[KeaneJerrica]

Hi Crystal, 

I'm unable to post my lesson plan in the correct location, so here is it attached. 

Thanks! 

Jerrica Keane

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[KeaneJerrica]

Hi Crystal:

I'm not able to post the film review in the film festival forum so please find my film review attached. 

Thanks!! 

Jerrica

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[KeaneJerrica]

Overall, I have learned a great deal about Korean Pop Culture during this seminar. I appreciated the ability to choose different articles to read next week based on interest and at times, I had time to read both. I always enjoyed the pre-recorded lectures. Having them pre-recorded increased accessibility, especially as the school year started. The lectures were engaging and informative, especially as a person who is relatively new to the study of Korean Pop Culture. Personally, I can’t wait to use the information and knowledge I gained during the seminar in my classes. Already, I have references multiple themes discussed in our seminar during a “Agency & Social Justice” class I teach. Namely, topics on Korean beauty standards and norms. As I described the article I had read about Gangnam style and the prevalence of cosmetic surgery within Korean Society, many of my students immediately chimed into the conversation to share their own observations and experiences within their cultures. It was empowering to experience my Asian students think critically about these standards. Additionally, something Professor Jung-Kim said stood out and it was, (rough paraphrase) “It is important to note that Western beauty standards aren’t what everyone else in the world compares themselves to” and it made me realize how American-centric that mentality is. As a class, we worked through that mentality and it was an incredibly interesting conversation with my students.  

 

For Ethnic Studies, I can’t wait to collaborate with my teaching-partner, Courtney Caldwell, who also attended this seminar. It was great being able to debrief with her and brainstorm ideas to include in our classes. Our course is a semester long, so adding new content can be challenging because it also requires removing something else. However, we have both committed to including more diverse perspectives into our course and Korean pop culture is the next perspective we will be working into our curriculum. I am looking forward to sharing the knowledge we acquired with our students. Especially with the increased popularity of K-Pop and Korean culture in general, I believe it will be incredibly engaging for students to learn more about!!

 

[KeaneJerrica]

Hi! 

Like Kara, I am not able to post my website review to the link provided. It says it is locked. Attached please find my website review. 

Jerrica Keane

 

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[KeaneJerrica]

I love these ideas and the structure you shared. I'm fascinated by sociology and it would be sooo cool to dive deep into sociological topic such a beauty, or the family while using Korean pop culture as the case study. It offers alot of opportunity for thoughtful discussion. 

[KeaneJerrica]

In the second article, the author analyzes the extent to which Japanese comics have "culture odorlessness" thus making them more accessible to wide audiences internationally. I agree with the argument that the author makes about the simiplicity of this explanation. Not to mention using the sense of smell, or lack thereof, to describe pop culture seems degrading in a way. It is important that we recognize the cultural wealth within media from diverse countries and to do otherwise is to demote the facsinating complexity of international pop culture like we have explored in this course. 

[KeaneJerrica]

I like your ideas, Roger. Sharing of cultures and experiences always makes learning richer.

Courtney and I teach Ethnic Studies at the same school and we have been considering how to teach more about cultural and community wealth that students bring with them in every space they enter. I like the ideas shared in this post so far about having students explore their own cultural/community wealth and then have an opportunity to share those with the class.  I'm really looking forward to our discussiion today about implementing what I've learned in this course into action! 

[KeaneJerrica]

Hey Kara! 

I really like your lesson plan idea. Giving students the opportunity to create is always powerful. I'm curious, do many of your students know how to create iMovies? If not, do you teach them? I've never thought about using that particular program, but it would be a really great tool to ulitize. 

[KeaneJerrica]

Hi Crystal! I'd like to purchase the 3 CEU's - thanks! Jerrica

[KeaneJerrica]

I was surprised watching the ~100 years of beauty and how South Korean style actually tracks with the trends within the US during each decade. Additionally, the promotion of cosmetic surgery during the trailer for “200 pound beauty” is consistent with what we have read and watched over the past few weeks. It was interesting how after the main character completed her cosmetic surgery the music becomes more bubbly, brighter and she herself seems happier.  While I understand how this surgery could be empowering for a person, it is a form of internalized oppression in terms of beauty standards. This trailer makes me sad thinking about the pressure young people must face to look a certain way to adhere to the beauty standards. I noticed the before and after photos of a person who had surgery make the person look more “doll-like”. It reminds me of the discussion we had during the K-Pop week.  I’ve never heard of medical tourism and it makes me wonder how many other countries normalize cosmetic surgery. I am sure there are many more than I realize. I am curious how many men also undergo cosmetic surgery. Given what we learned about the male K-Pop stars and that men pay more on make-up products than anywhere else in the world, I would infer that it occurs a lot as well.

[KeaneJerrica]

Thank you for all the yummy recommendations! I'm going to plan a dinner 😀 

[KeaneJerrica]

Interesting point! We were talking about colourism with students in Social Justice and the topic of colourism came up/ In particular, a student explained how media, photos and videos actually use filters to LIGHTEN the skin sahdes of BTS members and that you don't realize the actually have more melanated skin until you see them live. 

[KeaneJerrica]

Article two brought up so many feelings in terms of food colonization. Colonizers understand that if you control food, you control the people. Food sovereignty is a topic that I continually explore within my own family.  Food sovereignty is the idea that a community is able to live off the land and grow and sustain their own native foods, not having to rely on outside food sources to thrive or survive. Indigneous food sovereignty is essential to the foundation of maintaining/reclaiming freedom.  The ability to grow, cook and sustain yourself and your community is resistance and living. The location of reservations often exist within food deserts (lack of nutritious grocery stores ect.) and the land is often difficult to cultivate and sustain food crops. For this reason people often lack nourishing food that is grown from the ground therefore forcing Indigenous people to rely on highly processed food. This creates a health crisis relating to diabetes, obesity and many other health issues. We make bannock or frybread in our family and sometimes bannock itself holds a lot of emotion - it is both a colonial impact of removal of food sovereignty from Indigenous communities (reliance on food with minimal ingredients), yet it also tastes like home. In addition to the health benefits of food sovereignty, it is also paramount in mental health. 

 

This article describes the issue of Korean food sovereignty in terms of soy sauce, forcible removal of land, erasure of history and therefore identity and the overall devastation caused by the colonization of Korea by Japan. It truly breaks my heart that people around the world, in addition to Indigenous peoples and Koreans, continue to battle the legacy of imperialism, colonialism and intergenerational trauma.

 

[KeaneJerrica]

You might want to approach that student to ask if they would be open to speaking to their experiences without opening asking.putting the student on the spot. Otherwise, I would say yes, you'd want to explore the other cultures as well. It really depends on the students though. Personally, I would individually ask the student(s) to share in class. 

[KeaneJerrica]

Agreed - I had the same thoughts. Women should not have to choose between being a "mother OR a....." it should be "I am a mother AND I....". 

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