{"id":2539,"date":"2014-12-03T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2015-04-06T09:21:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T16:21:02","slug":"notebook-on-cities-and-cultures-korea-tour-plenty-to-offer-with-adrien-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=2539","title":{"rendered":"Notebook on Cities and Culture’s Korea Tour: Plenty to Offer with Adrien Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"adrienlee\"Notebook on Cities and Culture‘s Korea Tour is brought to you by Daniel Murphy, David Hayes, and <\/em>The Polar Intertia Journal<\/a>, an outlet for artists and researchers documenting the urban condition.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Seoul’s Arirang building, Colin talks with Adrien Lee, host of Arirang TV’s\u00a0Showbiz Korea<\/em> and Arirang radio’s\u00a0Catch the Wave<\/em>.\u00a0They discuss how he first reacted to the sight of all the branches of Paris Baguette, Tout les Jours, and Ciel de France in Seoul; how he got from industrial engineering studies in France to television and radio in Korea (and why he isn’t looking back); what Korean culture he could get exposure to growing up in France; how few complications his background introduced into his childhood; how his French mom met, and learned to speak Korean before meeting, his Korean dad; the Korean dream of Paris, France, and Europe; the constant change in Korea, the “exciting hell,” versus the unchanging\u00a0stability of\u00a0France, the “boring heaven”; what Koreans ask him when they find out he comes from France; how he grew up speaking a mother tongue, a father tongue, and a school tongue; how he teaches Korean language with Hyunwoo Sun<\/a>, and why he finds people start studying it; how Korean people make the study of Korean interesting (in slight contrast to the situation with French); how he adapts his behavior to different cultures; the elements of Korean popular culture he personally enjoys, even when he doesn’t have to talk about them for work; the sort of Korean food you get in Paris; the things you wouldn’t expect that Korea, but not France, puts into bread; what has surprised him about the strengths of Korean culture, including the Korean women’s golf performance; the convenience of Seoul’s safety, 24\/7 culture, and ease of leaving your laptop out at the coffee shop when you get up to use the bathroom; whether Korea and France can learn from one another’s priorities; whether Seoul has become an international city in the Parisian manner; where he takes visiting friends and relatives in Seoul; what first steps to take toward Korean culture before coming here; and how to keep up with his broadcasts, wherever you may live.<\/p>\n

Download the interview\u00a0<\/span>here as an MP3<\/a>\u00a0or on\u00a0<\/span>iTunes<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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