Songhak Maeul : community capacity building in marginalised neighbourhoods of Seoul

Križnik, Blaž (author)

Three decades ago, South Korean director Kim Dong-won made two important documentaries about the struggles and everyday life of the people of Songhak Maeul. Yet Songhak Maeul remains little-known as a successful case of community capacity building in a marginalised neighbourhood in Seoul. This article provides a historical background and explains the impact of market-driven urban redevelopment on neighbourhood communities in Seoul. It revisits community activism in Songhak Maeul and highlights some of its achievements and legacies that deserve closer attention as a reminder of the importance of resilient neighbourhood communities in the face of growing environmental and social challenges in cities.

• Language: English
• Keywords: collective action, community building, neighbourhood, resilient communities, South Korea, urban development
• Typology: 1.04 - Professional Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: 7 str.
• Numbering: Reports #5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-176115
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.25542/fpns-vk13
• Publication date in RUL: 21.11.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: CASIE blogs : a research blog on collective action, social innovation and resilient communities and cities
• Publisher: CASIE

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: družbeno delovanje, skupnostno povezovanje, soseska, odporne skupnosti, Južna Koreja, urbani razvoj

Projects

• Funder: EU - European Union
• Funding programme: NextGenerationEU
• Project number: MN-0017-581
• Name: Neighbourhood collective action and social innovation for resilient cities in East Asia and Europe
• Acronym: CASIE