The Black Army Coalition is an emerging fanbase with the goal of promoting and showcasing the talent and voices of all Black Army.
Cultivating living heritage through a cultural space, movement, transmedia and interactive storytelling
Dionne Saville
Intangible Cultural Heritage, the impact BTS has on its audience at home and abroad. What is cultural heritage to you, how to define it and how is global success defined in Cultural Capital.
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About the Author
Based part time at INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING IRIS@LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY, UK
Kpop Fans, Unite!: How Fancams Became a Method of Digital Activism
Michelle Choi Ausman, Gabriela Guillen, and Marianne Anthonette Miranda
Introduction
The recent increase in activism – both social and political – in the wake of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd’s murders, and racial injustice in the United States, has brought up numerous layers of embedded racist ideologies that lie within United States history, such as the legacy of slavery. Amongst outcries to condemn slavery, police brutality, and white supremacy, an unexpected mobilizing force in the cyber world has grown – the Kpop stans. Coming out of the confines of the internet, Kpop stans have blocked racist Twitter trends, utilized fancams, trolled white supremacists, blocked the July 2020 Oklahoma rally by reserving tickets, and so much more. While these acts continue to spread the message that BTS holds dear – love, respect, and equality – these acts showcase a new form of digital activism in the internet age and in the world of COVID-19. In this poster, we explore the ways that fancams have been used to expand the work of social justice activists.
About the Authors
Gabriela Guillen: 1L student at Santa Clara University, School of Law, and former National Co-Chair of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan, and has been interviewed on NPR for her contributions to Latinx student mobilization. Gabriela enjoys writing about social movements as they pertain to gender and racial injustices.
Marianne Anthonette Miranda: Mari is a recent Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies graduate at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, passionate about service design, research ethics, and UX research. In her spare time, she enjoys lifting, being a girl group stan, going on food adventures, and watching true crime documentaries.
Michelle Choi Ausman is a second year Science and Technology Studies PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with interests in speculative design, engineering education, digital politics, and mass misinformation. When not studying or writing, she likes listening to podcasts, cooking, swimming (before COVID-19), and napping.
Introduction to ARMY 2 ARMY Events
Crystal Rae Akey-Smith
This is a presentation about my project ARMY 2 ARMY Events. It’s an ongoing project that provides fun, safe, exciting events for ARMY during the concert weekends.
Although we are mainly doing events in Chicago at this time, we are looking to expand to cities and countries around the world to help provide fun adventures and experience for ALL ARMY heading to see BTS in concert. Fellow ARMY can help by sharing our events on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, or any other social media outlets. Of course, participating in the events helps us as well. We are also looking for ARMY 2 ARMY Events Representatives across the globe to help make these adventures possible for ALL ARMY.
Do you have a fan project you’d like to include during one of our events? Let us know. We are always willing to help support and sponsor fellow ARMY in their endeavors.
About the author
My name is Crystal and I am the organizer for ARMY 2 ARMY Events. I have been an ARMY since 2014.
#BTSSyllabus
Dr.Candace Epps-Robertson
and Dr. Jin Ha Lee
The #BTSSyllabus project is an effort to collect and maintain resources related to BTS. This project will act as a repository to help those interested in teaching, writing, and researching about BTS.
About the Authors
Dr. Candace Epps-Robertson is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Writing in the Disciplines Program. Her research interests include cultural rhetoric, literacy, citizenship, participatory archives, and social justice.
Dr. Jin Ha Lee is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington and Director of the GAMER Research Group. Her research areas include music, game, and multimedia information seeking and retrieval, and information organization and access. Both are working on several projects related to BTS and ARMY.
