SLIDE 1 Museums in dialogue
- Education, Silence and Affected Ignorance
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Korea and Japan -- Colonization Seodaemun Prison -- Kyoto Museum of World Peace and Yushukan Korea and USA -- The Korean War Seoul War Memorial Museum -- Smithsonian Museum of American History
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LINKS RESISTANCE TO COLONIZATION TO DEMOCRATIZATION
SLIDE 4 SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
An exhibit opened in 2010 under the funding of Ken Behring
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CENTRAL CONTEMPLATIVE AREA IN SEOUL MUSEUM
SLIDE 6 SCULPTURE AND IDENTITY
Small children are very common in all Korean military sites
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Museums commonly encourage children to reflect
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Seodaemun Prison History Hall
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Plaque in Seodaemun Prison
SLIDE 11 sound effects of Japanese brutality displayed matched by victim screams
2009
TORTURE CHAMBERS--MOVEMENT ACTIVATED
SLIDE 12 2010 2011
SEODAEMUN IS REVISED OFTEN
The third version of this prison recognizes very briefly its continued use by Korean autocrats
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One issue for difficult times is “collaboration”
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Kyoto Museum for World Peace
COMFORT WOMEN
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JAPANESE ARMY’S ROLE IN PROVOKING WAR
SLIDE 16 Yushukan, Museum at Yasukuni Shrine
Colonization by Western Powers opens the Yushukan narrative
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YUSHUKAN TEXTS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
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Seoul War Memorial and Museum
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World War II display
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Smithsonian Museum of American History
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THE PLAQUE NEXT TO A DIORAMA-- SEOUL WAR MEMORIAL
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Smithsonian
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Smithsonian
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Seoul War Memorial
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Students visiting in groups are photographed to make part of their remembrance process