The May 18 Democratic Movement Approaches Citizens Through 'Music and Literature'

5·18 Foundation Holds Monthly 'May Memory Forum'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] An online program for students and citizens will be held to provide diverse understanding and approaches to the May 18 Democratic Movement.

The May 18 Memorial Foundation announced on the 10th that from this month, it will hold the "May Memory Forum" every month from musical, communal, and literary perspectives.

First, on the 12th, Professor Choi Yujun (Honam Research Institute, Chonnam National University) will give a lecture titled "Songs of May and the Voice of Translocal Solidarity."

Based on aesthetics, emotional research, and cultural theory, the lecture will pose questions such as how the "songs remembering May" spread after May 18 and resonated as voices of solidarity, and how the songs of May should be heard and sung today, 40 years later.

As a pre-performance, young artists will introduce some of the 14 songs from the remake project of people's songs titled "I Was Born After '80."

On the 22nd of next month, Professor Kang Incheol (Hanshin University) will give a lecture on the theme "Communitas, Liminality, and Social Drama of May Gwangju," and on May 7, a dialogue with writer Lim Cheolwoo of "Spring Day" and the 2021 May 18 Literary Award winner is scheduled.

The "May Memory Forum" will be broadcast live on the official YouTube channel of the May 18 Memorial Foundation.

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