Wonyong Park

Wonyong Park

he/him

I study science education, teacher education and disaster justice

GTMC Final Report

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This week, the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission published its final report Remembering Grenfell: Recommendations and next steps to a memorial. These recommendations are based on the views of survivors, families and residents, as well as case studies of other disaster memorials.

The report devoted two pages to a case study of the Sewol Ferry disaster in Korea. This case study is based on the meeting between Grenfell and Sewol families in London in January 2023, and the visit of Grenfell survivors Hanan Wahabi and Marcio Gomes to Ansan, Korea in June 2023. These exchanges have been supported by the TeachDisasters project.

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Sewol Ferry 10th Anniversary

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I was invited to speak at the conference “Making a Living Archive” to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster. The event was hosted by the 4.16 Institute of Democratic Citizenship Education, and brought together scholars from around the world with backgrounds in history, anthropology, education and memory studies.

Education and memorialisation for disaster justice webinar

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This online event brought together disaster survivors, educators, activists and academics to discuss issues of education, memorialisation and disaster justice. Speakers drew on their experiences in the context of the Hillsborough disaster (1989), the Sewol Ferry disaster (2014), and the Grenfell Tower fire (2017).

TeachDisasters at ESERA 2023

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Project members Wonyong Park, Andri Christodoulou and Yeonjoo Ko presented their work related to disaster education at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference in Cappadocia, Türkiye.

New BERA Blog

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I wrote a piece for the BERA Blog, by the British Educational Research Association, on the activities of the 4.16 Institute of Democratic Citizenship Education. This blog was written with the Sewol Ferry disaster activists and bereaved families.