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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=KO link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear All,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The previous announcement made with Google Meet was a mistake. As the first announcement, the Kyujanggak 2<sup>nd</sup> Booktalk will be via ZOOM. This 2<sup>nd</sup> bootalk will be also broadcasted via Facebook Live. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2497777260532486/">https://www.facebook.com/events/2497777260532486/</a> Please join!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The International Center for Korean Studies, Kyujanggak, Seoul National University is hosting a booktalk series, which introduces a work in Korean studies to facilitate the exchange of views and information among scholars. We will have our 2nd booktalk via ZOOM on June 16, 10AM (KST).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>About the Author: Youjeong Oh (Univ. of Texas at Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Youjeong Oh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin. This is her first book.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>About the Book: Pop City: Korean Popular Culture and the Selling of the Place<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Pop City examines the use of Korean television dramas and K-pop music to promote urban and rural places in South Korea. Building on the phenomenon of Korean pop culture, Youjeong Oh argues that pop culture-featured place selling mediates two separate domains: political decentralization and the globalization of Korean popular culture. The local election system introduced in the mid 90s has stimulated strong desires among city mayors and county and district governors to develop and promote their areas. Riding on the Korean Wave</span>—<span lang=EN-US>the overseas popularity of Korean entertainment, also called Hallyu</span>—<span lang=EN-US>Korean cities have actively used K-dramas and K-pop idols in advertisements designed to attract foreign tourists to their regions. Hallyu, meanwhile, has turned the Korean entertainment industry into a speculative field into which numerous players venture by attracting cities as sponsors.<br>By analyzing the process of culture-featured place marketing, Pop City shows that urban spaces are produced and sold just like TV dramas and pop idols by promoting spectacular images rather than substantial physical and cultural qualities. Popular culture-associated urban promotion also uses the emotional engagement of its users in advertising urban space, just as pop culture draws on fans</span>’<span lang=EN-US> and audiences</span>’<span lang=EN-US> affective commitments to sell its products. Oh demonstrates how the speculative, image-based, and consumer-exploitive nature of popular culture shapes the commodification of urban space and ultimately argues that pop culture</span>–<span lang=EN-US>mediated place promotion entails the domination of urban space by capital in more sophisticated and fetishized ways.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html><!--Start-efba45416a2b489ab2236b63958777ff--><img src="https://service1.officeplugin.com:443/outlook/receive?r=76df5709-af71-4af9-8994-9aeee51a0de5" border="0" /><!--End-efba45416a2b489ab2236b63958777ff-->