[KS] Online Talk: Practice and Politics: K-pop Cover Dancing in Australia’s ‘Asian Century’

[Jonathan Glade]

Please join us for a talk on "Practice and Politics: K-pop Cover Dancing in
Australia’s 'Asian Century'" given by Kathryn Phillips on *October 14th,
12-1pm AEDT* (hosted by the Australian Society for Asian Humanities).

*Register for the event here*:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/practice-and-politics-k-pop-cover-dancing-in-australias-asian-century-tickets-423077956557

*About this event*

This talk explores how K-pop cover dancers engage with the broader public
within Australian cities through practice and performance, drawing on
ethnographic fieldwork in Sydney as a key case study. Through training in
public locations, and performances at government-backed events such as
local festivals, K-pop cover dancers are able to positively shape the
general public’s interactions and understanding of K-pop and Asian popular
culture. This in turn challenges previously entrenched attitudes towards
Asian popular culture, and can potentially help to foster beneficial ties
between Australia, South Korea, and the broader Asia-Pacific region.



*About the speaker:*

Kathryn Phillips is a PhD candidate at Macquarie University’s Department of
Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, and a
longstanding member of the Sydney K-pop cover dancing community. She
recently completed her dissertation: “Producing Fan Identities through
K-Pop Cover Dancing: Mimicry, Ontological Security, and Social Capital in
Australia.”
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