tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post2571811806292680740..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Korea's USPKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-91798151483146420272011-02-01T11:18:20.755+09:002011-02-01T11:18:20.755+09:00Stony Brook does in fact have a Manhattan campus--...Stony Brook does in fact have a Manhattan campus--it opened up in 2002 (thank you Wikipedia!).<br /><br />It's not the fact that Stony Brook is necessarily so far from Manhattan, it's just that the idea of <i>working</i> in Lawn Guy Land and <i>living</i> in the city is weird. Usually it's the other way around, and I imagine that if I were to somehow end up at the main Stony Brook campus, I'd probably live somewhere nearby rather than in the city--and I'm really not super keen on returning to the island.<br /><br />But, like I said, all options are still open. I suspect that I'm going to end up having to jump at rare opportunities rather than being able to pick and choose.<br /><br />As for Mike's post, I finally did read it, and I think he makes some good points, especially when he says that no one cares about the sort of things Korea tries to hype. I also agree that Korea should not try to take on her "opponents" in their areas of strength, and I think he has some keen insight on Koreans' perceptions of foreigners. And now, after actually reading his post, I can see what he's saying in terms of experiences (in fact, he only mentions long-term expats here briefly, so I may have read too much into that). All very interesting stuff, and food for thought.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-48179016129665683992011-02-01T06:42:21.431+09:002011-02-01T06:42:21.431+09:00I don't know if they have a Manhattan campus, ...I don't know if they have a Manhattan campus, but it's not really that long of a haul from Stony Brook to Manhattan, is it? Not with that rail system in place.<br /><br />...OK, it's 45 miles from Stony Brook main campus to Central Park, according to the all-seeing, all-knowing Google Maps ruler. I've been to Stony Brook only once, and remember it being a pleasant ride by rail to the campus, but I guess I didn't remember how long the ride would have taken. Still, it's not as though Manhattan would be totally out of reach were you to base yourself on Long Island (or do natives say "<i>at</i> Long Island"?).<br /><br />Oh, yeah-- I meant to say, earlier, that I agree with you re: separating out the questions of Korea's appeal to long-term expats and its appeal to tourists. I might be reading too much into Mike's post, but I suspect he'd say that the two questions, while distinct, are related: surely some of what appeals to expats, experientially speaking, would appeal to tourists who plan on spending a couple weeks on the peninsula.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-31141479257346464882011-01-31T17:02:43.752+09:002011-01-31T17:02:43.752+09:00Wow. Just goes to show you how up to date I am on ...Wow. Just goes to show you how up to date I am on New York schools. I was thinking, "Well, yeah, Stony Brook is great and all, but it's on Long Island." I had no idea they have a campus in Manhattan now.<br /><br />Still, I was thinking something more along the lines of Asian Studies, and maybe Columbia instead of Stony Brook. All pipe dreams at the moment, though--once I have to face reality (i.e., post-diss) I may take a different path. Who knows? It's always good to be open to options.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-58166015550519805512011-01-31T15:31:32.512+09:002011-01-31T15:31:32.512+09:00You might want to talk to Park Seong-bae at SUNY S...You might want to talk to Park Seong-bae at SUNY Stony Brook. I thought about doing a PhD there at one point, but I wouldn't have been able to select Buddhist Studies as my major; I would have had to do my work through either the Philo Dept. or the Literature Dept. <br /><br />Given your area of expertise, I could see you having a ball at SUNY Stony Brook. But if you were in their Lit Department, you'd have to watch out for all the profs who are into PoMo and Continental philosophy. Which is almost everyone, if I remember the online faculty write-ups correctly. <br /><br />Dr. Park himself is way cool. Like Robert Buswell, he's a former monk. He joked to me that he and Buswell come from "rival schools of thought" in Korean Buddhism.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-48969205160504699882011-01-31T13:30:56.088+09:002011-01-31T13:30:56.088+09:00Haven't read the post yet, but I think you bri...Haven't read the post yet, but I think you bring up a very valid point with the "It's a great place to visit, but I wouldn't wanna live there" line. (Incidentally, I would totally live in NYC if I could get a decent job there.)<br /><br />The experiences of long-term foreign residents may not be the best indicator of Korea's sticky factor. That is, what causes some people to stay in Korea for significantly long periods of time may not be the same things that would attract short-term tourists. In fact, I would be very much surprised if they were. So I don't know if looking for tourism strategies in long-term expat experiences is the best approach.<br /><br />I <i>do</i> however, think it is ridiculous that foreigners here are not utilized enough (or at all?) when it comes to developing marketing strategies for the tourism industry.<br /><br />(I may feel differently after reading the post, but that will have to wait... lunch time is over!)Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com