1. 회원님들의 건승을 기원합니다.

2. 연세대학교(KOVIC:Center for Korean Visual Culture)와 캐나다 Simon Fraser 대학교(CPROST: Center for Polocy Studies on Science and Technology)가 공동 주최하는 ‘한류(Korean Wave Studies in Prospcetive : Responses to the Thoretical and Methodological Challenges)’ 컨퍼런스 논문을 - 다 음 -과 같이 공모함을 알려드립니다. 회원님들의 많은 관심과 참여 바랍니다.

- 다 음 -

Call for Papers

Korean Wave Studies in Prospective:

Responses to the Theoretical and Methodological Challenges

KOVIC (Center for Korean Visual Culture) at Yonsei University, Korea and CPROST (Center for Policy Studies on Science and Technology) at Simon Fraser University, Canada are pleased to announce the call for papers for the back end of the back-to-back conferences, co-hosted by the two research centers. We have finalized the presenters and schedule for the first part of the back-to-back conferences, “Korean Wave Retrospective: 20 years of history and future prospects,” which will be held in Vancouver on June 3rd and 4th this year. While the Vancouver conference’s primary attention will be given to the history of the Korean Wave and recent changes in the cultural landscape of Hallyu, the Seoul conference will focus on theoretical and methodological challenges for the next stage of Korean Wave studies.

Venue: Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Date: Aug. 5th, 2016, Friday (one day)

Organizing Committee: Tae-Jin Yoon (Yonsei Universtiy)

Dal Yong Jin (Simon Fraser University)

Michelle Cho (McGill University)

Jaeho Kang (SOAS, University of London)

Sang-gil Lee (Yonsei University)

Rationale of the Conference

The Korean wave, symbolizing the rapid growth of Korea’s cultural industries and their exports of cultural products in Asia since 1997, will mark a historical point and celebrate its 20^th anniversary in 2016. There are several very significant elements characterizing the recent growth of the Korean wave as transcultural popular culture and digital technology developed by Korean cultural producers and creators. The most significant part of the nascent Hallyu trend is the evolution of social media and its influence in the realm of local cultural products, as fans around the world, including North America, heavily access social media to enjoy Korean popular music (K-pop), digital games, and films. Just as YouTube enabled Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ and ‘Daddy’ to become globally popular K-pop songs, social media has shifted the notion of global cultural flows of local popular culture. Korean-sourced smartphones and video games have also become important parts of Hallyu. At the same time, the cultural markets for Korea have also changed. While Asia continues to be the largest export market for the Korean cultural industries, other parts of the world, including North America, Western Europe, and South America, have increasingly received Korean popular culture, both its audiovisual products and digital technologies.

As the Korean Wave has evolved and major characteristics changed, there has been considerable academic discourse created through conferences, seminars, and academic publications on Hallyu. It was only ten years ago when Keith Howard edited and published a book on Korean popular songs and related cultural phenomena, in English for the first time. Since then several books focused on the Korean Wave have been published, including Jin’s recent book titled New Korean Wave (2015). However, so-called ‘Hallyu Studies’ have also attracted criticism from many scholar groups. The main target for the criticism may have been the lack of theoretical and methodological challenges in Hallyu Studies, which has accumulated no more than plenty of case studies.

It is now time to explore new theoretical perspectives in the midst of the continuing Korean wave phenomenon. With the growth of local popular culture as shown in the current Hallyu phenomenon, we will explore whether non-Western perspectives challenge the central assumptions and arguments developed from Western perspectives. We will discuss the uses of concepts/theories of global comparative research, the relevance of non-Western theories and models, and successful and failed efforts at theoretical cross-pollination. We will also discuss a number of key concepts such as mobility/diaspora/hybridity, trans-national culture and transcultural phenomena, cultural translation, Asia as method, post-Hallyu, just to name a few. Throughout the discussion, we hope to shed light on current developments and place them in a perspective that has relevance for future transnational cultural flows and production.

Deadline

An abstract of no more than 500 words for the Seoul conference should be submitted to Tae-JinYoon (gopher@yonsei.ac.kr) by April 15, 2016. We will notify those whose abstracts have been accepted by the end of April, 2016. For each author, please include name, institutional affiliation,and department, title/position, and contact information.

Outcomes

There are two potential projects planned based on the two events (in Vancouver and in Seoul). One will be the special issue of a major academic journal, the other being an edited volume. We have contacted a couple of journals/publishers and hope to finalize the contracts in near future. Most papers presented in either event are expected to be included in the publications, after the selection and review processes. Because of the plan to make academic publications, please understand that we will only accept original materials not published or scheduled elsewhere.

Conference support

We will provide meals and snacks during and after the conference. Unfortunately, however, we cannot provide other financial support. All presenters will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs. There is no registration fee.

Please contact Tae-Jin Yoon (gopher@yonsei.ac.kr), if you have any questions.

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