Why Start a Radio Show? Part 2: Priming a Cultural Ground

Yesterday we explained why in any cultural context, we people tend to only think of very objective things and products when it comes to “style.” We have an opportunity, through diverse media and creative forms, to broaden that perspective and understand how we are products of multi-faceted social climate around us.

So can we create forms of action to change our culture? Radio is a new medium for us because despite the technology having existed for such a long history, there are constantly innovative ways to apply the medium to new action. The political sphere is definitely new territory for advocacies.

Speaking on a Future

South Korea is a very traditional country where family values, levels of economic and social hierarchy, and social norms are enforced as unforgivingly as the monarchy we sustained for centuries before the 1900s. The country has only sustained a “democracy” (debatable under a number of our presidents) for a handful of decades and as such, exercising our 'democratic rights' is not an accustomed practice.

The significance of this is drastic as the country has yet to effectively approach major symptomatic issues such as a sexual violence, suicide, economic opportunity, social welfare, and so on. Infrastructurally, Korea is at the top among OECD nations. Socially (concerning citizen fulfillment and protection), it is consistently the lowest rated.

• New shifts of political engagement

Hansik House seeks to change this. We want to motivate people to act on their principles, to seek a better future of our country's children and society's health as a whole. The first step for us is encouraging open discussion, to break down the personal barriers that are enforced by social conditions.

• How do we deal with these concerns on the ground level?

Let me know what you think! We're trying to experiment with all forms of media to reach a larger audience and stimulate collective action. We've seen the incredible effort of a societal group during the past months, why not more collaborative efforts on all the things that affect us?

우리나라는 현재 기술,과학,의료, 교통수단 등 매우 앞서나가는 시스템을 갖추었습니다. 하지만 인프라를 제외한 소프트웨어적인 부분은 아직 개발중인 남미국가보다 아래 입니다. OCED 자살 1 위국가, 성형 1위 국가라는 타이틀을 부끄러워해 감추는 것을 멈춰야 합니다.

이제 우리는 엉켜있는 사회적 문제를 한국 스타일로 해결해 나가야 합니다. 다른 나라의 성공적 시스템 모방을 쫓으면 안됩니다. 서구 중심의 삶의 질을 추구 에서 나오는 삶의 괴리를 무너뜨려야 합니다. 어떻게요? 한국방식을 '재발견' 할 의무를 가지고 이런곳에 큰 관심을 가지고 굉장히 활동적으로 싸우며 추구해 나가야 합니다. 안보이는 곳에서 우리나라를 위해 일하시는 분들을 한분 한분 하이라이트 해야합니다.
한식 하우스에서는 일반 사람들과 이런 동기를 크게 키우고 싶습니다. 함께 대화해 봅시다 여러분. 긴 글 읽어주셔서 고맙습니다!

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