Wonyong Park

Wonyong Park

he/him

I study science education, teacher education and disaster justice

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).

Moderator

  • Wonyong Park, University of Southampton

Presenters

  • Ian Byrne, MP for Liverpool West Derby and Hillsborough survivor
  • Jiseong Lee, Bereaved mother of the Sewol Ferry disaster and Director of 4.16 Memory Archives
  • Eunhwa Lee, Archivist and Team Leader of the 4.16 Institute for Democratic Citizenship Education
  • Hanan Wahabi, Grenfell Tower fire survivor and member of the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission

Discussant

  • Phil Scraton, Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University Belfast

Recording

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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.

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.