ABSTRACT

In 2015, the Japanese imperial army’s system of military sexual servitude/military prostitution once again became central to relations between South Korea and Japan. After the signing of a 2015 agreement meant to resolve disputes between the two countries, the Statue of Peace, an effigy of a young Korean woman, was reproduced in both physical form and through digital media, expanding its visual presence in both the material and virtual worlds. This study examines events between 2015 and 2018 through the lens of visual politics and argues that, to fully understand the political impact of the Statue of Peace, we need to assess it not only as a physical effigy, but also as a form of digital reproduction. In doing so, it highlights that the mechanical reproduction of the Statue of Peace freed it from the limitations of being a physical representation, and allowed it to interact in more diverse contexts as a tool of resistance against the Japanese government’s proposal and the Korean government’s complicity with the 2015 agreement. This study adds to the analytical toolbox of visualising Korea with the aim of providing greater insight on an important issue facing South Korea and its relationship with Japan.

摘要

2015年，日本皇军的军事性奴役/军妓制度再次成为韩日关系的核心。在 2015 年签署旨在解决两国之间争端的协议后，韩国年轻女性和平雕像以实物形式和数字媒体进行复制，扩大了其在物质和虚拟中的视觉存在。世界。本研究从视觉政治的角度审视了 2015 年至 2018 年间发生的事件，并认为，要充分了解和平女神像的政治影响，我们不仅需要将其作为实体雕像进行评估，还需要将其作为数字复制的一种形式进行评估。 . 在这样做时，它强调了和平女神像的机械复制使其摆脱了作为物理再现的限制，并允许它在更多样化的背景下进行互动，作为抵制日本政府提议和韩国政府参与 2015 年协议的工具。这项研究增加了可视化韩国的分析工具箱，旨在对韩国面临的一个重要问题及其与日本的关系提供更深入的了解。