David J Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 645911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purchase College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8656-8008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How Do People Talk About Mindfulness? A Qualitative Study Involving Students Majoring in Meditation-Related Disciplines
The main goal of this work was to use a phenomenological framework to deepen people’s understanding of mindfulness among students so that better support can be provided for college students experiencing severe stress. For this work, data were collected from interviews with college students majoring in meditation-related disciplines. These students frequently referred to the concepts of objectivity, awareness, and a concern for the essence of mind…
Divination and its Potential Futures: Sensation, Scripts, and the Virtual in South Korean Eight-character Fortune Telling
Horoscopic eight-character divination (saju p’alcha) flourishes both face-to-face and online in South Korea. Contrary to a face-to-face reading, however, the fortune teller is no longer necessary in digital divination. This article highlights some of the transitions and tensions between more conventional forms of divination and their digital counterparts. Rather than conceptualizing these transitions in relation to a loss of authenticity or mater…
Becoming Digital, Becoming Queer
Becoming Digital, Becoming Queer H. N. Lukes (bio) and David J. Kim (bio) The Grit and Glamour of Queer LA Subculture gritandglamourla.com One of the recent developments from the open-ended call for a "critical turn" in the digital humanities has been the noticeable decline of both utopic and dystopic predictions about the "future of the book," or the "future of the humanities" writ large. In place of those prognostications, state-of-the-field di…
Visions and Stones: Spirit Matters and the Charm of Small Things in South Korean Shamanic Rock Divination
This article considers conceptualizations of the sacred via two of the founding members of The College of Sociology (1937-1939), Michel Leiris and Georges Bataille, as they relate to everyday life. Through this sacred lens everyday life in the city is reflexively intertwined with the stories of a Korean shaman, who through rock divination conjures the spirits of nature for her divinations. Her fantastic and uncanny stories are examined in detail,…
Critical Mediations: Haewŏn Chinhon Kut , a Shamanic Ritual for Korean “Comfort Women”
On July 13, 1990, a group of shamans innovated and performed a ritual they refer to as the haewŏn chinhon to appease the deceased spirits of Japanese military “comfort women.” Caught unprepared for the large number of spirits who appeared, as well as the accompanying spiritual and emotional toil, they made a promise to the spirits that they would perform the ritual in all eight provinces of Korea — three in the North and five in the South — keepi…
Visions and Stones: Spirit Matters and the Charm of Small Things in South Korean Shamanic Rock Divination
This article considers conceptualizations of the sacred via two of the founding members of The College of Sociology (1937-1939), Michel Leiris and Georges Bataille, as they relate to everyday life. Through this sacred lens everyday life in the city is reflexively intertwined with the stories of a Korean shaman, who through rock divination conjures the spirits of nature for her divinations. Her fantastic and uncanny stories are examined in detail,…
Critical Mediations: Haewŏn Chinhon Kut , a Shamanic Ritual for Korean “Comfort Women”
On July 13, 1990, a group of shamans innovated and performed a ritual they refer to as the haewŏn chinhon to appease the deceased spirits of Japanese military “comfort women.” Caught unprepared for the large number of spirits who appeared, as well as the accompanying spiritual and emotional toil, they made a promise to the spirits that they would perform the ritual in all eight provinces of Korea — three in the North and five in the South — keepi…
Visions and Stones: Spirit Matters and the Charm of Small Things in South Korean Shamanic Rock Divination
This article considers conceptualizations of the sacred via two of the founding members of The College of Sociology (1937-1939), Michel Leiris and Georges Bataille, as they relate to everyday life. Through this sacred lens everyday life in the city is reflexively intertwined with the stories of a Korean shaman, who through rock divination conjures the spirits of nature for her divinations. Her fantastic and uncanny stories are examined in detail,…
Becoming Digital, Becoming Queer
Becoming Digital, Becoming Queer H. N. Lukes (bio) and David J. Kim (bio) The Grit and Glamour of Queer LA Subculture gritandglamourla.com One of the recent developments from the open-ended call for a "critical turn" in the digital humanities has been the noticeable decline of both utopic and dystopic predictions about the "future of the book," or the "future of the humanities" writ large. In place of those prognostications, state-of-the-field di…
Divination and its Potential Futures: Sensation, Scripts, and the Virtual in South Korean Eight-character Fortune Telling
Horoscopic eight-character divination (saju p’alcha) flourishes both face-to-face and online in South Korea. Contrary to a face-to-face reading, however, the fortune teller is no longer necessary in digital divination. This article highlights some of the transitions and tensions between more conventional forms of divination and their digital counterparts. Rather than conceptualizing these transitions in relation to a loss of authenticity or mater…
How Do People Talk About Mindfulness? A Qualitative Study Involving Students Majoring in Meditation-Related Disciplines
The main goal of this work was to use a phenomenological framework to deepen people’s understanding of mindfulness among students so that better support can be provided for college students experiencing severe stress. For this work, data were collected from interviews with college students majoring in meditation-related disciplines. These students frequently referred to the concepts of objectivity, awareness, and a concern for the essence of mind…
Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Divination (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)