SIBF 2025 18-22 June, 2025 l COEX Halls A & B1
Book Talk/Seminar
Theme Seminar
What does it mean to live?
There are important keywords in life.
Labor, technology, cooperation, and coexistence.
We all live our own lives, but in reality, we are all involved in each other's lives.
When the values of life mesh as a complete cog, we will encounter "Houyhnhnm" as an ideal world.
Art in the Age of AI through the Eyes of the Humanities
In an era where artificial intelligence is accelerating and leading the world, What direction should art take? We discuss the value of art today with media artist Kwon Byung-jun, who won the 2023 Artist of the Year Award for his performance using robots, and poet and art sociologist Shim Bo-seon, who suggests the direction of art with an edgy perspective.
ㅣSpeaker: Kwon Byung-jun (Media artist), Shim Bo-seon (Poet, Art Sociologist)
ㅣModerator: Hong Sung-ook (Professor of Science Stuides at Seoul National University)
- Date/Time: June 26 (Wed) 16:30 – 18:00
- Location: Readers Hall 1
The World of Physics that Shook the World: “Three-Body Problem”
The Netflix drama
ㅣSpeaker: Kim Sang-wook (Physicist), Orbit (Science communicator)
ㅣModerator: Park Sang-joon (Director at Seoul Science Fiction Archive)
- Date/Time: June 28 (Fri) 14:30 - 16:00
- Location: Book Salon
Cultural Exchange between Oman and Korea: 50 Years of Friendship and Cooperation
This event commemorates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Oman. It examines cultural exchanges that have taken place over half a century since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1974, along with the ancient trade in the 7th century between the Silla Dynasty and Oman. The aim is to explore future avenues for desirable cooperation between the two nations.
ㅣSpeaker: Lee Hee-soo (Honorary professor of Cultural Anthropology Department at Hanyang University), Mohammed bin Khalfan AlYahyai (Writer, Researcher, Ph.D. in political history and Oman's ruling)
- Date/Time: June 29 (Sat) 16:00 – 17:30
- Location: Readers Hall 1
Awakening from Pseudowork
When you do nothing during your working hours while working, but you're busy and wasting time pointlessly, it's called Pseudowork. The rationality of the modern world and the advent of technology have advanced humanity, but they have also created more labor To answer the question, Why do we work so much? we must first look at our reality. Dennis Nørmark, co-author of Pseudowork, and Korean sociologist Yang Seung-hoon discuss the absurdity of what we believed as work, what our real labor is, and how we can reclaim it.
ㅣSpeaker: Dennis Nørmark (Writer, Anthropoloigst)
ㅣModerator: Yang Seung-hoon (Professor of Sociology Department at Kyungnam University)
- Date/Time: June 30 (Sun) 14:00 - 15:30
- Location: Readers Hall 1
