Assessment procedures for Japanese Assessment guide for students with Japanese language knowledge, SOAS University of London
Jennifer Ayoade Jennifer is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS University of London.
Dr Tao Wang Tao Wang is a Research Associate at the Centre of Taiwan Studies, SOAS, and Lecturer in Political Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University.
New office revolutions: Tropes and technologies for open talk in South Korean offices since the 1980s 1980s South Korea saw many reports promising a 'new office revolution' or a 'new wind' that would dramatically change South Korean work life through automation (jadonghwa). Drawing on newspaper archives from the 1980s and 1990s, this presentation looks at some of the technological promises and narrative tropes that were used in this period to show how offices would allow greater connections to developed countries.