For a Better Gijang | |||
작성자 | Department of External Cooperation | 작성일 | 2016-09-29 |
조회수 | 2728 |
For a Better Gijang | |||||
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Department of External Cooperation | ![]() |
2016-09-29 | ![]() |
2728 |
For a Better Gijang
On the 8th this month, Pukyong National University announced that a project name “Find the Answer of the Future on the Old Roads” was selected as one of the supporting business for city of the humanities by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF). The project aims to enhance the quality of life of the people of Gijang-gun in relation to the humanities. For Gijang-gun, one third of the entire Busan region, it has been pointed out that it needed to build stronger ties between the communities, since the area was going through drastic changes due to the rapid influx of the population to the Jeongwan Newtown, causing cultural and economic differences between local and new people, farmers and urbanites. To help with this issue in line with the business by NRF, PKNU seeks communication and cooperation between the people of Gijang area by developing common historic and cultural identity and creating sense of unity through various efforts to restore the meaning of remaining roads in Gijang-gun. PKNU is expected to be funded KRW 600 million, KRW 300 million each from the NRF and Gijang-gun, for the next three years to provide various humanities education programs, ranging from lecture to activity and festival, as follows: Lectures - First Step Humanities for Children and Parents - Youth Humanities outside the Classroom - Youth Humanities in the School - Humanities for Adults Activities - Trip Down the Old Road - Pogu, Amhaengeosa, Bobusang - Adventure on the Road - Eobu, Seonin, Doyae Festivals - Life in Color – with three people from Gijang - Let’s Talk about Humanities - with Haenyeo, Korean resident in Sakhalin, female shaman - Humanities Academy – special lecture on the Silk Road, The Jehol Diary, Seoyukeonmunrok - Humanities Mobile Film Festival This project is supported by the PKNU’s Lifelong Learning Center, Haeundae Office of Educataion, Gijang Social Welfare Center, Gijang Cultural Institute, Gijang Local Culture Research Center, Jeongwan Museum, Research Group of Pottery Official of Gijang, and Gongsu Fishing Village Society. Professor Chae Young-hee, chief of the project, said, “We will do our utmost effort to provide better way for Gijang people to live happier life, and also to make Gijang-gun more valuable home for them.” <Pukyong Today> |