The program leaflet.
July 29
9:00 Welcome ⁄ Introduction
Panel 1
Theories, Methodologies, Periodizations
9:15 Francis Müller, ZHdK: Pluralizing Perspectives
9:45 Masahiro Yasuda, SEIKA: What Is It that Moves When Music Moves Across Cultural Boundaries?
10:15 Burkhard Meltzer, freelance: The Comfort of Smart Devices —the End of Pop?
Coffee break
Panel 2
Image & Body Politics, Digitalization
11:15 Morihiro Satow, SEIKA: From Purikura to SNS Selfies: Digital Photography and Japanese Popular Culture
11:45 Joseph Imorde, Siegen University: The Migration of Images. “World Art” in Popular Reproductions
12:15 Judith Mair & Bitten Stetter,ZHdK: So Sad Today ⁄ New Waves of Death
Lunch
Panel 3
Markets, Events& Creative Industries
14:30 Jamie Brassett & Richard Reynolds, Central Saint Martins: Superheroes: MCU and Excess
15:00 Daniel Späti, ZHdK: “Eventisation” as a Global Trend
15:30 Mitsuhiro Kokita, SEIKA: Cross Cultural Development of Fish Skin as Next Generation Sustainable Material for Fashion
16:00 Summary, Final Discussion Day 1
End of Day 1
18:00 Dinner
at the restaurant REATA (Conference Speakers and Organizers Only)
July 30
Panel 4
Transcultural Exchange & Hybridization
9:30 I–Wen Chang, TNUA: Salsa as a Hybrid Art
10:00 Sookyung Yoo, SEIKA: Appearance of “Foreign” Manga Artists
10:30 Yusuke Wajima, Osaka University: A Genealogy of ‘Pseudo-International’ Songs
Coffee break
Panel 5
Underground Avant-Gardes, D.I.Y. & Amateur Cultures
11:30 Kingsley Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University: Secret Garden— From Colouring Bookto Urban Sanctuary
12:00 Jörg Scheller, ZHdK: Non-Popular Pop. Reassessing the Avant-Garde Through Extreme Metal
12:30 dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit), freelance: Anti-pop to Turntablism
Lunch
Panel 6
Gender, Body & Identity
14:30 Alison Green, Central Saint Martins: Iconicity in Art, Popular Feminism and Emotional Transnationalism
15:00 Fanny Bratahalim, LASALLE: Religious Elements in Animated Films
15:30 Rada Leu, ZHdK: From High-Brow to Low-Brow: Authenticity and Beauty Apps (Lecture Performance)
Coffee Break
16:30 Yuichi Kishino, freelance: The Meaning and Difficulties in Organizing Events
in Public Space of Japan
17:30 Summary, Final Discussion of Day 2, Closing remarks
End of Official Conference Program
21:00 Party
July 31
10:00 – 13:00 Internal Workshop Shared Campus
Afternoon: Sound Walk Through Kyoto – A tour to savour the charm of historical Kyoto as much visually as aurally. Feel in depth the unknown world of Kyoto.