Contemporary Rebellions: South Korean Social Movements Today
Episode 4: Redevelopment Resistance

Redevelopment resistance activist organizations:

Listen to the City: listentothecity.org
National Alliance of Squatters and Evictees: www.nasepl.org
Korean People’s Solidarity Against Poverty: antipoor.jinbo.net/xe/index.php

Independent artists you heard in this episode:

Kevin MacLeod (Intro): www.incompetech.com
Anakin Project: anakinproject.bandcamp.com
Gentrification Album: open.spotify.com/album/4Em8zrOa6uaFnFfH8YbtJR
Liberation Film: www.youtube.com/channel/UCfnbnIBUbQ9dVprZpaW-bmg
Kim Dongsan: www.youtube.com/channel/UC8to_vxn-7ukkE0hMM2ShgA
Korean IndyMedia: www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNPpMJXJ75NifXbt4adTOQ
Kyung Ha & Semin: www.youtube.com/user/hwangtab
Seth Mountain: sethmartinandthemenders.bandcamp.com

FULL TRANSCRIPT: bit.ly/2TgW3sf

REFERENCES & RECOMMENDED READINGS

‘Excessive use of police force partly to blame for Yongsan tragedy: internal inquiry’, Yonhap News Agency, September 5, 2018.
en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20180905005900315

Davis Kim, Lisa, ‘Housing, Evictions and the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics’, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2007.

Ha, Seong-Kyu, ‘Redevelopment of Substandard Settlements and Evictions in Seoul’, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Chung-Ang University, Korea, 2000.

Lee, Jong Youl, Chad Anderson, ‘The Yongsan Tragedy and the Politics of Scenes’, 한국행정학회 학술발표논문집 The Korean Association for Public Administration, 2010, pp. 511-533.

Michael, Chris, ‘‘I’m Panicking’: Seoul rips out its manufacturing heart’, The Guardian, February 20, 2019. www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb…facturing-heart

Mobrand, Erik, ‘Struggles over Unlicensed Housing in Seoul, 1960–80’, Urban Studies 45 (2), February 2008, pp. 367-389.

Park, Eunseon, ‘Skills of Occupation and Techne of Squatting: Sit-in Protests in South Korea Since 2009’, Critical Planning, 2017, pp. 197-213.

Sangyye-Dong Olympics. Directed by Kim Dong-won, 1988.

‘Seoul’s historic Noryangjin fish market is destined for shiny new venue but outraged vendors insist they prefer their old home’, February 24, 2016, South China Morning Post: www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asi…ed-shiny-new-venue

Shin, Mijoo, ‘The Invisible Hands Behind South Korea’s Errand Men’, Korea Expose, March 8, 2018. www.koreaexpose.com/invisible-hands…rea-errand-men/

Shin, Hyun Bang, ‘Property-based redevelopment and gentrification: The case of Seoul, South Korea’, Geoforum 40, 2009, pp. 906–917.

The Remnants. Directed by Kim Il-rhan, Lee Hyuk-sang, appearances by Kim Ju-hwan, Kim Chang-su, Lee Chung-yeon, Ji Seok-jun, Chun Ju-seok. www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/inde…vieCd=20169443

Those Who Can't Leave: A Story of People Resisting Redevelopment. Korean IndyMedia, 2009. www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNPpMJXJ75NifXbt4adTOQ

Two Doors. Directed by Kim Il-rhan, Hong Ji-you, appearances by Kwon Yeongguk, Kim Hyeongtae, Ryoo Juhyeong, 2012: www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/inde…vieCd=20112443

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