Abstract
The hasukjip (하숙집) is a form of small business in Korea. It consists of a house with several (sometimes up to a dozen or more) boarding rooms. Many Korean and foreign students living in hasukjips and Koreans understand hasukjips only as a type of private dormitory, but if we examine the example of changes in hasukjips we can also consider trends in Korean society. Although hasukjips reflect elements and aspects of various sides of life in Korea, Korean and foreign scholars have not undertaken research on the history of the hasukjip or changes in its history and this institution remains practically unknown in the Western academic world. The aim of this article is to consider elements of the history of the hasukjip and its place in Korean life.
Highlights
: El Hasujkip: es una pequeña forma de negocio en Corea
The author of this article lived in several hasukjips between 2001 and 2015 on multiple visits and has seen the social and economic influences of Korean life reflected in the hasukjip system
We must note that many young Koreans don’t hold the moral rules of their parents and would like a separate life –with amusements and freedoms. These results demonstrate that the hasukjip has lost its demand among Korean students, because according to the information received from respondents in the 2010, the hasukjip became cheaper but more uncomfortable (10%), did not provide food or if it was provided the cooking was considered very bad (8%), and masters of the hasukjips did not properly control the houses
Summary
: El Hasujkip: es una pequeña forma de negocio en Corea. Consiste en una casa con varias (algunas veces con una docena o más) habitaciones para alquiler. Embora os Hasujkips refletem diferentes elementos é aspetos da vida coreana, os coreanos e os estudantes estrangeiros nunca se tem preocupado por conhecer a história dos Hasujkips nem suas mudanças. We do not know when the institution of the hasukjip was originally established According to both oral history and assumptions by Korean journalists, the first hasukjips were established in the Choson period (1392-1910) (http://www.reportshop.co.kr). If we are to think that hasukjips were established only near universities, we have an estimated period of establishment for the hasukjip, being within the twentieth century We have another problem: information about hasukjips can be proved to be true only from official histories as Korean historians did not pay attention to hasukjips and concentrated on other fields. The author asked questions to hasukjips’ owners in 2005 and 2010 (Appendixes 3 and 4) and performed a questionnaire for students and owners of hasukjips who lived or stayed in the following districts: Sinchon and Sillim districts of Seoul
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