[KS] Distinguished Lecture Series: Risky Networks: Subverting Block Chain Technology and Intellectual Property in Millennial North Korea

[Charlotte Hammond]

Dear all,

You are warmly invited to the following Distinguished Lecture Series held
by Scottish Centre for Korean Studies on Thursday 7th November at *4:30pm*.


*Scottish Centre for Korean Studies*
* Distinguished Lecture Series*

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Risky Networks: Subverting Block Chain Technology and Intellectual Property
in Millennial North Korea

*Suk-Young Kim*
(UCLA)

*Thursday 7th November*
*1630-1800*
*1.06, 50 George Square*


*Abstract: *We live in a hyper-networked world where joining online
platforms and entering digital transactions play a pivotal role in spinning
unique dynamics of today’s sociality. But what if our digital interface
with the world is limited to few state-sanctioned platforms? What if the
most significant transactions we make must take place offline, not online?
This talk explores the unique case of millennial North Korea where the
state is anxiously trying to catch up with the world standard of
communication technology while also faced with the need to block free
influx of outside information. In a country where smuggling foreign media
still can be punished by public execution, how do North Koreans manage to
access outside information? This presentation explores the way in which the
expansion of new media technology complicates North Korea’s seemingly
monolithic facade mired in entangled networks of technology and
surveillance, intellectual property and copyrights, and the way millennials
live with censorship and surveillance.

*Bio: Suk-Young Kim* is Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and
the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and External Engagement at UCLA’s
School of Theater, Film, and Television. Kim’s work primarily focuses on
unearthing the historical roots of today’s popular culture. Her most recent
book is titled Millennial North Korea: Forbidden Media and Living
Creatively with Surveillance (Stanford, 2024). Her scholarship has been
recognized by the James Palais Book Prize from the Association for Asian
Studies, the Association for Theater in Higher Education Outstanding Book
Award, ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowship, and the
Academy of Korean Studies grants. She was a visiting professor at Yonsei
University, University of Bologna, and Arizona State University. She
presently serves as a member of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and
co-edits the Columbia University Press’ new book series ‘Critical Voices
from East Asia.’


The event is free, and registration is not required. We look forward to
seeing some of you there.

Best wishes,
Charlotte Hammond

PhD student in Korean Studies
Administrative Assistant, Scottish Centre for Korean Studies, University of
Edinburgh
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