Jihon Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3782779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jihon Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jihon |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Korean National Commission for UNESCO |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4737-474X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Changing politics of East Asian colonial and wartime memory in Unesco
Since the mid-2010s, conflicts at UNESCO over the interpretation of Japanese colonial rule and wartime actions in the first half of the twentieth century in Japan, South Korea, and China have been fierce. Contested nominations include the Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites for the World Heritage List (Japan), the Documents of Nanjing Massacre for the Memory of the World (MoW) Register (China), and two still pending applications on the Documents on…
Centre or periphery? Women in implementing the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention in South Korea
Since 2008, UNESCO has prioritised gender equality as a global objective since, integrating this commitment into the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). However, global policy on gender equality often falls short of achieving its intended goals, as evidenced by the underrepresentation of female-associated ICH elements on the Convention’s international lists. This study examines how gender dynamics are r…
Changes in North Korea’s heritage law and policy in relation to Unesco World Heritage during Kim Jong-un’s regime
North Korea has recently changed its domestic legislation relating to cultural and natural heritage and has actively participated in relevant UNESCO conventions and programmes. Early North Korean heritage law in the 1990s focused on tangible cultural heritage only. However, since Kim Jong-un took power in 2012, it began to evolve to include intangible cultural heritage and natural heritage, accommodating relevant provisions of UNESCO conventions …
Contemporary Status of Archaeological Research on Silk Road in Central Asia and Korea and A.N. Bernshtam’s Researches
This paper proposes three measures for a new archaeological study on the Silk Road. First, a systematic understanding is required for the archaeological achievements on the Silk Road made during the Soviet Era before the 1990s. Nowadays, many scholars in East Asia, including South Korea, rely on literature written mainly in English to study and understand the Silk Road. However, the Silk Road’s archaeological excavations were mostly made before t…
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Contemporary Status of Archaeological Research on Silk Road in Central Asia and Korea and A.N. Bernshtam’s Researches
This paper proposes three measures for a new archaeological study on the Silk Road. First, a systematic understanding is required for the archaeological achievements on the Silk Road made during the Soviet Era before the 1990s. Nowadays, many scholars in East Asia, including South Korea, rely on literature written mainly in English to study and understand the Silk Road. However, the Silk Road’s archaeological excavations were mostly made before t…
Changes in North Korea’s heritage law and policy in relation to Unesco World Heritage during Kim Jong-un’s regime
North Korea has recently changed its domestic legislation relating to cultural and natural heritage and has actively participated in relevant UNESCO conventions and programmes. Early North Korean heritage law in the 1990s focused on tangible cultural heritage only. However, since Kim Jong-un took power in 2012, it began to evolve to include intangible cultural heritage and natural heritage, accommodating relevant provisions of UNESCO conventions …
Centre or periphery? Women in implementing the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention in South Korea
Since 2008, UNESCO has prioritised gender equality as a global objective since, integrating this commitment into the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). However, global policy on gender equality often falls short of achieving its intended goals, as evidenced by the underrepresentation of female-associated ICH elements on the Convention’s international lists. This study examines how gender dynamics are r…
Changing politics of East Asian colonial and wartime memory in Unesco
Since the mid-2010s, conflicts at UNESCO over the interpretation of Japanese colonial rule and wartime actions in the first half of the twentieth century in Japan, South Korea, and China have been fierce. Contested nominations include the Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites for the World Heritage List (Japan), the Documents of Nanjing Massacre for the Memory of the World (MoW) Register (China), and two still pending applications on the Documents on…
Cultural heritage (3 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Cultural heritage management (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Tourism (2 works)