Online Teacher Communities and Collective Teacher Resistance:The Role of Indischool After the Seoi Elementary School Incident in South Korea
Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: In July 2023, the suicide of a Seoi Elementary School teacher spurred nationwide outrage and a grassroots teacher movement in South Korea. Central to this was Indischool, the country’s largest online teacher community for elementary teachers, which became a hub for protests, collective grief, and professional solidarity. Using digital ethnography, this study examines how Indischool fostered collective resistance and agency, contesting legal and institutional constraints on teachers. Framed through Durkheim’s suicide typology, the Seoi incident is interpreted as a systemic failure from excessive regulation and weak integration, contributing to scholarship on digital counterpublics and teacher activism.
Source: Preprints.org
Authors: SungEun Min, Gayoung Choi
Institutions: Kutztown University, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4416615153