아줌마와 그들의 디지털미디어 사용에 관한 이야기, The story about ajummas and their use of new media (e.g. smartphones)
I found this amazing drawing about ajumma by Amy Slatem on her blog. Yes they’re sometimes rude but I think they didn’t mean it. (:
And I really like her drawing but most of drawings or images about ajummas are not very ‘friendly’, I know and I understand.
Aspiring to become an old Korean ajumma (아줌마)? Here’s what you need to get going…
A post inspired by these many similar-looking elderly women I pass on the streets daily or have elbow-jabbing me in my ribs to get on the subway here in Korea.
“Those ajummas? They’re just ajummas!!! They’re just ajummas who cook rice!!!”
(in Korea we have rice everyday so she meant those non-regular school meal service workers (mostly ajummas) as ‘AJUMMAS WHO JUST COOK RICE RATHER TAHN PROFESSIONAL WORKERS’)
Those non-regular workers went on strike because they had been unfairly treated in their workplaces. About this, First Vice Floor Leader of the People’s Party Lee Eon-joo made off-the-record remarked to reporters about ajummas. She degraded ajummas as ajummas who just cook rice rather than professional workers. This is so disappointing because our society (even Lee is an ajumma I can say) still have biased view about ajummas.
Do you think ajummas can’t be professional?
What do you mean they’re just ajummas?
Ajummas are just people who cook rice? (And what’s wrong with people who cook rice then?)
She shouldn’t say like that. NEVER!!! Ajummas are not different group of people as people like you, rather you’re also an ajumma. And what do you think about ajummas? She has strong gender stereotypes about ajummas I think. How can you lead and change our society with that prejudiced mind and thinking?
I will make a web doc for smart ajumma project. I’m now looking for a web doc tool to produce smart ajumma web doc.
Exciting!!!
02/05/2017, A Selfie Ajumma
This folder is for ‘An illustrated of Korean Smart Ajumma’.
이 폴더는 앞으로 ‘스마트아줌마 도감’이 업로드될 예정입니다.
Enjoy! 감사합니다!
It’s been almost 1 year since I’ve submitted my PhD project. Now I’m waiting for the graduation ceremony in this Dec. YAY!!!
I planned to start doing a new project from this year but I haven’t started it yet because there’re so many things to be done by end of May. But I will try to start doing a new project asap. Also I should keep writing blog entries as well. FOR SURE!!
About this project: https://smart-ajumma.com/2016/03/03/digital-ppal-let-ter-project/
http://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2017/03/15/story_n_15378500.html
(허핑턴포스트코리아 인터뷰기사 링크)
http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/786599.html
(한겨레 인터뷰기사 링크)
http://www.ize.co.kr/articleView.html?no=2017031922287238243
(IZE magazine 인터뷰기사 링크)
(image from: http://www.ize.co.kr/articleView.html?no=2017031922287238243)
(images from: http://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2017/03/15/story_n_15378500.html)
누구보다 할머니 인스타스타의 탄생이 반가운 사람중에 한명이 바로 나이다. 그분의 인스타와 유툽비디오를 구독하며 하루하루 즐겁고 유쾌한 70이 넘은 할머니의 일상을 들여다보는일이 매우 기분좋다. 하지만 왜 ‘할머니’인스타스타가 이렇게 특별난 일이 되었어야 하는지에 대한 생각도 동시에 들게 된다. (사실 아직까지 ‘아줌마’인스타스타는 찾아보기 힘들다.)
더 많은 아줌마와 할머니, 아저씨와 할아버지들을 sns의 세계로 모실수 있는 방법은 뭐가 있을까? 단순히 ‘할머니가 하는 인스타’라서 신기함으로 끝날 것이 아니라, 그동안 대부분의 sns가 youth와 젊은층에 포커스를 맞추고 있었다면, 이제는 그 세대들을 벗어난 다른 세대들까지도 흥미를 느낄 수 있는 그런 sns의 필요성이 더욱더 간절해진다.
그래도, 이렇게 ‘할머니’ 인스타스타는 정말 반가운 일이다. (인터뷰 요청을 해봤지만 역시 요즘에 가장 핫한 분이셔서 DM을 읽기도 바쁘신가보다. 내가 직접하는 인터뷰가 아니더라도 다양한 매체에서 박막례 할머님의 인터뷰를 실어주셔서, 그분에 대해 좀 더 알 수 있게 된것을 감사드린다)
즐거운 연구 또 하고 싶다.
Oh My God!!! I’m so exciting to see this ‘Grandma’s Diary’ Youtube channel. I really like and find a variety of Korean Youtubers and watching their videos whenever I have spare time. And it was rare to find an ajumma Youtuber…BUT I found an amazing Youtuber today and the title of her channel is ‘Grandma’s Diary (박막례 할머니, Grandma Mak-Rye Park)’. The title is Grandma’s diary but I think she could be considered as an ajumma, too.
There is no subtitle for non-Korean speakers yet but you can understand what she’s saying through watching her videos. In the video that I share below shows that grandma Park explains how she does makeup for meeting a dentist. She is so lovely!
I keep watching her videos!
I went to Hongdae (Hongik University district in Seoul) and everyplace swarmed with people. There are a variety of shops, cafes, restaurants and small galleries in Hongdae area so I sometimes visit there to see what’s going on. (because cafes and shops are changing frequently) And on the street, I found so many street stalls are selling ‘mobile phone cases’ with various designs and characters. People in Korea keep changing their mobile phones cases because they think the cases are one of fashion accessories. So if you’re in Korea, especially in Seoul you can see many street stalls that sell mobile phone cases.
I read several journal articles before that are about the relationship between mobile phone accessories and personality. And I also agree that those mobile phone accessories are certainly showing every personality. So it might be interesting to investigate how different mobile phone cases characterise each person. (and what differences between different countries, culture, gender and etc.) And there will be ‘Ajummas’ favourite mobile phone cases, too!!!
Mangchi Ajumma, Emily Kim is a famous YouTuber who cook Korean food. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1992 with her family. She was almost addicted to computer gaming and spent her time at home after coming back from work. One day, her family recommended her spend time productively such as producing a cooking video rather than just playing computer game all day. So she started produce Korean food cooking video on YouTube and the number of subscribers of her channel are increasing dramatically.
In her video, she speaks English with her characteristic Korean accent. (no offence, I think her unique accent highlight her unique character of Korean American ajumma in her videos) Also her hair, fashion and makeup style tells how unique Mangchi Ajumma is! In the videos, she introduced so many dishes of Korean food and she explained ‘how to cook’ Korean food in easier ways than any other cook books, both for Koreans and foreigners.According to New York Times, it describes her as ‘Korean Julia Child!’
She also published a cookbook that is titled ‘Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking‘. And there is her own website, ‘www.maangchi.com‘. (You can watch all the Maangchi ajumma’s Korean cooking videos, information about Korean ingredients, (ingredients glossary) and any other useful information related to Korean culture, especially Korean food culture)).
I really want to interview this lovely maangchi ajumma someday soon.
This is very exciting example of smart ajumma, I can tell.
오늘 병원에서 겪은 일.
내 뒤의 할머니는 병원안에서 할아버지를 잃어버렸고, 할아버지를 찾아달라며 안내데스크에 부탁했다. 얼마 지나지 않아서 보안업체 직원이 할머니곁에 와서 할아버님의 인상착의에 대해 여쭤봤다.
“키가 좀 크고, 머리가 희끗희끗하고 파란 점퍼를 입고…” 할머니의 설명이 이어졌고 보안업체 직원은 알겠다고 자리를 떠났다가 이내 곧 다시 돌아와서는,
“할머니, 혹시 할아버님 사진 갖고 계세요? 저한테 지금 카톡으로 보내주세요!” (전화번호를 알려드리며)
그렇게 받은 할아버님의 사진을 그 자리에서 바로 병원안의 모든 보안업체분들에게 보냈고, 할머니께
“조금만 기다리시면 할아버님 찾아드릴겁니다. 걱정마세요”
그렇게 시간이 얼마 되지 않아 정말 할아버님을 모시고 또 다른 보안업체 직원분이 오셨다. 정말 다행이다. 이럴때 스마트폰이 참 좋구나.
스마트 아줌마 Smart Ajumma 