[Commlist] CFP: Digital Korea: Stories, systems and spaces of connection

Call for Conference Papers


Digital Korea: Stories, systems and spaces of connection


Centre for Korean Studies

The University of Sheffield

30-31 May 2024



The Centre for Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield is pleased 
to be calling for papers for a conference titled Digital Korea: Stories, 
systems and spaces of connection, funded by the AKS Core Grant 
Programme. Please see here for full call details.


This conference explores the diverse ways that Korean social, political 
and cultural relations at all levels, on both sides of the DMZ, are 
mediated by and through digital media. Alongside state-led narratives of 
national progress or industrial development that often benchmark digital 
achievements, Koreans use digital media in ways that do not always align 
with these broader state narratives. This conference brings attention to 
these stories, systems and spaces of connection to show how both North 
and South Korean cases can be in conversation with each other and cases 
of digital sociality around the world. We aim to highlight research that 
addresses diverse, hidden, or underexplored aspects of digital 
connections, from the micro-interactions of friendship on chat apps to 
the commercialisation of whole neighbourhoods into digital valleys. We 
welcome papers that discuss topics as diverse as bureaucracy, medicine, 
religion, international politics, friendship, popular media, parenting, 
science and engineering, office life, old age, and others.

The conference is open to Korean Studies scholars at any career level, 
including PhD students, post-doctoral scholars and established 
academics. We welcome papers from any discipline that touch broadly on 
any of the themes below:


Digital platforms in contemporary Korea: including the use of platforms 
in work and organisations, and the role of digital platforms in public 
discourse, debate, governance and activism;

Digital markets: attending to the practices of the platform economy, 
E-commerce and consumption, and the rises in FinTech;
Digital infrastructure: focusing on the materiality of virtual domains, 
the rise of the “smart city,” genealogies of networks (1G-5G), Korea’s 
high-speed/high-barrier internet, technological waste and recirculation;

Digital media, influencers and popular culture: the use of digital media 
in the creation and dissemination of film, television, music, and 
literature; influencers, the creation of digital communities and 
cultural diplomacy;

Digital storytelling and representation: how digital media platforms 
have shaped narratives about Korea and its people;

Virtual realities and augmented experiences: the integration of virtual 
reality, augmented reality and interactive media in entertainment, 
gaming and art;

Digital archives and Korean history: their development and use, as well 
as their application in teaching and learning;

Digital research methods: innovations in Korean Studies research using 
digital methods.


Venue and Dates:

The University of Sheffield, UK

30-31 May 2024


The cost of accommodation in Sheffield will be covered for successful 
applicants travelling from outside Sheffield.


Application and submission of abstracts:

Applicants should submit the following information by email to 
(cks /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) by the deadline of Monday, 29th January, 2024.


Your full name as you would like it to appear in the abstract booklet

You institutional affiliation and role

Your email and telephone number (including country code)

Title of your paper

A 250-word abstract in print-ready format

The file should be named as follows: surname_paper title.doc (document 
format, no PDFs please)


Presentations at the conference should be in English. While we do not 
request full paper submissions, we will collect submissions from 
interested participants after the conference to produce a conference 
publication (such as a special issue of a journal).

Application period

The deadline for submission is Monday, 29th January, 2024. Applications 
should be sent to (cks /at/ sheffield.ac.uk).



We will contact all participants by mid-February  regarding acceptance 
of their applications

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