Jeongeup-si Selected for 'Humanities City Support Project' in Collaboration with Jeonbuk National University

Published 09 Jul.2021 13:19(KST)

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeongeup City, Jeonbuk Province (Mayor Yoo Jinseop) announced on the 9th that it has been finally selected for the ‘2021 Humanities City Support Project’ together with Jeonbuk National University.

The city will receive a project fund of 420 million KRW from the national government and collaborate with Jeonbuk National University to establish a human network for the popularization of the humanities.

Also, together with Jeonbuk National University, the city plans to discover and disseminate local humanities assets over three years under the theme of ‘Jeongeup, a Humanities City where the Five Fragrances (Ohyang) Live and Breathe.’

Jeongeup’s unique excellent content, the five fragrances of Jeongeup?Inhyang (human fragrance), Hwahyang (flower fragrance), Seonghyang (sound fragrance), Juhyang (alcohol fragrance), and Mihyang (taste fragrance)?will be developed as humanities assets.

Starting this September, humanities lectures and special planned lectures will be held 60 times annually for three years targeting Jeongeup citizens and students to contribute to the popularization of the humanities.

The city plans to operate the ‘Ohyang Experience Program,’ which directly delivers various content to elementary, middle, and high school students in the region. Citizen participation humanities festivals, lectures, exhibitions, and Book-Concerts will be held, along with field trips and experiential activities.

The Humanities City Support Project, hosted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea, is a project to build human networks between local communities and universities, discover local humanities assets, and develop various humanities culture programs.

It is promoted to improve local residents’ understanding and accessibility to humanities assets and to provide citizens with opportunities to engage with the humanities.

Mayor Yoo Jinseop said, “I hope this will be an opportunity for citizens to become familiar with the humanities through discovering local humanities assets and various programs such as lectures and experiences via networks between universities and local communities.”