Global and Local Intersection of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Issue 1 (28th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kang, Myungkoo; Kim, Haeyeon
• Other Names: Tamari Tomoko guestEditor.; Featherstone Mike guestEditor.; Akiyoshi Mito specialEditor.; Shinohara Chika specialEditor.; Arita Shin specialEditor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of Japanese sociology. Volume 28:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 110
• Page End: 127
• Publication Date: 2019-03-28
• Subjects: 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics -- transnationalism -- East Asia; Sociology -- Japan -- Periodicals; Japan -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 301
• DOI: 10.1111/ijjs.12089
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0918-7545

Abstract

Abstract : The Olympics is not a space where the global and local are shown in two separate layers. It is where various sociopolitical conflicts of the hosting country bubble and surface from both levels. When the Olympic events were launched in East Asia they developed further in interaction with different cultural, political, and social backgrounds. This study pays attention to the diverse ways in which Olympic values are accepted and practiced. At the same time, it analyzes the perversion and limitations of Olympism ideals as displayed in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. This article focuses on specific changes that occurred in and around Korea along and after the PyeongChang Olympics and how the values of the global and local met without clashing with each other.