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deconstructing korea

 

 
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Deconstructing korea: a cultural studies approach

 

This project is a Cultural Studies/Ethnic Studies consideration of Korea and exists to provide theoretical aid to bringing the study of KOREA to Asian American and Korean American Studies at the undergraduate level, while making real, academically responsible sense of the "Korean Wave" and other points of interest in South Korean mass and popular culture.

 

writing and photographs / Dr. Michael W. Hurt
Founder, Director/ The Critical Cultural Studies Program @ Busan University of Foreign Studies

Fashion Division Chair / World Association of Hallyu Studies
kuraeji@gmail.com

 

 
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About Dr. Hurt

Dr. Michael W. Hurt is a photographer and professor living in Seoul, Korea. He received his doctoral degree from UC Berkeley's Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies and also started the first street fashion blog in South Korea in 2006, having covered Seoul Fashion Week and the Korean streets since 2007. He is also author of The Seoul Fashion Report, the first photo book about Korean street and runway fashion, while also running an online magazine extension of the book. He works as assistant professor at the Hanguk University of Foreign Studies teaching both Marketing and other culture courses, and continues shooting the streets of Seoul and its fashions. He has also lectured in Visual Sociology and The Sociology of Popular Culture at both Yonsei and Korea University.

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I think this is the first time I've ever caught a dude and a lady hastily applying their morning commute makeup in the same frame.
The new, next thing in advanced skin hydration. Green tea infused water as the base--but wild green tea, not generic extract. Apparently, that's a thing.
Fabulous skirt in Geondae.
Plastic surgery. Everybody's doing it!
Korean student rain gear. Socks and slippers will not be stopped.
THE MODERN AGASSI. Big brand plate on the tee in hyper modern text, and white, very pleated tennis skirt, double-wielding smartphone and sweet, iced coffee.
Modern love.
Bus love in Geondae.
Art, technically.
Quittin time in Insadong.
Midnight in Itaewon.
Extra Space Age packaging and mask applicator to give just that little extra boost of believability.
Ok. This is the dumbest name EVER. And I'm sure there was an English speaking foreigner involved in vetting it, who was either too cowed to say "Yeah, this is fucking stupid" or who said that and was promptly ignored and penalized for disag
The Noraebang in Nagweon Market. "Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Wh
12 midnight with an hour left on the counter at the noraebang is SURELY a ring of Hell Dante left out of the final cut of the Inferno.
Serenity on work break.
Busy as a bee on the subway. The makeup city.
Romance in Hanbok.
Right on the nose.
Spirited conversation at the bus terminal.

Multimedia Appearances

In this show, I talk about our new Critical Cultural Studies Program (CCSP) I'm starting down here at the Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS).

2015: Beginning of Korean Wave 3.0 On today′s UPFRONT, we have Joo Choun-ki, vice president of World Association for Hallyu Studies, professor Oh In-kyu from Korea University who is also director of Center for Hallyu Studies at Research Institute of Korean Studies and a pop culture critic Michael Hurt to discuss more about the opening of the era of "Korean Wave 3.0" and ways to better globalize Korea to the global society.

idol incubation system Korea's so-called "idol incubation system" has been seized the world's attention with its systematic training program that educates dance, singing, personality and even manners. On today's UPFRONT, we assess Korea's unique K-pop star training system. 아이돌 인큐베이팅 시스템 춤, 노래, 인성, 매너 교육까지 철저히 훈련하는 한국의 아이돌 인큐베이팅 시스템이 주목받고 있다.

A photographer and co-author and editor of on-line fashion magazine 'feetmanseoul', Michael Hurt, was on air (Oct. 21, 2008)

Chic Avenue] We talk about Korean culture through the fashion of young women encountered on the streets. Now we introduce the fact that Korea's young women are creating a culture code on the streets. Visit Today's blogger Michael Hurt's blog at http://www.feetmanseoul.com *Today's Blog is produced by Arirang TV in partnership with the Korea Tourism Organization.

Soyeon is a young lady I met and photographed and offered to be an assistant in any shoots I did. I am doing a series of interviews with Korean street fashion figures for an academic article I am writing. Sinc Soyeon is potntially as great an informant as assistant, I decided to take a test run with my intrview quesions with SY to both work out the kinks and to get to know her a bit.