PANEL TO BE RESCHEDULED Often, there are misconceptions about the ways that people working in academic fields balancing being a “professional” and being a “fan.” In this presentation, we will discuss how we have encountered these misconceptions and perceptions of being a fan doing academic work or an academic doing fan work. Perhaps the lines […]
Research
BTS: An Interdisciplinary Conference II
May 1-2, 2021. California State University Northridge This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF In January 2020, a groundbreaking inclusive inter and multi-disciplinary conference was held at Kingston College in London UK, examining the success and popularity of the Kpop group BTS from a variety of perspectives. […]
WIP PhD Proposal – Our Mikrokosmos: The Interactive Myth-making of BTS and ARMY
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 […]
#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. Submit a Source Contact the BTS Syllabus Project About the Authors Dr. Candace Epps-Robertson is an […]