A critical reading of AI’s techno-ecological hybridity and Korean labor practices

2025-03-18 - 2025-03-18

Kwang-Suk Lee

Guangfu Campus, NYCU R102, HC Building 3

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A critical reading of AI’s techno-ecological hybridity and Korean labor practices

📍Speaker:Professor Dr. Kwang-Suk Lee (Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea)

📍Moderator:Joyce C.H. Liu (Professor/Director, International Center for Cultural Studies, NYCU)

📍Commentator:

• Mei-Lin Pan (Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NYCU)
• Bo-Yi Lee (Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Management, NTHU)
• Yu-Fan Chiu (Associate Professor, Institute of Technology Law, School of Law, NYCU)

🌐Date & Time: March 18, 2025 14:00-16:00

🌐Venue: Guangfu Campus, NYCU R102, HC Building 3

🌐Registration: link

🌐Format: Hybrid seminar (online and offline)

🌐Meeting Link: https://nctulaw.webex.com/nctulaw-tc/j.php?MTID=mc672b79036f025363ab06d6a9008a5df

🌐Meeting ID: 2511 795 0073

🌐Meeting Password: XBxw42vUwa7

 

【Abstract】

 

Success in achieving socio-economic growth through national informatization since the mid-1980s has fostered an obsession with advanced technology. In particular, South Korea is evolving into a society that fuses a pre-modern East Asian neo-authoritarian labor culture with advanced AI systems. To elucidate this refracted reality of domestic labor, a “techno-ecological” approach is proposed, applying an ecological lens to AI-influenced labor practices effectively.

*The lecture will be held in English. Interpretation will be provided via Webex. For those who are in need but participate on-site, please do bring your laptops and earphones with you for interpretations.

Organizers:

• National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS-NYCU), Sub-project 2: The Chip Era and Digital Governance
• National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University School of Law

Sponsor:
2025 Taiwan Fellowship