EthnoScopes : Tracks of an Anthropologist

A dance across time and space between the ancient and the modern in bustling South Korea ... the wandering erratic footsteps of social and cultural explorations ... a never ending journey of living in the present, becoming more and more aware of cultural thoughts shaping that present, and trying to reconstruct a quickly vanishing cultural past out of that present.

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Tongyeong Ottchil Art Museum, Geoje Island

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Ottchil , also known as an East Asian Lacquer, contains the chemical substance Urushiol. Ottchil is most frequently used in najeon-chil-g...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Korean War and Geoje POW Camp

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In the briefest summary of the institution of the POW camp on Geojae-do... North Korea forces, crossing the divisional 38th parallel at...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Songs of the Dragons

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Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven , translated by James Hoyt (1979), was a compilation of 125 cantos compiled to establish the legitima...
Friday, November 29, 2019

Heavenly Nymphs - 'bicheon'

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"Celestial Nymphs, Heavenly Maidens to Transmit the Buddha's Voice: Playing Instruments and Scattering Flowers in Praise of the Bud...
Monday, November 4, 2019

Eight Auspicious Symbols (Buddhism)

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Friends and I were traveling around in Wonju and stopped for lunch before heading on to the San Museum , known for its unique form of prese...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Bank of Korea Money Museum

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Bank of Korea Money Museum is in the heart of downtown Seoul and was a phenomenal find! I never even heard of the place, bu...
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With dietary issues interfering with my passion to do anthropological field studies, I am now on a grand journey to recreate myself. And recreate myself I will!
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