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The Life and Thought of a Farmer Who Wrote the History of His Village: The Oral Life History of Seyeong Lee who wrote “Saemaŭl Movement of P'ungdŏk Village”
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마을역사책을 쓴 어느 농민의 생애와 생각- 『풍덕마을의 새마을운동』을 쓴 이세영 옹의 구술 생애사 -

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국민대학교 한국학연구소 한국학논총 한국학논총 제44권 KCI Accredited Journals
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2015.1
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341 - 376 (36page)

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The Life and Thought of a Farmer Who Wrote the History of His Village: The Oral Life History of Seyeong Lee who wrote “Saemaŭl Movement of P'ungdŏk Village”
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This research seeks to shed light on South Korea’s rural modernization drive from the vantage point of farmers, whose own accounts, neglected for so long, show that they had been taking various reformist initiatives for the betterment of their communities well before the touted Saemaŭl(“New Village”) Movement of the Park Chung Hee government. In reconstructing such a bottom-up narrative, I focus on a series of local histories written by an 86-year-old farmer from P'ungdŏk Village of North Ch'ungch'ŏng Province. I also note his oral life history. Not exactly an educated man, the author attended elementary school under Japanese colonial rule and spent most of his life farming in his home village. His records offer a valuable glimpse into the experiences and historical consciousness of farmers, who were no mere receptacle of government policies. While acknowledging major trends in official direction at the national level, this farmer-author proudly documents his village's reformist path in its own right. Nowhere is the sense of pride and self-motivation stronger than in his description of the 1946-70 years, which clearly predated the government -directed Saemaŭl Movement. In chronicling his village’s modern century, the author highlights two important junctures. First and foremost was the formation in 1906 of self-help societies where the members, amid the breakdown of the traditional order, strove to strengthen communal ties in coping with the uncertainties attendant to the tumultuous changes under colonization and modernization. The other was the formation in 1946 of Kyemonghoe("Enlightenment Society"), whose young leaders campaigned to drive out illiteracy and subsequently expanded their activities by bringing in such modern institutions as the radio, PA systems, and co-ops. It was his experience of city living that made such changes in the village. Before he settled down in his hometown, he lived in downtowns and participated in boy scout activities. With the modern media he brought from the city, his experience of city living was the engine of modernization of the village.

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