Essays about: "Korean society"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words Korean society.
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21. Swedish Sign Language Skills Training and Assessment
University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)Abstract : Sign language is used widely around the world as a first language for those that are unable to use spoken language and by groups of people that have a disability which precludes them from using spoken language (such as a hearing impairment). The importance of effective learning of sign language and its applications in modern computer science has grown widely in the modern aged society and research around sign language recognition has sprouted in many different directions, some examples using hidden markov models (HMMs) to train models to recognize different sign language patterns (Swedish sign language, American sign language, Korean sign language, German sign language and so on). READ MORE
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22. Black Koreans in Korean children’s literature : A study of Won You Soon’s book “Please find Chartlon Sunja Kim”
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för koreanskaAbstract : The purpose of this study is to depict and examine the perception of black Koreans in South Korean children’s literature. This study examines my research questions through four theoretical frameworks: “culture and identity”, “post-colonialism, nationalism and racism”, “blackness and black Koreans’ portrayal in Korean media” and “multiculturalism in Korea”. READ MORE
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23. The modern International Theatre State : North Korea's statehood, hereditary successions and its place in the international society
University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : This thesis proposes an extended version of the ”theatre state” concept, originally coined by Clifford Geertz, as an alternative analysis of contemporary North Korean statehood and political rule. The DPRK is perhaps the only revolutionary, state-socialist entity to have survived the end of the Cold War with its original order intact, and to have undergone a hereditary succession of leadership twice, while withstanding remarkably adverse conditions. READ MORE
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24. Like a Picasso's Painting: China's Center-Border Relations on Yanbian's Opening-up toward Democratic People's Republic of Korea
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : In 2009, the Chinese State Council approved a regional development plan for Jilin province in the northeast. Within the scheme, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture was designated as a pioneer zone for “opening-up” by enhancing transport infrastructures and alluring trade and investment from overseas. READ MORE
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25. Soft Power of Korean Popular Culture in Japan: K-Pop Avid Fandom in Tokyo
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : Korean Wave is a new phenomenon which signifies the spread of Korean popular culture in East Asia with Japan as a centre. The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of Japanese youths who consumes K-Pop on the subject of their feelings towards South Korea and Korean society in the theoretical framework of soft power. READ MORE
