Seongsu and Mullae manufacturing new generational culture from abandoned factories

 

 
A DEFINING characteristic of the culture of the younger generation is hybridity, evident from a multicultural and hyperconnected society, mass media, multilingualism, and the multiple identities that the young are continuously exposed to. Under the influence of younger generations, hybrid cultures are born, mixing the old and the young, leisure and work, and art and industry. More specifically, many young entrepreneurs are using abandoned factories as a locus for this new culture, attracting youth to a run-down neighborhood by setting up cafés, galleries and more. Seongsu and Mullae Districts are examples of such places; originally old industrial areas, devoid of liveliness of the youth, they are now the rising “hot places” where culture is brought to the derelict. Read more: 
 
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