Veda Hyunjin Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 328680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Veda Hyunjin Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Veda Hyunjin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM V H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ohio Wesleyan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2715-3122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
"Review of "Insecurity Politics
The Scholar Imprisoned
This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a practice that cultivates conscience through confronting power, reorganizes human relations transversally, and t…
The Crisis of the Emancipation? The 1900 Paris Exposition and Du Bois’s Negotiation with Imperial Episteme
In the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, W. E. B. Du Bois deployed imperially charged terminologies such as “progress,” “nation,” and “civilization,” entangled with racism-imbued linear-progressive historiography. Rather than discounting Du Bois’s usage of these terms as a passive internalization of the imperial episteme, we regard Du Bois’s adoption of these terms (and curation in the exhibition more broadly) as a fruitful avenue for us to cons…
An Invitation to Reflexive De-/Postcolonial Sociology on South Korea
This essay argues that South Korean theorists ought to engage more deeply with de-/postcolonial thought to be reflexive about the historical experience of southern/South Korea. Critically engaging with South Korean scholars who fetishize Western theories, I juxtapose Bourdieu’s signature concepts (i.e., field, symbolic violence, and habitus) with de-/postcolonial thought drawn from Fanon, Quijano, and Spivak. First, while Bourdieu’s notion of the…
Bourdieu in Korean Social Sciences and Beyond
Consciousness Torn Asunder? Racial Elevation of “South” Koreans, US Camptown Prostitution, and K-Pop Girl Groups in the 1950s–60s
This article is grounded in the racial elevation of a “South” Korean people (not Korean without “South” prefix) implicated in US imperialism and the intersectional implications of this ascent. Contributing a new application of Du Bois’s concept of “double consciousness” to the racial capitalism literature, I historically analyze a case in which the elevation of a distinct racial group status entailed (1) the subimperial adherence of the imperiall…
The 2024 Martial Law Declaration and Necropolitical Living under South Korean Subimperialism
Ida B. Wells-Barnett as an anticolonial theorist on crime and punishment
Treasuring the legacy of Ida B Wells-Barnett as a Black feminist is a vital liberatory commitment, as previous scholarship has commendably demonstrated. Equally important, however, is the need to present Wells-Barnett as an anticolonial theorist whose scholarly texts-Southern Horrors, A Red Record, and Crusade for Justice-should be incorporated into social theory curricula. This article examines Wells-Barnett's acute apprehension of the foundatio…
Sovereignty of the Dead
The subimperial formation of 'South' Korea, articulated within US imperialism, first emerged in Jeju amid the genocidal violence against Jeju natives since March 1947. While the South Korean state recognized the mass-murdered as citizens following the transitional justice programs in the 2000s, I question whether the recognition of citizenship conferred by the state - the perpetrator - constitutes the sovereign subjectivity that the bereaved Jeju…
Learning to Unlearn, Teaching to Unlearn
Subimperialism and Perpetual Necropower
Centering on a case of genocide that occurred on Jeju Island, 1947–onward, and the resulting memory politics that unfolded alongside the Jeju Truth and Reconciliation (TR) process in the 2000s, this article provides a novel critique of state-sanctioned reparatory processes in response to state violence. Adopting and revising the subimperialism framework, I challenge the prevalent teleological grammar in representing South Korean history. Rather t…
Subimperialism and Perpetual Necropower
Centering on a case of genocide that occurred on Jeju Island, 1947–onward, and the resulting memory politics that unfolded alongside the Jeju Truth and Reconciliation (TR) process in the 2000s, this article provides a novel critique of state-sanctioned reparatory processes in response to state violence. Adopting and revising the subimperialism framework, I challenge the prevalent teleological grammar in representing South Korean history. Rather t…
Ida B. Wells-Barnett as an anticolonial theorist on crime and punishment
Treasuring the legacy of Ida B Wells-Barnett as a Black feminist is a vital liberatory commitment, as previous scholarship has commendably demonstrated. Equally important, however, is the need to present Wells-Barnett as an anticolonial theorist whose scholarly texts-Southern Horrors, A Red Record, and Crusade for Justice-should be incorporated into social theory curricula. This article examines Wells-Barnett's acute apprehension of the foundatio…
Consciousness Torn Asunder? Racial Elevation of “South” Koreans, US Camptown Prostitution, and K-Pop Girl Groups in the 1950s–60s
This article is grounded in the racial elevation of a “South” Korean people (not Korean without “South” prefix) implicated in US imperialism and the intersectional implications of this ascent. Contributing a new application of Du Bois’s concept of “double consciousness” to the racial capitalism literature, I historically analyze a case in which the elevation of a distinct racial group status entailed (1) the subimperial adherence of the imperiall…
The 2024 Martial Law Declaration and Necropolitical Living under South Korean Subimperialism
Learning to Unlearn, Teaching to Unlearn
Subimperialism and Perpetual Necropower
Centering on a case of genocide that occurred on Jeju Island, 1947–onward, and the resulting memory politics that unfolded alongside the Jeju Truth and Reconciliation (TR) process in the 2000s, this article provides a novel critique of state-sanctioned reparatory processes in response to state violence. Adopting and revising the subimperialism framework, I challenge the prevalent teleological grammar in representing South Korean history. Rather t…
Learning to Unlearn, Teaching to Unlearn
An Invitation to Reflexive De-/Postcolonial Sociology on South Korea
This essay argues that South Korean theorists ought to engage more deeply with de-/postcolonial thought to be reflexive about the historical experience of southern/South Korea. Critically engaging with South Korean scholars who fetishize Western theories, I juxtapose Bourdieu’s signature concepts (i.e., field, symbolic violence, and habitus) with de-/postcolonial thought drawn from Fanon, Quijano, and Spivak. First, while Bourdieu’s notion of the…
Bourdieu in Korean Social Sciences and Beyond
Consciousness Torn Asunder? Racial Elevation of “South” Koreans, US Camptown Prostitution, and K-Pop Girl Groups in the 1950s–60s
This article is grounded in the racial elevation of a “South” Korean people (not Korean without “South” prefix) implicated in US imperialism and the intersectional implications of this ascent. Contributing a new application of Du Bois’s concept of “double consciousness” to the racial capitalism literature, I historically analyze a case in which the elevation of a distinct racial group status entailed (1) the subimperial adherence of the imperiall…
The 2024 Martial Law Declaration and Necropolitical Living under South Korean Subimperialism
Ida B. Wells-Barnett as an anticolonial theorist on crime and punishment
Treasuring the legacy of Ida B Wells-Barnett as a Black feminist is a vital liberatory commitment, as previous scholarship has commendably demonstrated. Equally important, however, is the need to present Wells-Barnett as an anticolonial theorist whose scholarly texts-Southern Horrors, A Red Record, and Crusade for Justice-should be incorporated into social theory curricula. This article examines Wells-Barnett's acute apprehension of the foundatio…
Sovereignty of the Dead
The subimperial formation of 'South' Korea, articulated within US imperialism, first emerged in Jeju amid the genocidal violence against Jeju natives since March 1947. While the South Korean state recognized the mass-murdered as citizens following the transitional justice programs in the 2000s, I question whether the recognition of citizenship conferred by the state - the perpetrator - constitutes the sovereign subjectivity that the bereaved Jeju…
"Review of "Insecurity Politics
The Scholar Imprisoned
This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a practice that cultivates conscience through confronting power, reorganizes human relations transversally, and t…
The Crisis of the Emancipation? The 1900 Paris Exposition and Du Bois’s Negotiation with Imperial Episteme
In the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, W. E. B. Du Bois deployed imperially charged terminologies such as “progress,” “nation,” and “civilization,” entangled with racism-imbued linear-progressive historiography. Rather than discounting Du Bois’s usage of these terms as a passive internalization of the imperial episteme, we regard Du Bois’s adoption of these terms (and curation in the exhibition more broadly) as a fruitful avenue for us to cons…
Asian Culture and Media Studies (5 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (4 works) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works)