Research
My current ethnographic project explores the question of how we can bring marginalized populations to sectors that have historically been inaccessible to them. Specifically, I examine the case study of a nonprofit that tries to overcome race- and class-based barriers in classical music by providing a tuition-free afterschool program in New England. Through this organizational ethnography, I aim to uncover strategies that can be employed to combat structural barriers to access and, therefore, to organizational diversity.
Another strand of my research looks at the use of mediated communication to bypass border controls. My recent publication has examined how YouTube vlogging transformed the experience of immobility imposed by South Korean COVID-19 Quarantine Policies. Currently, I am working on a collaborative project that looks at the communication network of North Korean refugees across the North Korea-China border.
Published Works
Yun, Jiwon and Myung Ah Son. 2024. “Living on the Border of an Authoritarian Mobility Regime: Defecting, Border Hopping and Smuggled Smartphones in North Korea.” Mobilities. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2024.2384508.
Yun, Jiwon. 2023. “Redefining Immobility with Mediated Mobilities: Reflections from South Korean Quarantine Vlogs.” New Media and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231156992.
Yun, Jiwon. 2023. “Singing, Moving and Laughing Together: Engaging the Senses for a Cosmopolitan Atmosphere.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49(11): 2914-2931. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2021.1987205.
Yun, Jiwon. 2019. “Lonely Strangers of Metropolis: The Effect of Internal Migration Experience on Social Relationship Satisfaction.” Korean Journal of International Migration 7(1): 35-56. https://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE08751738.