Project: Performing Collaborative Public Counter-Memory: The Jeju 4.3 in Korean Theatre and Performance
This project examines how South Korean theatre and performance document, remember, and reinterpret the Jeju 4.3 Massacre, a tragic event of state-sponsored violence from 1947 to 1954. Through an interdisciplinary analysis of theatrical productions, exhibitions, and public performances, Dr. Jeong explores how performance art resists official narratives and fosters public counter-memory, transforming past trauma into a catalyst for social and political discourse.