Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – Not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. Each season is set around themes with each episode unpacking a particular animal turn concept and its significance therein. Join Claudia Hirtenfelder as she delves into some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn in scholarship, thinking, and being.
Keung Yoon Bae is Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at the School of Modern Languages. Her research examines the relationship between media production and state governance in Korea, across different industries and eras, including 1940s imperial Japanese regulation of colonial Korean cinema and 1960s authoritarian control over Korean cinema. Her most recent works examine ownership and governance over video games and gaming culture in Korea.