Filmed March 22, 2011

Richard Pegg, Asian art curator of Chicago’s MacLean Collection, examines Korean maps in a variety of formats, the challenges faced by cartographers, and the formation of multiple identities in Korea during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The MacLean Collection, housed in a private museum outside Chicago, focuses on the cultures of Korea, China, and Southeast Asia.

For more information, please visit the link below:
koreasociety.org/​arts/​gallery_talks/​mapping_identity_antiquarian_korean_maps_of_the_maclean_collection.html

Cast: The Korea Society