scholarly journals A Game for the Global North: The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang and South Korean Cultural Politics

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-124
Author(s):  
Jung Woo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Politics ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
Global North

Ice Dancing to Arirang in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games: The Intersection of Music, Identity, and Sport

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Doo Jae Park ◽  
Na Ri Shin ◽  
Synthia Sydnor ◽  
Caitlin Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Folk Song ◽  
Racial Ideology ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
Cultural Classification ◽  
Cultural Taste

This cultural-interpretive essay offers critical commentary on Koreanness, racial ideology, hegemonic racial power, and racialized cultural taste with the aim of interpreting the sport–music nexus by examining a case of the interface between music and sport: The authors focus on the case of the Olympic ice dance that the South Korean team performed for the Korean traditional folk song Arirang at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. The authors argue that music and sport can be understood as a semiological system that shapes non-Whites’ ideological belief system. In addition, this essay engages with a discussion of cultural classification that often racializes skaters of color as the aforementioned are informed by Orientalism.

scholarly journals A winter sport mega-event and its aftermath: A critical review of post-Olympic PyeongChang

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 745-752
Author(s):  
Jung Woo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
High Opportunity Cost ◽  
Sporting Activities ◽  
Community Sports

Almost two years have passed since the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, and this small rural province has now fully returned to its ordinary routine. In this viewpoint article, I present a critical review of the aftermath of PyeongChang 2018. This short essay focuses on three areas: (a) environmental damage and its restoration process, (b) the construction of the sport facilities and their use after the event, and (c) the sustainability of social infrastructure built for the Winter Olympics. The critical appraisal of the post-Olympic PyeongChang reveals that first, the winter sporting competition is more likely to degrade the natural environment surrounding the Olympic venues than its summer counterpart. Second, winter sporting activities such as ski jumping and bobsled are less likely to develop into community sports due to specific equipment and skills required. Finally, because of this comparatively high opportunity cost, the Winter Olympic Games is an excessively expensive event to host. The 2018 Winter Olympic Games may be seen as South Korean cultural diplomacy at its best. Yet, underneath this South Korean winter fantasy, symptoms of post-Olympic tensions, degeneration, and unfulfilled obligations remain.

scholarly journals Experiences of the Emergency Department at the Pyeongchang Polyclinic During the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwangmin Kim ◽  
Ji Young Jang ◽  
Gilseong Moon ◽  
Hongjin Shim ◽  
Pil Young Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Winter Olympic Games

The Impacts of the Winter Olympic Games on SPORT Tourism: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Xuefeng Bai ◽  
Hongbum Shin ◽  
Soonhwan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Sport Tourism ◽  
Winter Olympic Games

Differences of perception between private and public officers in an organizing committee concerning stakeholders of an international sporting event

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-142
Author(s):  
Taeyeon Oh ◽  
Jihyeon Oh ◽  
Junhee Kim ◽  
Kisung Dennis Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
Research Questions

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the perception of public and private officers of stakeholder at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games 2018. This event was selected as the subject of this research as it is the most recent mega-scale international sporting event and, given that the organizing committee (OC) is currently operating, it afforded a unique opportunity to investigate the staff of the organization. To clarify the research questions, this research identified stakeholders of Olympic Games.Design/methodology/approachThe research questions were examined by a stakeholder analysis that measured and compared perceptions conducted according to the stakeholder theory (Freeman, 2010) and previous research (Naraine et al., 2016).FindingsThis study identifies eight stakeholders of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games: the OC, the International Olympics Committee, National Olympic Committee, central government, local government, media, sponsors and non-government organizations. The authors pointed out that public officers are more sensitive to the opinions and movements of community members than private staff. Conversely, the authors found that the private staffs regard the media and influential stakeholders as more important compared with public officers.Originality/valueBased on the findings from the Olympics committee, this study contributes to the academic literature related to sporting events and their stakeholders by providing the most up-to-date identification of stakeholders.

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