Asia and the K-Cultural Sociology


  • Date: June 2nd, Friday, 2023, 09:30 – 18:00
  • Location: Samick Hall (Room 220) & Room 303, SNUAC (Bldg. 101)

9:309:50 Registration
9:5010:00 Opening Remarks

Jongryul Choi (Chairman, The Korean Association for Cultural Sociology, Keimyung University)

Samick Hall

<Programmed Session 1> K-Cultura and Asia
Moderator: Haenam Park (SNUAC)

Samick Hall

<Programmed Session 2>Book Talk Commemorating the Publication of Series on Cultural Industry – The Sociology of Cultural Industry in the Era of Platforms

Moderator: Kiwoong Lee (Sungkonghoe Univ.)

Room 303

10:00~12:00 Hallyu as the Icon of Resistance Culture in Iran The Webtoon Industry in the Era of PlatformsSoo Chul Kim (Hanyang Univ.)

The Influence of OTT Platforms on the Film Industry

Mihyang Ahn (Yonsei Univ.)

The Development of New Media and the Visibility Culture

Changho Park (Soongshil Univ.)

Broadcasting Industry and the OTT Platforms

Jongyim Lee (Institute for Culture and Society)

Contents Policy and Platform Economy

Sehoon Kim (Sookmyung Women’s Univ.)

Presenter Gi Yeon Koo (SNUAC)
Discussant Eun-Sook Ji (SNU
The Cultural Economic Context of Indonesia’s Reception and Performance of K-Contents
Presenter Kyunghee Choi (SNUAC)
Discussant Yeon Lee (HUFS)
New Questions on Hallyu in Asia
Presenter Sojung Park (SNUAC)
Discussant Heekyung Bang (Sogang Univ.)
12:0013:30 Lunch
<General Session> Culture, Identity, and Art Policy
Moderator: Hongkyu Ha (Sookmyung Women’s Univ.)

Samick Hall

<Programmed Session 3>The Korean Wave and Everyday Life of Youth in China and Taiwan

Moderator: Kiwoong Lee (Sungkonghoe Univ.)

Room 303

13:30~15:30 Celebrities as Problematic Self-Subjects and the Economy of Healing Storytelling: On <Dr. Oh’s Golden Clinic> Between Homeland and Idols: Identities and Boundary Work of BTS Fans in China
Presenter Hyunkyung Kim (Seoul Women’s Univ.) Presenter Hsu, Tsai-Wei(徐采薇) (Business Today Weekly)
Discussant Sungkyung Kim (The University of North Korean Studies) Discussant Gyu Tag Lee (George Mason University Korea)
The Identity of K-pop: From the Perspective of Interaction with Fans A Study of LINE WEBTOON Users in Taiwan: Reading and Interpreting South Korea
Presenter Sanghwa Lee (SM Entertainment) Presenter Ho, Yi-Hsuan(何奕萱) (Babel Press)
Discussant Ye Seul Lee (Keimyung Univ.) Discussant Soo Chul Kim (Hanyang Univ.)
Can Youth Art Become Symbolic Capital? Thoughts on the Evolution of the Korean Art Field and Youth Art Policy Multiple Universes of a Veteran Fan: Korean Wave and Autoethnographic Research
Presenter Yeonjoo Sung (Korea Open Univ.) Presenter Su, Yu-Ying(蘇育瑩) (National Taiwan Normal University)
Discussant Eunhye Park (Korea National Univ. of Arts) Discussant Ran Kim (SNUAC)
<Programmed Session 4> The Shades of K-Culture
Moderator: Hyeonseo Lee (Ajou Univ.)

Samick Hall

<Graduate Student Session>
Moderator: Ilhwan Kim (SNUAC)

Room 303

15:50~17:50 Cafe, coffee, open, take-out: English as Characteristics of K-Cafe The Aspects of Affection in Fandom Seen Through ‘Jujeop’, the Fandom’s Way of Speaking
Presenter Jiye Yang (Goldsmiths, University of London) Presenter Naeun Lee (SNU)
Discussant Hansang Kim (Ajou Univ.) Discussant Hyesook Wang (Hongik Univ.)
The Introduction of Platforms and the Change in Labor Structure of Korean Idols Musical Citizenship and Identity Politics Examined Through Asian Composers’ Migration to the West
Presenter Sirim Lee (Yonsei Univ.) Presenter Jahyuk Koo (SNU)
Discussant Soojung Kim (Kangnam Univ.) Discussant Yeonjoo Sung (Korea Open Univ.)
Postcolonization of Research Ethics in Visual Sociology
Presenter Eunjung Kim (Semyung Univ.)
Discussant Myungji Ko (Songwon Univ.)
17:5018:00 Closing Remarks
Baek Yung Kim (Director, Northeast Asian Center, SNUAC)

Samick Hall