Thoughts and Ideas

I will do a new project about my grandmother. (I haven’t started it yet because of revising my phd thesis and other stuff. But I will...

Image from http://m.media.daum.net/m/media/culture/newsview/20161031030413630 Ajummas also do ‘rapping’ not warpping. Recently, some of...

Twitter, some people say Twitter is not hot anymore, rather it is now considered as one of old fashioned social media. Within a small...

언제부턴가 세상은 날씬하고 예쁜 엄마를 요구하고 있다. 종편에 케이블에 원래 있던 지상파 채널까지, 거실소파에 앉아 선택할 수 있는 티비채널은 많아졌지만 사실 그 시간대에는 대개 비슷한 프로그램들이 그저 다른 채널을 타고 방송되고 있더라. 몸에...

Image from <http://m.blog.naver.com/eogkstkfkd07/220139510037> Happy Gaechunjeol (National Foundation Day of Korea)!!! I couldn’t write...

Nishimoto Kimoko (87). A 87-year-old Japanese grandmother stages herself In twisted selfies. In her portrait photos, I can find humor,...

I saw very good photos that were under the title of ‘Mobile moment’ from Facebook today. So I use that title for today’s blog entry. 페이스북...

이미지 출처: 조선일보 (http://news.chosun.com/) 어렸을때 티비에서는 한창 ‘썰렁 시리즈’가 인기였었다. 말그대로 썰렁개그는 웃지도 울지도 못하는, 리액션을 어떻게 해야하면 좋을지 고민하게 만드는 ‘썰렁’해지는 개그를 일컫는...

Recent heat waves have lasted almost one month in South Korea. We had to endure the tropical nights. In this heat I sank into a state of...

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Smart ajummas are watching DMB in the subway (Please do not use this photo without a permission!!! 사진의 무단도용, 게시 및 재가공을 금지합니다) I found...

I can hear so many ajummas call other middle-aged women as ‘Ajumma’. For example, middle-aged women customers (ajummas) call other...

I found some art project about ajummas. These exhibitions were already over but I would like share some images and webpage links with...

As I mentioned how the first-birthday party (Dol Jan-chi) is important in Korea, most of parents (especially mothers) prepare the...

What do you feel about the first-birthday party? Of course, I don’t remember my first-birthday party but I do know my parents,...

Yesterday, the bus tickets to Sokcho (a city close to the border with North Korea) were almost sold out. The news about Pokemon Go was...

Yes, I bet you know what selfie is. Selfie is a self-portrait photograph taken with digital camera or camera phone (e.g. smartphone). The...

LG Tromm washing machine is in Hong Do Kim’s Wash place (late 18th century), 2015 image from <http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=2...

스마트아줌마의 연구를 통해서 현재를 살아가는 우리의 아줌마들은 어쩌면 디지털 빨래터라는 공간에서 그들만의 소통을 이어가고 있는 것인지도 모른다고 생각했다. 그 생각을 크리에이티브 프로젝트로 표현해내기 위해 비디오로 만들었고 그렇게 스마트아줌마와...

I’m not sure whether I can write about the topic of ‘plastic surgery’ in this blog or not. But I think plastic surgery could be...