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Interview with Wallea Eaglehawk


Celebrated fan artist AJ interviews author Wallea Eaglehawk on her latest book, Idol Limerence: The Art of Loving BTS as Phenomena. As a key collaborator on the project, AJ worked alongside Eaglehawk to create the infamous cover art. In this intimate and fast-paced interview, AJ will delve deep with the author to find out about the social theory of idol limerence and how it relates to BTS and ARMY. The process of creating art that communicates the content of a book is no easy feat; learn how the artist and author came together to create an unforgettable book. AJ and Eaglehawk will share their journey through conversation on creating art and words that celebrate BTS and ARMY.

About the book: Delve deep into the phenomena surrounding K-pop group BTS and their fan base, ARMY, with sociologist and metaphysicist Wallea Eaglehawk. Eaglehawk weaves years’ worth of research with a heartbreaking, thrilling literary journey of the protagonist, Echo, to show her groundbreaking social theory of Idol Limerence. This is a journey through time and space unlike any other, showing the true power of music and fandom.

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I Am ARMY: exploring the ARMY identity through autoethnographies

I Am ARMY is an anthology of autoethnographic essays written by members of the BTS ARMY from all around the world. The book is the end result of a process to locate, document, value, and celebrate the diverse experiences of ARMY. In this panel, editors and writers will come to talk about their experiences as ARMY and how they used sociological and psychological lenses to explore their narratives on the page. Facilitated by the director of book publishing company Revolutionaries, Wallea Eaglehawk, each step of the process will be examined from the perspective of writer and editor and distilled as key learnings such as “how to write about BTS,” “how to work with ARMY,” and “how to write about the ARMY (personal) experience as political.” This panel will show how everyone can use their personal narrative to uplift and inspire others, creating and adding to knowledge which can help inform the study of cultural phenomenon like BTS for many years to come.

  • Wallea Eaglehawk @walleaeaglehawk
    Sociologist, author & director of Revolutionaries
  • Courtney Lazore @writer_court
    Writer and Bangtan Universe expert
  • Keryn Ibrahim, Feminist scholar
  • Anna Shaffer, Writer
  • Sharon Chen, Writer
  • Manilyn Gumapas, scholar of sociology
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