------ Forwarded Message > From: 김신동 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:52:36 +0900 (KST) > To: 김신동 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Cultural Space and Public Sphere in Asia conference > > Dear friends,I am pleased to announce a thought provoking conference in which > I pleasantly invite you to participate. iCat of Hallym University hosted a > very interesting conference on Asian popular culture in Seoul with a title of > "Culture Industry and Cultural Capital." As the conference proved to be a > memorable ocasion, we have decided to carry on the talk that we initiated. But > this time with a larger and broader concern on the state of Asian culture and > public sphere. Please read through the following information, and do accept my > invitation. And please pass this call for participation to your colleagues and > friends. Thank you.Shin Dong Kim, PhDChair, Programming Committee of 2006 > CSPShttp://www.hallym.ac.kr/~icat/ > Cultural Space and Public Sphere in Asia > An International Conference > > l Date: March 17-18, 2006 > l Venue: Korea Broadcasting Institute, Seoul > l Hosted by the Asia’s Future Foundation (AFF) > l In cooperation with Institute for Communication Arts and Technology > (iCat), Hallym University > > PURPOSE > > Asia is changing fast. From the dark memories of colonial legacy, Eastern part > of the super continent has transformed itself to the most promising center of > global economy for the twenty first century. Future reports of many kinds are > generous in forecasting the continent’s bright days to come. The economic > developments of China and India are much praised. Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong > Kong, and Singapore are doing pretty well as usual. Thailand, Malaysia, > Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines are also reshaping their outfits. > > Economic developments of the region are not the only story that attracts our > attention. Political and cultural changes are also quite remarkable. Many > Asian countries were long parted from their closest neighbors in terms of > cultural understanding and exchanges. They have linked closer to the former > colonial empires or advanced West than their immediate border sharers. This is > also changing. Cultural spaces in many Asian metropoles are wide opening to > the ‘Asian made’ ideas and products from pop music to films to television > serials. Asia is also making itself a leading edge in making digital and > mobile culture in the world. Highly complicated texting cultures of Tokyo and > Manila, endless Internet enclaves developed in broadband Korea, and lucky > number seeking Chinese mobile users are all shaping and reshaping the face of > new media culture everyday. > > Despite of all these hopeful progress, however, Asian politics and economy are > not going without potential dangers and crisis. Political antagonism is still > very alive among countries within the region. Economic rivalry sometimes pumps > up a strong sentiment of competition against one another than the mood of > peaceful co-existence. Futures of Asian societies are still more often than > not decided by the outside ‘friends’ than Asians themselves. Asian societies > seem to in need of creating a more stable sphere of public concern and > discussion on a transnational level. This conference intends to contribute to > the vitalization of various academic discourses on the cultural spaces and > public sphere of Asia. It is meant to be more than a sequel of the one that we > hosted last year with the title of “Culture Industry and Cultural Capital” in > Seoul. If the CICC was narrowly casting its focus on pop culture and the > Korean wave, the current project eyes on a broader range including popular and > media culture. The conference should serve for our better understanding on > Asian popular culture and also for building spheres of public discussion. > > TOPICS > > l Spaces of Asian popular culture > l Cultural hybridization and fusion in Asia > l Creating/constructing Asian public spheres > l Transnational Asian popular culture > l Films and televisions of trans-Asia > l Digital, mobile, and Internet cultures in Asia > l Changing images of the West in Asian minds > l Consuming Asia and Asian media > l Korean wave: present and future > l Pro- and anti-sentiments to the Korean wave > l Cultural capital and productivity of popular cultureAnd other related > issues … > > TIMELINE and SUPPORT > > l One-page abstract with authors' brief bio deadline: January 31, 2006 > (or the sooner the better) > l Paper deadline: February 28, 2005 > l Selected presentations will receive partial amount of support either > for travel or accommodation. > l All submissions and correspondence should be directed to Shin Dong > KIM at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Contact: > > Shin Dong KIM, PhDAssociate Professor, School of Communication, Hallym > UniversityDirector, Institute for Communication Arts and Technology (ICAT) > Board Member, Asia’s Future FoundationChair, Programming Committee of the CSPS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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