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📌Wednesday, May 17 📌Hansung University
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Shall we look at, one by one, what was talked about?
💭Starting from the shared interest in books and libraries, Shaima described her time as a journalist in her home country and the reason she came to Korea. Mentioning the library in the neighborhood where she lives now, she left the wish that the students would think about what kind of library they want to build someday, and for whom.
💭Since he was meeting students of library and information science, Reza began the conversation by introducing the book genres he likes. After the conversation, one student shared the reflection that they had known about the discrimination refugees face in Korean society, but that talking with Reza made them realize refugees also face problems with education.
💭Freddy shared with the students the path that brought him from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Korea. He had known nothing at all about Korea before, and when the students said they did not know much about the Congo either, he introduced the many sides of the Congo. He also turned the question around and asked the students why they had come to study library and information science.
💭Drawing on his experience working in a bookstore in China, Deng Yunbi talked about China’s publishing system, which differs from Korea’s. One student asked, “You have been in Korea for a long time. Why is your Korean still not good?” We heard a frank answer from Deng Yunbi, who lives in a neighborhood with many migrants from China. He also carefully mentioned the prejudice and antipathy that Koreans hold toward Chinese people and that Chinese people hold toward Koreans, and they talked about the two countries, which are neighbors but do not know each other well.
