{"id":3428,"date":"2026-07-20T10:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/?page_id=3428"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:57:56","slug":"hae-seo-kim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/hae-seo-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"Hae-Seo Kim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am interested in how scientific and technological developments incite political mobilization. Specifically, I have studied how the proliferation of outer space infrastructures in South Korea shape new forms of political mobilization. I have conducted ethnographic research with space activists in South Korea organizing against the militarization of outer space and instead advocating for peaceful interaction with outer space and environmental sustainability. I also research local cosmologies of outer space in South Korea, especially Korean shamanic and animistic ways of engaging outer space and have conducted fieldwork with shamans and astrology readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I situate my work in the interdisciplinary worlds of science and technology studies (STS), political anthropology, environmental anthropology, space studies, Korean studies, and the anthropology of religion. I plan to continue to research the relationship between science, politics, and environment in South Korea and beyond. Currently, I am working on a book manuscript based on my doctoral dissertation titled \u201cCosmological Care: Politics of Caring for Outer Space in South Korea.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BA. Vassar College. Political Science; Correlate in Asian Studies. 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MA. University of London, Goldsmiths. Art and Politics. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MA. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. History. 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PhD. University of California, Irvine. Sociocultural Anthropology. 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Journal Articles and Book Chapters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, Hae-Seo. 2026. \u201cDevelopmental New Space in South Korea: Militarized Developmentalism and the Privatization of Outer Space.\u201d <em>Science, Technology &amp; Human Values<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, Hae-Seo. Forthcoming. \u201cPlacing Stars in Urban Jeju: Shamanism and Cosmology of Space.\u201d In <em>Off-Earth Atlas<\/em>, edited by Istvan Praet, Perig Pitrou, Victor Buchli, David Jeevendrampillai, Delphine Mercier, and Gerald Sim. Intellect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, Hae-Seo. 2025. \u201cDivining South Korea\u2019s Space Age through Korean Shamanism and Astrology.\u201d In <em>Exploring Ethnography of Outer Space: Methods and Perspectives<\/em>, edited by Jenia Gorbanenko, David (Jeeva) Jeevendrampillai, Adryon Kozel. Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public Scholarship (Selected)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, Hae-Seo. 2025. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.culanth.org\/fieldsights\/discarded-candidates-an-interview-with-dr-tanya-jakimow\">Discarded Candidates: An Interview with Dr.Tanya Jakimow.<\/a>\u201d Supplementals, <em>Fieldsights<\/em>, Society for Cultural Anthropology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, Hae-Seo. 2024. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.culanth.org\/fieldsights\/grinding-the-soul-an-interview-with-euyryung-jun\">Grinding the Soul: An Interview with Dr.EuyRyung Jun.<\/a>\u201d Supplementals, <em>Fieldsights<\/em>, Society for Cultural Anthropology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, Hae-Seo. 2024. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressian.com\/pages\/articles\/2024102415465699063\">Colonization and Decolonization of Outer Space<\/a>,\u201d Pressian News, (Korean).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, Hae-Seo. 2024. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropology-news.org\/articles\/haunting-technoscientific-futures-in-south-korea\/\">Haunting Technoscientific Futures in South Korea<\/a>,\u201d Anthropology News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, Hae-Seo. 2024. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.culanth.org\/fieldsights\/astro-colonialism-conversation-with-willi-lempert\">Astro-colonialism: A Conversation with William Lempert<\/a>.\u201d Anthropod, Society for Cultural Anthropology, March 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society I am interested in how scientific and technological developments incite political mobilization. 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