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Radical Transparency and Virus Realpolitik

46 min • 29 mars 2020

On episode 91 of The Korea File visual sociologist, street photographer and Korea National University of the Arts cultural theory lecturer Michael Hurt joins host Andre Goulet to explore what the Moon Jae-in administration's COVID-19 management strategy tells us about how different styles of government engage with crisis.

Plus: critiquing Confucian blaming and reflections on Seoul's new normal in an age of pandemic.

This episode was produced in collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society- Korea Branch. Find out more about the RASKB at www.raskb.com

For more on Michael's street photography check out
https://medium.com/the-korean-style/the-korean-style-part-ii-hallyu-in-hanoi-or-style-in-the-time-of-corona-efaa94a2b59

Follow him on Instagram at @kuraeji and engage with the discourse at http://www.criticalkoreanstudies.com/

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This conversation was recorded on March 26th, 2020.