Gwangju Peeps, KOTESOL Peeps: Where Are They Now?

Expats are a quite transitory group. Many are very active in their adopted community, and then one day they are gone. You lose touch with them, and as the saying goes, “Out of sight, out of mind.” Well, what we have done is contact a number of former Gwangju residents who were also active members of the Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Chapter and asked them what they are up to now and how their experience here, including their KOTESOL experience, may have helped them in life after Gwangju.

Making Filmmaking Personal: An Interview with Roberto Santaguida

Roberto Santaguida is a Canadian filmmaker working extensively in the field of documentary and experimental films. He completed his studies in film production at Concordia University, and his work has been screened at more than 400 international festivals, some of which are the Tampere Film Festival in Finland, the CPH:DOX in Denmark, the Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil in Brazil, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival in the United States, and Message to Man in Russia.

Curriculum-Building for Student Workshops

“I decided to focus on just three important elements: choosing a topic, planning, and audience experience.”

Fun & Free: Creating Multilinguals at the GIC Korean–Chinese Language Exchange

“It is definitely the most genuine and wholehearted language exchange program you could ever wish to experience.”

2021 Online Human Rights Education Training Program for Sustainable and Inclusive Communities: A Human Rights Education Program

“The course was a good opportunity to look at the struggles that nations, cities, and individuals have been through when building a human rights city culture.”

The Music Maker

Karly Pierre Writes About The Art Of Traditional Korean Instrument Crafting And It’s Importance In Korea’s Cultural Identity

Dance Is for Everyone

On Sunday, March 11, the GIC hosted a dance workshop entitled “Interpretive Dance Does not Exist… Or does it?” Angie Hartley, a dancer who currently works as an English teacher with the EPIK program here in Gwangju, led the participants through a variety of movement-based exercises.