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Panel 1: Exotic Economics and New Cultures

• “Neolib­er­al­ism and the Effects of Plas­tic Surgery in Korean Pop Music” by Rupa Jogani
• “Assem­blages of the Pop­u­lar: Plu­ral­ism, Musi­cal Iden­ti­ties and the Ques­tion of the Fourth World” by Bee Vang
• “The Tsugaru-jamisen Field: Toward a Gen­eral Under­stand­ing of the Rela­tion­ship of Artist, Indus­try, and Habi­tus” by Joshua Solomon
• “The Rise of Asian Pop music and the rise of Asian economies– the enter­tain­ment indus­try and national eco­nomic devel­op­ment” by Zhi­jun Xu, Qiaoxi Guo, Yingjuan Wang
• “Drum­ming and Desire: Cin­e­matic Rep­re­sen­ta­tions of Taiko” by Michaela Karis

Panel 2: Transnationalism

• “Korean Pop: Trans­la­tion of Cul­ture through Fan­doms” by Lind­sey Crowe
• “Inclu­sive Exclu­sion: How Gang­nam Style Broke the Lan­guage Bar­rier” by Alexan­der Hintenach
• “Global Fans: “Celebrity,” Fan Cul­ture and K-Pop” by Gillian Stone
• “Korean Pop Idols as Transna­tional Prod­ucts” by Jen­nifer Stanley
• “Local­iza­tion of Korean Pop Music in Hong Kong” by Phoebe Chau

Panel 3: Gender

• “Sex­u­al­ized Back­lash against K-pop” in Japan by Tet­sumi Yamaguchi
• “How Per­cep­tions of Fem­i­nin­ity are influ­enced by pop artists” by Xinyan Peng
• “Kawaii in Japan­ese Pop­u­lar Cul­ture” by Cas­san­dra Newcomb
• “K-pop stars influ­ence on Korean and Dan­ish fans view on plas­tic surgery and beauty ideal: A com­par­a­tive study” by Jean­nie Wagner

Panel 4: Technology and Digital Mediums

• “Hat­sune Miku” by Chad Ralston
• “Show me Your Moves!: Japan­ese Music and Dance as a Global Cul­ture through Dance Dance Rev­o­lu­tion” by Edward Ly
• “Music in Anime: Unveil­ing It Mes­sages” by Eliz­a­beth Nelson
• “Dig­i­tal Divas and Singing Com­put­ers — Enter­ing the Online World of Vocaloid” by Anica Odell-Smedley