Korean Youth: Spaces, Ecologies and Technologies conference In brief Title - Korean Youth: Spaces, Ecologies and Technologies Dates and Venue - 19 June (full day) - Playfair Library and 50 George Square, 20 June (full day) - 50 George Square Organiser: Korean Studies at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Academy of Korean Studies CORE project Programme Highlights - Seven panel discussions, a range of distinguished guests and speakers, and keynote speeches from Professor Olga Fedorenko (Seoul National University) and Raphael Rashid (Seoul-based journalist, formerly of SOAS and Korea University in Korean Studies) About the event The 20th century is widely considered to be an era of youth in which the teenager, tweenager and pre-teen were invented. International social changes; changing economies and governments; and industrial business complexes have transformed the landscapes in which these seemingly new categories of young people exist. While the teenager did not necessarily arrive late in Korea, young people had already been through a series of conflicts, revolutions, colonisations and traumas - surely impacting their experience of youth culture and possibilities. South Korean youth have been key agents of its democratisation and justice struggles. They are therefore deeply embedded in the processes of contemporary cultural and social formation in their country. The conference brings together academics, practitioners and others interested in Korean youth and its culture. It provides opportunities to encounter and connect with researchers at a range of career stages, including PhD and graduate students, emerging and post-doctoral scholars, and established academics. The focus is on political, social, economic, environmental and cultural transformations both in Korea and across the globe in the present or near present day. We intend this conference to be multi- and inter-disciplinary in every way. We want to explore the cutting edges of youth experience in 21st century Korea, navigating spaces and terrains such as: the workplaces and industries of the future landscapes of social and cultural practice social organisation political resistance and struggle environmental and ecological futures terrains of nationalist reconstruction, gender, identity and culture wars Attendees will be able to present research, share academic interests, and strengthen ties with others. We hope the conference will be an opportunity for everyone to explore various fields and disciplines focused on young Koreans and the spaces they inhabit. Full programme This programme is still being finalised and is therefore subject to change. Day one Time Venue Title Speaker(s) 10:00 - 11:00 Playfair Library, Old College Welcome and registration 10:00 - 11:00 Playfair Library, Old College Opening session Welcoming remarks – Dr. Youngmi Kim (University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Edinburgh) Remarks from Peter Mathieson (Principal of University of Edinburgh) Remarks from H.E. Mr. Yeocheol Yoon (Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Remarks from Professor Byung Woo Ahn (President of the Academy of Korean Studies) 11:00 - 12:30 Playfair Library, Old College Plenary session Professor Olga Fedorenko (Seoul National University) - 'Idol Ads in the Seoul Metro: K-pop Fandom, Appropriation of Subway Space, and the Right to the City' Raphael Rashid (Seoul-based journalist, formerly of SOAS and Korea University in Korean Studies) – 'Queer spaces in Seoul and their gentrification' 12:30 - 13:30 - Lunch 13:15 - 15:00 Playfair Library, Old College Editors/Publishers panel Chair: Professor James Lewis (University of Oxford, European Journal of Korean Studies) Professor Natascha Gentz (University of Edinburgh) Laurence Goodchild (Taylor and Francis) Rowan Pease (SOAS Publications/China Quarterly) 13:15 - 15:00 MacLaren Stuart Room, Old College G.159 Panel - 'Spaces of work and new forms of work' Chair/Discussant: Professor Peter Matanle (University of Sheffield) Yoonai Han (LSE) – 'How repeated unpredictability shapes inequality: short-term workers in Seoul' Dr. Jamie Doucette (University of Manchester) – 'Crypto Dreaming? Youth Workers and Technological Fantasies in Busan Blockchain Regulation Free Zone' Yingjia Dong (University of Edinburgh) – 'Young people and esports in South Korea' Kang Daehoon (EHESS, Paris) – '“Jeju migrants” and lifestyle shift among young generation in South Korea' Seung-tae Park (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) – 'Characteristics of Jeju Island as a Creative Start-up Space for Youth' 15:30 - 17:30 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Panel - 'Young Koreans and new cultural forms/products' Chair/Discussant: Professor Jieun Kiaer (University of Oxford) Anna Elizabeth Faber (University of Auckland) – 'Make them Eat Cake: Childhood Trauma and Loss of Identity Through Abject Consumption in Hansel and Gretel, Antique Bakery, and Silenced' Dr. Bonnie Tilland (University of Leiden) – 'Bring Out the “Passion Crews”: Youth Volunteer Culture at the PyeongChang Olympics and JIFF (Jeonju International Film Festival)' Dr. Stefania Pozzi (University of Leeds) – 'The Transcultural Flow’s Characteristics of Familiarity and Hybridity in Japanese Promotion for K-pop: how Japanese fans of K-pop interpret Korean Pop music promotion in Japan' Dr. Loli Kim (University of Oxford) – 'Translingualism and heritage preservation in Korean on-screen media: its importance for Korean and global youths' Brittany Khedun-Burgoine (University of Oxford) – 'How do I Make Oppa Sarang Me?”: K-Pop Fandom Lexicon Online' 15:30 - 17:30 Room G.06, 50 George Square British Association of Korean Studies panel Chair/Discussant: Dr. Charlotte Horlyck (SOAS) Professor Emeritus James Grayson (University of Sheffield) Beth McKillop (SOAS, Victoria and Albert Museum) Professor Emeritus Keith Howard (SOAS) 17:30 - 18:30 Room G.06, 50 George Square British Association for Korean Studies AGM 19:00 - 21:30 - Conference Dinner - Shinwari, 46, 52 Lady Lawson St, EH3 9DW Day two Time Venue Title Speaker(s) 9:00 - 11:00 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Panel - 'Constructing Space, Politics and Self' Chair/Discussant: Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Edinburgh) Sugyeong Son (Seoul National University) – 'A Significant Wave of ‘Love Yourself Just the Way You Are’ Movement among Young Female Individuals in South Korea' Tae Song (University of Glasgow) – 'Han born in 1986: Colonialism, Political Corruption, and the Intergenerational Trauma of Korean Millennials' Pauline Brouard (Sorbonne Université) – 'Digital Culture, Recreational Spaces and Ordinary Practices: An Ethnosemiotic Analysis of VRbang in South Korea' Professor Jungwon Huh (Seoul National University Asia Center) – 'Unpacking the values of Korean Youth: Insights from the 2022 Social Value Survey in Asian Cities' Dr. Charlotte Hammond (University of Edinburgh) – 'Transgenerational Trauma: Legacy of the Japanese Occupation of Korea 1910-1945 in contemporary South Korean popular culture' 9:00 - 11:00 Screening Room G.04, 50 George Square Panel - 'Climate Change, Crisis, Resistance, Anxieties' Chair/Discussant: JI-Eun Ahn (University of Edinburgh) Borim Kim / Hyeonjeong Yoon (Youth 4 Climate Action) – 'Korea's climate justice movement led by youth who make strategic actions as agents of political change' Heesun Hwang (SNU) – 'The old future: multispecies kinship and absence of youth in South Korean heritage seed community' Yoonjung Kim (University of Tübingen) – 'Power of Everyday Emotions - How Young South Korean Animal Video Viewers are Moving Beyond Slacktivism' Dokyung Joo (Seoul National University) – 'From survival of the fittest to the survival of the kindest: seeking solidarity in the age of climate crisis among Korean youths' Niamh Calway (University of Oxford) – 'Food as Heritage: Food Spaces as an Embodiment of Heritage Amongst Korean Youths in the United Kingdom' 11:00 - 11:30 Break 11:30 - 13:00 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Special panel - 'Putting the S into ESG in East Asia: Employment Standards in South Korean Corporations' Professor Peter Matanle (University of Sheffield) Yejin Shin (University of Edinburgh) Jim McCafferty (Joint-Head of APAC Equity Research, Nomura, Hong Kong) 11:30 - 13:00 Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square Panel - 'North Korean youth spaces' Chair/Discussant: Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Edinburgh) Roman Husarski (Jagiellonian University) – 'North Korean Young Guards. The Myth of Anti-Imperialist Youth in the DPRK film Boy Partisan (1951)' Ming Wu (University of Edinburgh) – 'Images of Children in North Korean Combat Picture Books (그림책)' Manon Prud’homme (EHESS, Paris) – 'Growing Up with Markets. Are Millennials the New Agents of Change in North Korea?' 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 16:00 Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square Panel - 'Korean, identity, sex and gender terrains' Chair/Discussant: Dr. Youngmi Kim (University of Edinburgh) Hye Min Oh (Ewha Womens University) – 'The Epistemic Smothering of Korean Youth Feminists in a Time of Feminism Backlash' Dr. Soon-ok Shin (Université de Tunis El Manar) – 'Politicised gender hate in South Korea 2022' Professor Jong-chol An (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) – 'Judicialization of Education?: Act on the Prevention of and Countermeasures against Violence in Schools in Korea, 2004 - the Present' Gergana Dimitrova (University of Edinburgh) – 'Effects of the K-beauty industry within the Korean Wave on Korean youth' Dr. Sung Un Gang (Technische Universität Berlin) – 'Surviving the Coming of Age in South Korea: Exploring Queer Life Stories through Oral History Interviews' 14:00 - 16:00 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Panel - 'Multiculturalism and youth' Chair/Discussant: Dr. Seongsook Choi (University of Edinburgh) Dr. Farrah Sheikh (SOAS/Keimyung University) – 'For the Love of God: Investigating the Agency, Identity and Belonging of Young Korean Women who Convert to Islam' Hangeun Kim/ Narae Park (Yonsei University/ University of Edinburgh) – 'Examining Media Attitudes and Discourse towards 'Multicultural Korean Youth' in the Korean National Press' Dr. H. Nur YASAR (Hanyang University) – 'Trendy In-Halal Out: The Puzzle of Koreans Choosing Cultural Muslim Food over Halal Food' Nicola Crowe (University of Edinburgh) – 'Locating Ablenationalism within South Korea: An Exploration of the Nations’ Socio-Political Discourse Surrounding Autism' 16:00 - 16:30 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Closing remarks Dr. Youngmi Kim (University of Edinburgh and Director of the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies) and Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Edinburgh) How to attend This conference is free to attend and open to all. Tickets are bookable via Eventbrite. Book your free ticket on Eventbrite Are you interested in studying with us? Take a postgraduate degree in Korean Studies with us and explore one of the most dynamic countries in East Asia, gaining a unique vantage point on crucial topics of relevance across the Northeast Asian region and the globe. We offer a taught MSc, an MSc by Research, and a PhD in Korean Studies. Find out more about Asian Studies Jun 19 2023 00.00 - Jun 20 2023 23.59 Korean Youth: Spaces, Ecologies and Technologies conference Join a wide range of students and scholars for this two-day, in-person conference examining the lives of young people in Korea and the space they occupy in the culture. 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue Book your free ticket on Eventbrite
Korean Youth: Spaces, Ecologies and Technologies conference In brief Title - Korean Youth: Spaces, Ecologies and Technologies Dates and Venue - 19 June (full day) - Playfair Library and 50 George Square, 20 June (full day) - 50 George Square Organiser: Korean Studies at the University of Edinburgh as part of the Academy of Korean Studies CORE project Programme Highlights - Seven panel discussions, a range of distinguished guests and speakers, and keynote speeches from Professor Olga Fedorenko (Seoul National University) and Raphael Rashid (Seoul-based journalist, formerly of SOAS and Korea University in Korean Studies) About the event The 20th century is widely considered to be an era of youth in which the teenager, tweenager and pre-teen were invented. International social changes; changing economies and governments; and industrial business complexes have transformed the landscapes in which these seemingly new categories of young people exist. While the teenager did not necessarily arrive late in Korea, young people had already been through a series of conflicts, revolutions, colonisations and traumas - surely impacting their experience of youth culture and possibilities. South Korean youth have been key agents of its democratisation and justice struggles. They are therefore deeply embedded in the processes of contemporary cultural and social formation in their country. The conference brings together academics, practitioners and others interested in Korean youth and its culture. It provides opportunities to encounter and connect with researchers at a range of career stages, including PhD and graduate students, emerging and post-doctoral scholars, and established academics. The focus is on political, social, economic, environmental and cultural transformations both in Korea and across the globe in the present or near present day. We intend this conference to be multi- and inter-disciplinary in every way. We want to explore the cutting edges of youth experience in 21st century Korea, navigating spaces and terrains such as: the workplaces and industries of the future landscapes of social and cultural practice social organisation political resistance and struggle environmental and ecological futures terrains of nationalist reconstruction, gender, identity and culture wars Attendees will be able to present research, share academic interests, and strengthen ties with others. We hope the conference will be an opportunity for everyone to explore various fields and disciplines focused on young Koreans and the spaces they inhabit. Full programme This programme is still being finalised and is therefore subject to change. Day one Time Venue Title Speaker(s) 10:00 - 11:00 Playfair Library, Old College Welcome and registration 10:00 - 11:00 Playfair Library, Old College Opening session Welcoming remarks – Dr. Youngmi Kim (University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Edinburgh) Remarks from Peter Mathieson (Principal of University of Edinburgh) Remarks from H.E. Mr. Yeocheol Yoon (Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Remarks from Professor Byung Woo Ahn (President of the Academy of Korean Studies) 11:00 - 12:30 Playfair Library, Old College Plenary session Professor Olga Fedorenko (Seoul National University) - 'Idol Ads in the Seoul Metro: K-pop Fandom, Appropriation of Subway Space, and the Right to the City' Raphael Rashid (Seoul-based journalist, formerly of SOAS and Korea University in Korean Studies) – 'Queer spaces in Seoul and their gentrification' 12:30 - 13:30 - Lunch 13:15 - 15:00 Playfair Library, Old College Editors/Publishers panel Chair: Professor James Lewis (University of Oxford, European Journal of Korean Studies) Professor Natascha Gentz (University of Edinburgh) Laurence Goodchild (Taylor and Francis) Rowan Pease (SOAS Publications/China Quarterly) 13:15 - 15:00 MacLaren Stuart Room, Old College G.159 Panel - 'Spaces of work and new forms of work' Chair/Discussant: Professor Peter Matanle (University of Sheffield) Yoonai Han (LSE) – 'How repeated unpredictability shapes inequality: short-term workers in Seoul' Dr. Jamie Doucette (University of Manchester) – 'Crypto Dreaming? Youth Workers and Technological Fantasies in Busan Blockchain Regulation Free Zone' Yingjia Dong (University of Edinburgh) – 'Young people and esports in South Korea' Kang Daehoon (EHESS, Paris) – '“Jeju migrants” and lifestyle shift among young generation in South Korea' Seung-tae Park (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) – 'Characteristics of Jeju Island as a Creative Start-up Space for Youth' 15:30 - 17:30 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Panel - 'Young Koreans and new cultural forms/products' Chair/Discussant: Professor Jieun Kiaer (University of Oxford) Anna Elizabeth Faber (University of Auckland) – 'Make them Eat Cake: Childhood Trauma and Loss of Identity Through Abject Consumption in Hansel and Gretel, Antique Bakery, and Silenced' Dr. Bonnie Tilland (University of Leiden) – 'Bring Out the “Passion Crews”: Youth Volunteer Culture at the PyeongChang Olympics and JIFF (Jeonju International Film Festival)' Dr. Stefania Pozzi (University of Leeds) – 'The Transcultural Flow’s Characteristics of Familiarity and Hybridity in Japanese Promotion for K-pop: how Japanese fans of K-pop interpret Korean Pop music promotion in Japan' Dr. Loli Kim (University of Oxford) – 'Translingualism and heritage preservation in Korean on-screen media: its importance for Korean and global youths' Brittany Khedun-Burgoine (University of Oxford) – 'How do I Make Oppa Sarang Me?”: K-Pop Fandom Lexicon Online' 15:30 - 17:30 Room G.06, 50 George Square British Association of Korean Studies panel Chair/Discussant: Dr. Charlotte Horlyck (SOAS) Professor Emeritus James Grayson (University of Sheffield) Beth McKillop (SOAS, Victoria and Albert Museum) Professor Emeritus Keith Howard (SOAS) 17:30 - 18:30 Room G.06, 50 George Square British Association for Korean Studies AGM 19:00 - 21:30 - Conference Dinner - Shinwari, 46, 52 Lady Lawson St, EH3 9DW Day two Time Venue Title Speaker(s) 9:00 - 11:00 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Panel - 'Constructing Space, Politics and Self' Chair/Discussant: Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Edinburgh) Sugyeong Son (Seoul National University) – 'A Significant Wave of ‘Love Yourself Just the Way You Are’ Movement among Young Female Individuals in South Korea' Tae Song (University of Glasgow) – 'Han born in 1986: Colonialism, Political Corruption, and the Intergenerational Trauma of Korean Millennials' Pauline Brouard (Sorbonne Université) – 'Digital Culture, Recreational Spaces and Ordinary Practices: An Ethnosemiotic Analysis of VRbang in South Korea' Professor Jungwon Huh (Seoul National University Asia Center) – 'Unpacking the values of Korean Youth: Insights from the 2022 Social Value Survey in Asian Cities' Dr. Charlotte Hammond (University of Edinburgh) – 'Transgenerational Trauma: Legacy of the Japanese Occupation of Korea 1910-1945 in contemporary South Korean popular culture' 9:00 - 11:00 Screening Room G.04, 50 George Square Panel - 'Climate Change, Crisis, Resistance, Anxieties' Chair/Discussant: JI-Eun Ahn (University of Edinburgh) Borim Kim / Hyeonjeong Yoon (Youth 4 Climate Action) – 'Korea's climate justice movement led by youth who make strategic actions as agents of political change' Heesun Hwang (SNU) – 'The old future: multispecies kinship and absence of youth in South Korean heritage seed community' Yoonjung Kim (University of Tübingen) – 'Power of Everyday Emotions - How Young South Korean Animal Video Viewers are Moving Beyond Slacktivism' Dokyung Joo (Seoul National University) – 'From survival of the fittest to the survival of the kindest: seeking solidarity in the age of climate crisis among Korean youths' Niamh Calway (University of Oxford) – 'Food as Heritage: Food Spaces as an Embodiment of Heritage Amongst Korean Youths in the United Kingdom' 11:00 - 11:30 Break 11:30 - 13:00 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Special panel - 'Putting the S into ESG in East Asia: Employment Standards in South Korean Corporations' Professor Peter Matanle (University of Sheffield) Yejin Shin (University of Edinburgh) Jim McCafferty (Joint-Head of APAC Equity Research, Nomura, Hong Kong) 11:30 - 13:00 Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square Panel - 'North Korean youth spaces' Chair/Discussant: Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Edinburgh) Roman Husarski (Jagiellonian University) – 'North Korean Young Guards. The Myth of Anti-Imperialist Youth in the DPRK film Boy Partisan (1951)' Ming Wu (University of Edinburgh) – 'Images of Children in North Korean Combat Picture Books (그림책)' Manon Prud’homme (EHESS, Paris) – 'Growing Up with Markets. Are Millennials the New Agents of Change in North Korea?' 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 16:00 Lecture Theatre G.03, 50 George Square Panel - 'Korean, identity, sex and gender terrains' Chair/Discussant: Dr. Youngmi Kim (University of Edinburgh) Hye Min Oh (Ewha Womens University) – 'The Epistemic Smothering of Korean Youth Feminists in a Time of Feminism Backlash' Dr. Soon-ok Shin (Université de Tunis El Manar) – 'Politicised gender hate in South Korea 2022' Professor Jong-chol An (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) – 'Judicialization of Education?: Act on the Prevention of and Countermeasures against Violence in Schools in Korea, 2004 - the Present' Gergana Dimitrova (University of Edinburgh) – 'Effects of the K-beauty industry within the Korean Wave on Korean youth' Dr. Sung Un Gang (Technische Universität Berlin) – 'Surviving the Coming of Age in South Korea: Exploring Queer Life Stories through Oral History Interviews' 14:00 - 16:00 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Panel - 'Multiculturalism and youth' Chair/Discussant: Dr. Seongsook Choi (University of Edinburgh) Dr. Farrah Sheikh (SOAS/Keimyung University) – 'For the Love of God: Investigating the Agency, Identity and Belonging of Young Korean Women who Convert to Islam' Hangeun Kim/ Narae Park (Yonsei University/ University of Edinburgh) – 'Examining Media Attitudes and Discourse towards 'Multicultural Korean Youth' in the Korean National Press' Dr. H. Nur YASAR (Hanyang University) – 'Trendy In-Halal Out: The Puzzle of Koreans Choosing Cultural Muslim Food over Halal Food' Nicola Crowe (University of Edinburgh) – 'Locating Ablenationalism within South Korea: An Exploration of the Nations’ Socio-Political Discourse Surrounding Autism' 16:00 - 16:30 Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Closing remarks Dr. Youngmi Kim (University of Edinburgh and Director of the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies) and Dr. Robert Winstanley-Chesters (University of Edinburgh) How to attend This conference is free to attend and open to all. Tickets are bookable via Eventbrite. Book your free ticket on Eventbrite Are you interested in studying with us? Take a postgraduate degree in Korean Studies with us and explore one of the most dynamic countries in East Asia, gaining a unique vantage point on crucial topics of relevance across the Northeast Asian region and the globe. We offer a taught MSc, an MSc by Research, and a PhD in Korean Studies. Find out more about Asian Studies Jun 19 2023 00.00 - Jun 20 2023 23.59 Korean Youth: Spaces, Ecologies and Technologies conference Join a wide range of students and scholars for this two-day, in-person conference examining the lives of young people in Korea and the space they occupy in the culture. 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue Book your free ticket on Eventbrite
Jun 19 2023 00.00 - Jun 20 2023 23.59 Korean Youth: Spaces, Ecologies and Technologies conference Join a wide range of students and scholars for this two-day, in-person conference examining the lives of young people in Korea and the space they occupy in the culture.
