{"id":1286,"date":"2025-11-04T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:39:39","slug":"developing-korean-ness-memories-of-movement-and-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/2025\/11\/04\/developing-korean-ness-memories-of-movement-and-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Korean-ness: Memories of Movement and Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/pexels-ethan-brooke-1123775-2246803-1-1024x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/pexels-ethan-brooke-1123775-2246803-1-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/pexels-ethan-brooke-1123775-2246803-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/pexels-ethan-brooke-1123775-2246803-1-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/pexels-ethan-brooke-1123775-2246803-1-1536x805.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/pexels-ethan-brooke-1123775-2246803-1-2048x1074.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nighttime Seoul<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Interviewee: Anonymous<br>Interviewer: Dima Galanin (&#8217;27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><br>This interview is with a Korean-American woman who was born in Seoul and now resides in the New York City area. In her youth, she and her family made several significant moves, and she discusses in the interview what these transitions were like. She reflects on Korean school, her awareness (or lack thereof) of the 1980\u2019s political demonstrations, and how she and her family adapted to new circumstances in Seoul. Additionally, she describes the evolution of societal norms and cultural tastes in South Korea and her husband and daughter\u2019s relationship to South Korea. This interviews covers historically significant topics like political and cultural development, immigrant and emigrant experiences, and South Korean heritage. I was introduced to the interviewee by a family member, and we conducted the interview over Zoom. The interview was conducted by Dima Galanin, a third year History major at Colby College, who is interested in economic and cultural evolution within historical contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/Galanin_DimaAudio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/FinalGalanin_DimaTranscript.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/files\/2025\/11\/FinalGalanin_DimaTranscript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interview Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><br>The interviewee was born in Seoul in the mid-1970s. Her father was a banker, and her mother stopped working after having children to care for her family. The interviewee\u2019s family moved often during her youth, going back and forth between London and Seoul. She had an international education, attending school in Korea, the UK, and the United States. She now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter, where she is involved with Korean organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nighttime Seoul Interviewee: AnonymousInterviewer: Dima Galanin (&#8217;27) SynopsisThis interview is with a Korean-American woman who was born in Seoul and now resides in the New York City area. In her youth, she and her family made several significant moves, and she discusses in the interview what these transitions were like. She reflects on Korean school, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18822,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[567959,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18822"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1417,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}