Digital Humanities in

Jungyeoun Lee(李定姸)

Research Professor Institute of Humanities, Kyonggi University

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

■ Activities of Digital Humanities in Korea

■ Future of Asia Pacific Regional Committee formed to plan the network configuration in Korea (CenterNet) 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 : 韓流)  Korean government’s 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 Ministry’s Knowledge and Information Resource Management Project(2000 - ) • Culture and Tourism Ministry’s Digital Culture Archetype Content Project (2002-) • Ministry of Education and Human Resources Developments (2003 - ) is for the academia’s interest • For Example Introduce history and culture government institution and university that conducted the project regarding digital humanities(digital archives) History

Project Name Institution Web Historical Personage(Joseon Dynasty) The Academy of Korean Studies http://people.aks.ac.kr/index.aks Palaeography of Western Literaure for Academia Coreana e-coreana.or.kr Korean Myungji University Information for Korean Buddist Library of Dongkuk University buddha.dongguk.edu Culture DB Chunbuk National University Honam Digital Archives honam.chonbuk.ac.kr Museum The Presidential Committee for the Governor-General of Korea official Inspection of Collaborations for gb.nl.go.kr gazette DB Japanese Imperialism Project Name Institution Web http://saryo.kdemocracy.or.kr/kh_p Democracy DB Korea Democracy Foundation ic/main.jsp http://www.warmemo.or.kr/data/da The War Memorial DB The War Memorial of Korea ta.jsp

The history of Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans e-gonghun.mpva.go.kr Independence Movement Online Affairs

Korean Study of Confucian Classics EsatAsia Research Center, koco.skku.edu DB Sungkunkwan Univ. Jonkunkak jokbo.skku.edu Korean Genealogical Table Digital Library of NAMMYONG Library of Kyungsung nmh.gsnu.ac.kr Study Culture

Project 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

National Research Institute of Cultural Culture Heritage Research Information DB www.nricp.go.kr Heritage

Tripitaka Koreana Knowledgebase System Research Center for Tripitaka Koreana kb.sutra.re.kr Multimedia Encyclopedia for Jeju Culture and Jeju www.jejuro.go.kr Tourism 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 http://db.itkc.or.kr/itkcdb/mainIndexIfr Translation of Korean Classics Databases Institute for the Translation of Korean Classics ame.jsp

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

Korean Studies Information Databases of The Academy of Korean Studies yoksa.aks.ac.kr Jangseogak

Women’s History Knowledge System Korean Women’s Development Institute www.womenshistory.re.kr:7070/

Yugyonet (Confucianism) Korean Studies Advancement Center www.ugyo.net The History of Korean Independence The Independence Hall of Korea search.i815.or.kr/ Movement Online

Historical Personage(Joseon Dynasty-朝鮮)

Research for Digital Humanities Ministry 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 () 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 Dr. Yoon, S.Y Institution (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 & Information Science Prof. Chung, E. K Technology () Computer Science Prof. Kim, J. M (Daejin University) Funding National Research Dr. Jeong, J. K Foundation Thank you for your attention!