Global Capitalism and Culture in East Asia

Global Capitalism and Culture in East Asia
October 21^st, 2016
Seoul National University Asia Center

Organized by Seoul National University Asia Center

October 20^th, 2016 (Thursday)

Welcoming Reception                                                     (6:30pm~8:00pm)
Host: Myungkoo Kang (Professor of Communication, SNU and Director, SNUAC)
Venue: Hoam Faculty House

October 21^st, 2016 (Friday)

Venue: International Conference Room (#303), SNUAC

Registration                                                              (8:30am~9:00am)
(Moderator: Suk-Ki Kong, Senior Researcher, SNUAC)

Opening Remarks                                                         (9:00am~9:30am)
Jonghoe Yang (Professor Emeritus, Sungkyunkwan University and Coordinator, Workshop Organizing Committee)

Welcoming Remarks
Myungkoo Kang (Professor of Communication, SNU and Director, SNUAC)

Keynote Speech                                                         (9:30am~10: 00am)
Hyun-Chin Lim (Professor Emeritus, SNU and Founding Director, SNUAC)
Studying Capitalism in Asia: A Theoretical Reflection

Coffee Break                                                           (10:00am~10:30am)

Session 1. Culture, Politics, and Market in Globalized East Asia                                                             (10:30am~12:30pm)
(Moderator: Eui-Hang Shin, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina)

Myoung-soo Kim (Professor of Sociology, Hanyang University ERICA Campus)
Disenchanting Sisyphus: Disembedding and Reimbedding of the Korean State and Economy
(Discussant: Hyuk-Rae Kim, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University)

Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao (Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
’Taishang’ in Southeast Asia and China: Culture and Politics of Taiwanese Transnational Capital
(Discussant: Jaeyoun Won, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Yonsei University)

Cheris Shun-ching Chan (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong)
For Life or Death: Local Culture and State in Shaping Life Insurance Markets in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
(Discussant: Kyung-sup Chang, Professor, Department of Sociology, Seoul National University)

Lunch                                                                   (12:30pm~1:30pm)
Host: SNUAC
Venue: Open Floor, SNU Asia Center

Session 2.   Cultural Contradiction and Cultural Industries in Neoliberal East Asia         (1:30pm~3:30pm)
(Moderator: Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Alvin Y. So (Chair Professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and technology) & Yin-Wah Chu (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University)
The Cultural Contradiction of State Neoliberalism in China
(Discussant: Jong-Cheol Kim, Senior Researcher, SNUAC)

Yoshitaka Mouri (Professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Affective Labor, Creative Life and the Condition of Cognitive Capitalism:Considering Creative Industries in Japan
(Discussant: Young Choon Kim, Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)

Jonghoe Yang (Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University)
Neoliberal Reform, Cultural Policy Change and Transformation of Cultural Industry in South Korea
(Discussant: Ho-yeong Lee, Senior Researcher, Korea Information Society Development Institute)

Coffee Break                                                             (3:30pm~4:00pm)

Session 3. Cultural Politics and Online Culture in the Age of Global Capitalism          (4:00pm~6:00pm)
(Moderator: Alvin Y. So, Chair Professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and technology)

Koichi Iwabuchi (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and Director, Monash Asia  Institute, Monash University, Melbourne)
Shrinking Economy and Proximate Enemies in Japan
(Discussant: Ingyu Oh, Professor, Research Institute of Korean Studies, Korea University)

GOH Beng Lan  (Associate Professor, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National  University of Singapore)
A Silent Revolution in Malaysia: New Politics of Resistance in a Global Capitalist Age
(Discussant: Suhong Chae, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology. SNU)

Hangsub Choi (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Kookmin University)
The Impact of Virtual Reality on Lonely Society
(Discussant: Junghyun Yoon, Researcher, Science and Technology Policy Institute)

Dinner                                                                          (6:30pm~)
Host:  Jin K. Lee (Professor of Business Administration, Korea University and President, Korean Social Science Research Council)
Venue: SNU Faculty Club