Jungyeoun Lee()

Research ProfessorInstitute of Humanities, Kyonggi University

Digital Humanities in South Korea

International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities. December 1-2, 2009

Activities of Digital Humanities in Korea

Future of Asia Pacific Regional Committee formed to plan the network configuration in Korea (CenterNet)

Outline

Digital Humanities The terms of digital humanities refer as Culture Contents,

Culture Informatics in Korea : Culture products that presented by system or media

Humanities scholars contribute more effectively to the culture content Industry

Because the fundamental materials of the culture industry were derived from Humanities

Digital Humanities is started from a culture industry rather than purely academic interest and it has been made up of government-led in Korea

Background

Success enjoyed in recent years by Korean TV dramas and Films on traditional and historical thems (Korean Wave : ) Korean governments policy to promote the production of culture content

Based on Culture Industry not Academic interest of the Digital Humanities

Government-led Project of Digital Archives

Large government-led project named Knowledge Resources Digital Project regarding not only Science and Technology but also Culture and Humanities launched for preservation and make a national archives

Government select institution which have materials worth preserving

The part of the Humanities and Culture is 8.8% (Low)

Government Funding

Information and Communication Ministrys Knowledge and Information Resource Management Project(2000 - )

Culture and Tourism Ministrys Digital Culture Archetype Content Project (2002-)

Ministry of Education and Human Resources Developments (2003 - ) is for the academias interest

For ExampleIntroduce history and culture government institution and university that conducted the project regarding digital humanities(digital archives)

Project Name Institution Web Historical Personage(Joseon Dynasty) The Academy of Korean Studies http://people.aks.ac.kr/index.aksPalaeography of Western Literaure forKorean

Academia CoreanaMyungji University

e-coreana.or.kr

Information for Korean BuddistCulture DB

Library of Dongkuk University buddha.dongguk.edu

Honam Digital ArchivesChunbuk National UniversityMuseum

honam.chonbuk.ac.kr

Governor-General of Korea officialgazette DB

The Presidential Committee for theInspection of Collaborations forJapanese Imperialism

gb.nl.go.kr

History

Project Name Institution Web

Democracy DB Korea Democracy Foundationhttp://saryo.kdemocracy.or.kr/kh_pic/main.jsp

The War Memorial DB The War Memorial of Koreahttp://www.warmemo.or.kr/data/data.jsp

The history of KoreanIndependence Movement Online

Ministry of Patriots & VeteransAffairs

e-gonghun.mpva.go.kr

Korean Study of Confucian ClassicsDBKorean Genealogical Table

EsatAsia Research Center,Sungkunkwan Univ. Jonkunkak

koco.skku.edujokbo.skku.edu

Digital Library of NAMMYONGStudy

Library of Kyungsung nmh.gsnu.ac.kr

CultureProject Name Institution Web

Museum Portal of Korea Ministry of Culture and Tourism www.emuseum.go.kr

Culture and Art Information System Ministry of Culture and Tourism www.art.go.kr

Korean Film Database Korean Film Archives kmdb.or.kr

Korea National Heritage Online Culture Heritage Administration www.heritage.go.kr

Korean Film e-learning Contents Korean Film Archives kofaschool.or.kr

National Records Archives KTV film.ktv.go.kr

Culture Heritage Research Information DBNational Research Institute of CulturalHeritage

www.nricp.go.kr

Tripitaka Koreana Knowledgebase System Research Center for Tripitaka Koreana kb.sutra.re.kr

Multimedia Encyclopedia for Jeju Culture andTourism

Jeju www.jejuro.go.kr

DanoCulture Database Gangrung City www.danoculture.com

Traditional Korean Music DB Jeonbuk Do koreamusic.org

The Korean History Online National Institute of Korean History www.koreanhistory.or.kr

Translation of Korean Classics Databases Institute for the Translation of Korean Classicshttp://db.itkc.or.kr/itkcdb/mainIndexIframe.jsp

Kyujanggak Databases for Korean Studies Kyujanggak of Seoul National Universitye-kyujanggak.snu.ac.kr/search/e-kyu.jsp

Korean Studies Information Databases ofJangseogak

The Academy of Korean Studies yoksa.aks.ac.kr

Womens History Knowledge System Korean Womens Development Institute www.womenshistory.re.kr:7070/

Yugyonet (Confucianism) Korean Studies Advancement Center www.ugyo.net

The History of Korean IndependenceMovement Online

The Independence Hall of Korea search.i815.or.kr/

Historical Personage(Joseon Dynasty-)

Research for Digital HumanitiesMinistry of Education and Human Resources Developments

(2003 - )

- Experimental Study performed such as Information Technology(GIS, text analytic techniques) with Humanities information

- I will show you two examples of digital humanities research that conducted by university

- Limited research period supported by government in the University and Research Center

Chosun Culture Electronic Atlas (Korea University)

Philosophy Knowledge Map(Seoul National University)

Conclusion The digitized scanning of the old document

Formation of the Digital Text using Information technology and preservation

But it is difficult to support ongoing research in the university rather than government institution

Needed Advanced Researches for Digital Humanities in university and government institution

International collaborative research is more needed

CenterNet (Korea)General Contact Prof. Lee, J. Y

(Kyonggi University)Institution Korean Studies 25

InstitutionDr. Yoon, S.Y(National Institute of Korean History)

Subject Literature Prof. Lee, J. Y(Kyonggi University)

Philosophy Prof. Choi, B. I(Duksung Univeristy)

Culture Prof. Park, D. S(Seoul National University)

Information & Technology

Information Science Prof. Chung, E. K(Ewha Womans University)

Computer Science Prof. Kim, J. M(Daejin University)

Funding National Research Foundation

Dr. Jeong, J. K

Thank you for your attention!

1OutlineDigital HumanitiesBackgroundGovernment-led Project of Digital Archives Government Funding 7 8 9Culture 11 12 13Historical Personage(Joseon Dynasty-) 15 Research for Digital HumanitiesMinistry of Education and Human Resources Developments (2003 - )Chosun Culture Electronic Atlas (Korea University)Philosophy Knowledge Map (Seoul National University)Conclusion 20 21