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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/aphasia-between-historical-gap
 s-and-languages-universality/
SUMMARY:Aphasia in Post-socialist Memoryscape: Russian Speech Communities a
 t the Limit of Korea
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored with the Korea Institute\n\nThis talk focuses on a
  young boy's aphasic problem from a Russophone Korean family in South Kore
 a. Drawing on my previous ethnographic research among Russophone Koreans (
 Koryo Saram) over the past two decades\, I briefly present historical and 
 cultural contexts regarding their linguistic and cultural transformations 
 since the early 20th century. On one hand\, there was a remarkable change 
 for the Korean nation\, fragmented across state borders\, and the return o
 f these overseas Koreans\, especially Russophone Koreans\, who witness and
  testify to these historical changes more acutely. However\, globalization
 \, which has proceeded towards the rigidification of the nation-state syst
 em\, hardly allows space for historical narratives for Russophone Koreans.
  Tentatively\, these are the historical and cultural gaps I refer to. On t
 he other hand\, Roman Jakobson suggested and believed in the universality 
 of human language. His utopian vision of human languages\, seemingly roote
 d in his experience of the Russian Revolution\, turns to children's langua
 ge learning as a human universal. Notably\, his work on aphasia was mainly
  carried out in exile in Sweden on his way to the United States. What\, th
 en\, is the link between the historical context and his interest in childr
 en's aphasia?
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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