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Swinging a Striking Hammer for the Future of the Earth
The story of “Moon Man“ is set in our near future, where space capabilities already drastically surpassed today’s expectations. The movie initiates its narrative by presenting us and mankind with an apocalyptic threat …
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On Doomsday Book (인류멸망보고서, 2012)
On March 18, 2026, during the second event in the “Visions of the Future in East Asian Cinema” series, Team Korea invited the audience to consider an important question: how do East Asian societies envision, plan …
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Perspectives on the future in the Taiwanese film “Marry my Dead Body”
In contrast to the other films discussed in this blog series, “Marry My Dead Body” can hardly be fitted into …
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Welcome to the Future! A Retrospective on our “Metropolis” Viewing Event
When we think about the future, we rarely do so in a vacuum. Our visions of what is to come are deeply …
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Review: Publishing Workshop by Prof. Hyung-Gu LYNN
On 8 December 2025, Mercator Fellow Prof. Hyung-Gu Lynn, PhD, conducted an online publishing workshop for the first cohort of the Research Training Group. Owing to a tight schedule in October and the RTG’s international …
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Review: Equal Opportunity Event 2025
On December 4, 2025, GRK 2833 hosted its annual Equal Opportunity Event, which this year took place online and featured Associate Professor Dr. Hongwei BAO (University of Nottingham), delivering a lecture and …