Sector: Building Cultural Understanding / Society and Culture
Country location: Australia, Republic of Korea
Grantee: Macquarie University

Project Description

In recent years, Korean popular music (K-pop) has gained a small but steady audience in Australia. This challenges Australia's existing popular culture landscape, which is dominated by the US and Europe. This project asks: can K-pop encourage Australian audiences to develop a closer cultural understanding of Korea, and of other cultures as well? Given that Australia is geographically a part of the Asia-Pacific, and relies on strong political and trade links with the region, K-pop may provide young Australians with an opportunity to explore beyond the Anglosphere and develop valuable cultural and language skills for an increasingly globalised future.

Key dates:

Journal article (submission), , 30 June 2017

Presentation of research, 4th World Congress for Hallyu, Oxford, UK, 27 September Presentation of research, World Association of Hallyu Studies, Korea University, 30 January 2017

Social media: http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_media_music_communication_and_cultural_studies/staff/academic_staff/dr_sarah_keith/

Australia-Korea Foundation grant offer: $3,850.00

Total project value: $3,850.00