[KS] Distinguished Lecture Series: Urban Renewal in Pyongyang: Making Fieldwork in a Closed Context

[Charlotte Hammond]

*Apologies for cross-posting*

Dear all,



You are warmly invited to the following Distinguished Lecture Series held
by the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies on Tuesday 5th March at 5:00 pm.


*Scottish Centre for Korean Studies*

* Distinguished Lecture Series*



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*Urban Renewal in Pyongyang: Making Fieldwork in a Closed Context*



Manon Prud'homme

(EHESS, Paris)



*Tuesday 5th March*

*1700 – 1900*

*Lecture Theatre B, 40 George Square*



*Abstract: *Manon Prud’homme will discuss the consequences of the “Arduous
March” and the reconfigurations afterwards that affected the structure of
Pyongyang itself by analyzing new urban projects, especially those
constructed after Kim Jong Un’s rise to power in 2011. After North Korea
went through its biggest economic crisis since the Korean War in the 1990s,
referred to by its government as the “Arduous March”, the public
distribution system collapsed and North Koreans were forced to adopt
alternate strategies to survive. Black markets appeared and multiplied
nationwide. In this context, marketization and monetization began in North
Korea. Pyongyang had no choice but to adapt its political strategy in order
to respond to its population’s changed conceptions and demands of living
standards. As a result, since the mid-2010s, Pyongyang’s cityscape has been
completely reconfigured, similar to other post-socialist cities, with the
construction of a series of residential districts in the historical
downtown areas. Manon Prud’homme will rely on an analysis of recent urban
development in Pyongyang since the 2010s in order to understand the
economic and social changes in North Korean society. Based on both her
research conducted in Pyongyang in 2016 and 2019, and on a variety of
methodological tools, the lecture will also review the research methods in
a “closed context”.



*Bio:** Manon Prud’homme* is a PhD candidate at the School of Advanced
Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris under the supervision of
Valérie Gelézeau. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Asian Studies in 2020
and her research focused on the development of leisure parks and the
evolution of leisure practices in Pyongyang. Her PhD research focuses on
urban renewal and the construction of new residential districts and social
change in Pyongyang since the “Arduous March” in the 1990s. Manon
Prud’homme stayed twice for a month in Pyongyang, in 2016 and 2019, as a
coordinator of a group of French students and as a student at the Kim Il
Sung University.

The event is free, and registration is not required.

We look forward to seeing some of you there.



Best wishes,

Charlotte Hammond
PhD student in Korean Studies
Administrative Assistant, Scottish Centre for Korean Studies, University of
Edinburgh
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