[KS] Call for Papers "Representation of Minoritized Groups in Korean Popular Culture"

[Barbara Wall]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I would like to share the following CFP with you! Please feel free to share
it with interested colleagues.

*Publication Workshop (Onsite): *

*Representation of Minoritized Groups in Korean Popular Culture *



*Dates: 21-22 June 2024 *



*Venue: University of Copenhagen*







*Call for Papers*



South Korean popular culture has taken the world by storm. International
media celebrate the seven members of the K-pop group BTS as the most
influential artists of the decade. The South Korean film *Parasite* (2019)
was the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best
Picture. And the television series *Squid Game* (2021) became Netflix’s
most-watched series ever. These are just a few examples that mirror the
global popularity of South Korean music, film, and TV series, which is also
called the Korean Wave. Inasmuch as Korean popular culture entertains
people around the globe, it also impacts consumers’ ways of thinking and,
in so doing, shapes the perception of the world. We know that *homo narrans*
is less driven by pure observation or rational consideration than by
stories and narrative logic. This also rings true for the perception of
minoritized groups. How minoritized groups are perceived is less based on
objective data, but rather on narratives circulating in the media. This
workshop sets out to investigate how Korean popular culture represents
minoritized groups and how it impacts the perception of minoritized
groups.





*Possible topics:*

The organizers envision a multidisciplinary workshop informed, for example,
by minority or ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, disability
studies, film and narrative studies. We invite studies on the
representation of minoritized groups in various media and genres, including
but not limited to TV series, films, pop songs, documentaries, newspapers
and literature from all time periods. We welcome submissions of both
theoretical and empirical papers that examine contemporary issues and trace
historical trends in the portrayal of minoritized groups in Korean popular
culture. This workshop is open to scholars of all stages in their career. Each
invited participant is expected to turn their conference paper into a
finished paper for possible inclusion in a future issue with an academic
journal that is SSCI/AHCI indexed.





*Timeline:*

Jan 25

CFP circulation

Feb 25

Submission of proposals, including:

·        abstracts (max. 500 words)

·        bibliographies (min. 10 sources; engagement with academic sources
in Korean highly recommended)

·        bios (100 words).

Use this form for submission: https://forms.office.com/r/PuhPgEQrVk

March 1

Acceptance notice

May 10

Deadline: Submission of presentation papers (min. 4000 words)

May 15-June 15

Circulation of all papers among the participants as feedback loop (*every
participant reads every paper and gives feedback*)

June 20

Participants arrive in Copenhagen

June 21/22

Workshop

Fall 2024

Submission of articles for a journal special issue (max. 7000 words)







*Financial support:*

Travel costs will be reimbursed up to a certain maximum depending on the
region the participant is based in. Up to three nights of accommodation
will be covered by the host. *Only those who follow all pre-workshop
deadlines and participate in all activities related to the workshop will be
reimbursed for their travel expenses.*

This workshop is supported by the 2024 Korean Studies Grant Program of the
Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2024-C-021).



*Workshop organizers:*

Barbara Wall: barbara.wall at hum.ku.dk

Younghan Cho: choy at hufs.ac.kr

Please contact the organizers with any questions. Submission of proposals
is only possible via the Microsoft form link:
https://forms.office.com/r/PuhPgEQrVk

All the best,
Barbara

*Barbara Wall *
Associate Professor, Korean Studies
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
University of Copenhagen
Karen Blixens Plads 8
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
DENMARK

Phone: +45-51799185 <barbara.wall at hum.ku.dk>

Mail: barbara.wall at hum.ku.dk

Link: https://ccrs.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/583023

PI, research project TEMPTING TUNES: Interfaces of Sound and Narrative in
Korean Culture <https://ccrs.ku.dk/research/asia/tempting-tunes/>
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