Language as an Organism: Minsook Kang (importing an alphabet)

In our last episode of the series “Language as an Organism”, artistic researcher Minsook Kang tells the story of how Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, got imported to the Cia-Cia tribe in Indonesia. Minsook was about to go on a field trip to Indonesia in order to dive further into her research when the coronavirus hit, so follow this story as it unravels political and cultural questions, historical significance, media misrepresentation, and a few yet-to-be answered questions. Minsook Kang’s website: http://www.minsookkang.com/ News clip from Arirang News: “10 years passed since indonesia’s Cia-Cia tribe adopted Hangeul” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOC1ccLSRlY Quest to Globalize Hangeul Raises Questions http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2010/01/177_59789.html Hosted by Yun Lee and Rae Parnell Produced by Hans Poel Music by Sro - Bring Back and Chad Crouch - Algorithms