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DESCRIPTION:This article challenges the dominant narrative that contemporar
 y transnational Korean communities emerge primarily from recent globalizat
 ion processes. Instead\, it demonstrates how Korean social space productio
 n in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is driven by historical diasporic networks an
 d strategic community agency rather than globalizing flows. Drawing on 18 
 months of ethnographic fieldwork (2022-2023)\, including surveys of 341 Ko
 rean residents and in-depth interviews across key settlement areas (Distri
 ct 7's Phu My Hung\, District 2's Thao Dien\, Tan Binh District)\, this st
 udy employs Henri Lefebvre's theory of social space production and Pierre 
 Bourdieu's concepts of cultural and social capital to analyze how Korean m
 igrants construct distinctive urban enclaves.\nThe research reveals three 
 critical findings. First\, Korean spatial concentration follows a concentr
 ic zone pattern organized around ethno-cultural institutions (Korean schoo
 ls\, Protestant churches\, restaurants) rather than economic centers\, dem
 onstrating deliberate community-building strategies. Second\, these enclav
 es operate through dense transnational networks linking HCMC to the Korean
  diaspora globally—particularly through religious organizations (4 major
  Protestant denominations serving 2\,000+ congregants) and Korea-Vietnam a
 ssociations—rather than through abstract globalizing processes. Third\, 
 cultural reproduction mechanisms (foodways\, language maintenance\, festiv
 al practices) create what locals call "Korea Towns\," representing spaces 
 where historical migration legacies and contemporary transnational connect
 ions produce social formations that predate and transcend globalization fr
 ameworks. This analysis contributes to world history scholarship by demons
 trating how Asian diasporic communities create cross-border connections ou
 tside globalization's institutional structures. The case illuminates alter
 native models of interconnection that persist in an era of nationalist res
 urgence and anti-globalist politics\, offering historical precedents for u
 nderstanding global entanglement beyond economic integration.
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LOCATION:Room 304 PC Desk (Seats 36)
SUMMARY:Networked Diaspora\, Not Globalization: Korean Community Space-Maki
 ng in Ho Chi Minh City - Ta Lan Khanh
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/SRLK8E/
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