preparedness, risk mitigation, and vulnerability reduction. This study examines case studies in an effort to docume…
The politics of global youth participation
This article critically examines increased opportunities for youth participation in global political affairs created by the United Nations and its member states in the 2010s. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews at three global youth conferences, this study demonstrates the operationalization of participatory governance, a current mode of global politics, that seeks to engage multi-stakeholders in a seemingly more democratic and egali…
Notes on an Illiberal Pedagogical Mode
Racial segregation and the limits of international undergraduate student diversity
This study challenges the assertion that the influx of Asian international undergraduate students in universities across the United States creates richer educational and social environments. Drawing on qualitative research at a public university with a large number of Asian international students, this article examines how Asian American student leaders and their organization took on the difficult institutional task of actualizing the diversity o…
South Korea's Education Exodus
Uncivil Youth
"In Uncivil Youth, Soo Ah Kwon explores youth of color activism as linked to the making of democratic citizen-subjects. Focusing attention on the relations of power that inform the social and political practices of youth of color, Kwon examines how after-school and community-based programs are often mobilized to prevent potentially "at-risk" youth from turning to "juvenile delinquency" and crime. These sorts of strategic interventions seek to mol…
Uncivil Youth
The comforts and discomforts of race
Drawing on existing literature and student ethnographic projects, this article examines Asian American undergraduates' overwhelming focus on individual racial identity and practices of racial segregation in their ethnographic research about the University of Illinois. The author examines how such racial segregation is described and analysed as a matter of personal 'choice' and 'comfort' rather than as the result of racial inequality, racism and t…
The Politics and Institutionalization of Panethnic Identity
This article analyzes an underexamined aspect in Asian American studies: the depoliticization and nonprofitization of “Asian American” as a racial category since the civil rights era. It examines the institutionalization of Asian American political demands as part of neoliberal restructuring and management of minority populations. It argues for an understanding of this history of incorporation to examine contemporary Asian American nonprofit orga…
Deporting Cambodian Refugees
This article interrogates the shortfalls of neoliberal democracy and its political practices for citizen (and noncitizen) subjects in the United States by drawing on ethnographic research of a diverse group of second-generation Asian and Pacific Islander youth's attempt to challenge the deportation of Cambodian refugees. In following the young people's campaign to put an end to deportation, I examine the convergence of youth's failed recognition …
Moving from Complaints to Action
This article analyzes the process of youth political activism and development by drawing on ethnographic research on Asian and Pacific Islander youth activists. Young people revealed that collective action begins with a critical analysis of their lived experiences with inequalities. Their actions also involved oppositional consciousness that was nurtured in social justice-oriented community organizations. Tracking youth's successful efforts for s…
Urban Youth Building Community
Urban" youth-a euphemism for underserved, poor, marginalized, ethnic minority youth-can be active participants in community change. Countering the predominant image of these youth as disengaged or troubled, this article describes three projects that engage urban youth in community change through participatory research. The authors share their experiences as adult allies on these projects and examine four lessons learned, addressing: (1) the impor…
Autoexoticizing
Drawing on ethnographic research of an import car crew, this article examines the origins of the import scene as an Asian American phenomenon. Young Asian American males and females use the unique youth car subculture, the "import scene," as a cultural space in which to articulate what it means to be an Asian American youth today that is in opposition to the model minority. Through the autoexoticization of the scene, Asian American youth affirm a…
The politics of global youth participation
This article critically examines increased opportunities for youth participation in global political affairs created by the United Nations and its member states in the 2010s. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews at three global youth conferences, this study demonstrates the operationalization of participatory governance, a current mode of global politics, that seeks to engage multi-stakeholders in a seemingly more democratic and egali…
Moving from Complaints to Action
This article analyzes the process of youth political activism and development by drawing on ethnographic research on Asian and Pacific Islander youth activists. Young people revealed that collective action begins with a critical analysis of their lived experiences with inequalities. Their actions also involved oppositional consciousness that was nurtured in social justice-oriented community organizations. Tracking youth's successful efforts for s…
Urban Youth Building Community
Urban" youth-a euphemism for underserved, poor, marginalized, ethnic minority youth-can be active participants in community change. Countering the predominant image of these youth as disengaged or troubled, this article describes three projects that engage urban youth in community change through participatory research. The authors share their experiences as adult allies on these projects and examine four lessons learned, addressing: (1) the impor…
Racial segregation and the limits of international undergraduate student diversity
This study challenges the assertion that the influx of Asian international undergraduate students in universities across the United States creates richer educational and social environments. Drawing on qualitative research at a public university with a large number of Asian international students, this article examines how Asian American student leaders and their organization took on the difficult institutional task of actualizing the diversity o…
The Politics and Institutionalization of Panethnic Identity
This article analyzes an underexamined aspect in Asian American studies: the depoliticization and nonprofitization of “Asian American” as a racial category since the civil rights era. It examines the institutionalization of Asian American political demands as part of neoliberal restructuring and management of minority populations. It argues for an understanding of this history of incorporation to examine contemporary Asian American nonprofit orga…
Deporting Cambodian Refugees
This article interrogates the shortfalls of neoliberal democracy and its political practices for citizen (and noncitizen) subjects in the United States by drawing on ethnographic research of a diverse group of second-generation Asian and Pacific Islander youth's attempt to challenge the deportation of Cambodian refugees. In following the young people's campaign to put an end to deportation, I examine the convergence of youth's failed recognition …
Institutionalizing youth in the United Nations
Autoexoticizing
Drawing on ethnographic research of an import car crew, this article examines the origins of the import scene as an Asian American phenomenon. Young Asian American males and females use the unique youth car subculture, the "import scene," as a cultural space in which to articulate what it means to be an Asian American youth today that is in opposition to the model minority. Through the autoexoticization of the scene, Asian American youth affirm a…
Urban Youth Building Community
Urban" youth-a euphemism for underserved, poor, marginalized, ethnic minority youth-can be active participants in community change. Countering the predominant image of these youth as disengaged or troubled, this article describes three projects that engage urban youth in community change through participatory research. The authors share their experiences as adult allies on these projects and examine four lessons learned, addressing: (1) the impor…
Moving from Complaints to Action
This article analyzes the process of youth political activism and development by drawing on ethnographic research on Asian and Pacific Islander youth activists. Young people revealed that collective action begins with a critical analysis of their lived experiences with inequalities. Their actions also involved oppositional consciousness that was nurtured in social justice-oriented community organizations. Tracking youth's successful efforts for s…
Deporting Cambodian Refugees
This article interrogates the shortfalls of neoliberal democracy and its political practices for citizen (and noncitizen) subjects in the United States by drawing on ethnographic research of a diverse group of second-generation Asian and Pacific Islander youth's attempt to challenge the deportation of Cambodian refugees. In following the young people's campaign to put an end to deportation, I examine the convergence of youth's failed recognition …
Uncivil Youth
"In Uncivil Youth, Soo Ah Kwon explores youth of color activism as linked to the making of democratic citizen-subjects. Focusing attention on the relations of power that inform the social and political practices of youth of color, Kwon examines how after-school and community-based programs are often mobilized to prevent potentially "at-risk" youth from turning to "juvenile delinquency" and crime. These sorts of strategic interventions seek to mol…
Uncivil Youth
The comforts and discomforts of race
Drawing on existing literature and student ethnographic projects, this article examines Asian American undergraduates' overwhelming focus on individual racial identity and practices of racial segregation in their ethnographic research about the University of Illinois. The author examines how such racial segregation is described and analysed as a matter of personal 'choice' and 'comfort' rather than as the result of racial inequality, racism and t…
The Politics and Institutionalization of Panethnic Identity
This article analyzes an underexamined aspect in Asian American studies: the depoliticization and nonprofitization of “Asian American” as a racial category since the civil rights era. It examines the institutionalization of Asian American political demands as part of neoliberal restructuring and management of minority populations. It argues for an understanding of this history of incorporation to examine contemporary Asian American nonprofit orga…
South Korea's Education Exodus
Racial segregation and the limits of international undergraduate student diversity
This study challenges the assertion that the influx of Asian international undergraduate students in universities across the United States creates richer educational and social environments. Drawing on qualitative research at a public university with a large number of Asian international students, this article examines how Asian American student leaders and their organization took on the difficult institutional task of actualizing the diversity o…
The politics of global youth participation
This article critically examines increased opportunities for youth participation in global political affairs created by the United Nations and its member states in the 2010s. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews at three global youth conferences, this study demonstrates the operationalization of participatory governance, a current mode of global politics, that seeks to engage multi-stakeholders in a seemingly more democratic and egali…
Notes on an Illiberal Pedagogical Mode
Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products
After the 2011 "Oxy accident" involving deaths from humidifier disinfectants, Korean consumers' anxiety about chemical products has risen. To provide timely, appropriate information to consumers, we must understand their risk recognition and explore methods of safety information provision. We investigated Korean consumers' level of risk perception for chemical products depending on the provision of safety information and other factors. We conduct…
What Role Do Disaster Victims Play as the Mainstream for Future Disaster Preparedness in Korea? Case Studies of Foundations Established by Disaster Victims
Historically, the primary agents performing key roles in disaster preparedness, as well as risk mitigation and vulnerability reduction, in Korea have been the central government, local government, and regional government. Recently, and without controversy, the disaster management paradigm has shifted from disaster relief to disaster preparedness, risk mitigation, and vulnerability reduction. This study examines case studies in an effort to docume…
Effect of Public Empathy with Infection-Control Guidelines on Infection-Prevention Attitudes and Behaviors
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the government has provided infection-control guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. The authors of this study examined the structure (causal relationship) of factors that influence public behavior toward COVID-19 and verified the effect of public empathy with infection-control guidelines in each structure. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire survey fr…
Disaster Resilience Differs between Survivors and Victims’ Families
The main purpose of this study is to clarify the difference in disaster resilience between survivors and victims’ families by analyzing the language used in popular literature on disaster cases. The results showed that there were differences in emotions, behaviors, attitudes, role perceptions, etc., between survivors and victims’ families in dealing with a disaster. In particular, survivors remember and think about the situation that occurred at …
National pride and safety awareness at large events
This study examined the impact of safety awareness on the branding effectiveness of cultural events in the context of globalization. Focusing on BTS’ ‘Yet to Come’ concert, a significant event supporting South Korea’s bid to host the Busan World Expo 2030, we analyzed responses from 552 attendees using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 21.0. Our findings revealed that while safety awareness education elevates expectations for safety management services, general…
Assessment of Earthquake Evacuation Shelter Capacity in Seoul
This study assesses the capacity of earthquake evacuation shelters in Seoul, South Korea, focusing on their ability to accommodate the transient population, a key aspect of the city's critical infrastructure. Using GIS‐based spatial analysis, the research examines population fluctuations across different times of day, weekdays versus weekends, and seasonal variations. The results reveal significant shortcomings in the current shelter infrastructu…
Institutionalizing youth in the United Nations
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works)