Kyongju is South Korea's preeminent "culture city," an urban site
rich with archaeological wonders that residents compare to those of
Nara, Xian, and Rome. By examining these ancient objects in
relation to the controversies that engulfed South Korea's
high-speed railway line when it was first proposed in the 1990s,
"Kyongju Things" offers a grounded and theoretically sophisticated
account of South Korean development and citizenship in the last
quarter of the twentieth century. Its sensitivity to issues of
place, knowledge, and cultural heritage and its innovative use of
network theory will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in
anthropology, Asian studies, the history of science and technology,
cultural geography, urban planning, and political science.
Robert Oppenheim is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at the
University of Texas at Austin.
"A tale of South Korea's new politics involving antiquarians,
weekend hikers, activists, and entrepreneurs, told with wit and
theoretical sophistication."
---Laurel Kendall, Curator, Division of Anthropology, American
Museum of Natural History
"In "Kyongju Things," Robert Oppenheim employs an innovative
theoretical blend to insightfully illuminate the interactions of
agency and objects in the making of a 'place.'"
---Roger L. Janelli, Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian
Languages and Cultures and Department of Folklore and
Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
""Kyongju Things" is responsible, pathbreaking, and ambitious,
with a stunning and welcoming introduction . . . Oppenheim calls
upon a theoretical tool kit that allows him to productively
re-think place, locality, technology, things, and subjectivity in
waysthat really do challenge the existing scholarship on South
Korea. "Kyongju Things" will make a splash in Korean
studies."
---Nancy Abelmann, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and author of "Echoes of the Past,
Epics of Dissent: A South Korean Social Movement"
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