This paper is based on the author’s book, <The Jamnyo (Jeju women divers) of Korea, Neo-Confucianism and Dual Mythology> (2018). It was published in English and French verion by the Cultural Foundation Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva, Switzland. The particularity of the book is that it is the first of its kind that introduces in foreign language Jeju academic discourses (published since 1950’s, but not known outside of Korea)) on various topics, such as Jeju women divers, mythology, kinship system, shamanism and the influence of the Neo-confucianism on Jeju, imported from the mainland, combined with data collected among a divers' community in the small island of Udo, Jeju in 2016. This article presents two stances of the author regarding Jeju: (1) a feminist point of view on Jeju women divers and their contribution to Jeju society by presenting the island as a <women centred society>; (2) an activist point of view by presenting the history of Jeju and its people as a struggle against the centre by the periphery and dominated by different colonial powers over 1000 years. The article proposes jamnyo’s fireplace (bulteok) as a social model for healing.

Abstract
Introduction
Position of this paper: Colonial mentalityannihilating women divers
Jamno’s place in Jeju society
Bulteok (fire place) - the symbol of Jamnyo’ssocial model
Community vs. individual survival: Divers’fierce struggle to maintain a communitywith mythology (a common ancestress) andregulations protection of natural resources)
World view and life style of divers and Neo-Confucian values
Jamnyo’s role in the struggle betweenindigenous ideology (shamanism) and theoutside forces (Neo-Confucian ideology)
Divers’ contribution to Jeju economy during theJapanese colonial period (1910-1942)
Jeju Jamnyo’s Bulteok - social model ofhealing culture

• Ok-kyung Pak