BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's East Asia Program presents Joowon Park \, chair and professor of anthropology at Skidmore College.What do we hear when we situate the DMZ as a technologized soundscape? How does sound blu r the boundary between human and machine\, presence and phantom\, and frie nd and enemy? How might being attuned to sound move us to a logic of entan glements rather than division? The Korean DMZ is one of the most hazardous and militarized zones in the world. Originally established with the cease fire to the Korean War\, this space is littered with active landmines\, ra zor wires\, heat sensors and tank traps—securitized to prevent human cross ings. However\, this talk explores the non-material encounters across the DMZ by framing it as a technologically mediated soundscape where political ideologies\, militarized masculinities and national strength are constant ly projected\, contested and negotiated. In examining the DMZ’s sonic enta nglements in the form of sounds like K-pop broadcasts\, this presentation analyzes the role of technology in shaping this militarized area and the h uman experience within and outside the DMZ. \;Joowon Park is chair and associate professor of anthropology and director of the Frances Young Tan g ’61 Program in Asian Studies at Skidmore College. He is the author of Be longing in a House Divided: The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement Process (University of California Press). Based on ethnographic research\, it chronicles the everyday lives of resettled North Koreans in South Kore a and their experiences with violence\, postwar citizenship and ethnic bou ndary making\, and documents new transnational kinship practices that conn ect family members across the DMZ. He is working on a new book project ten tatively titled\, K-pop in the DMZ and Other Transborder Crossings\, explo ring the DMZ’s aerial and sonic entanglements in the form of K-pop broadca sts\, loudspeakers and “paper bombs” (propaganda leaflets). His research h as been supported by the National Science Foundation\, the Wenner-Gren Fou ndation\, ASIANetwork\, and more. \; DTEND:20260220T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T232514Z DTSTART:20260220T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The DMZ as Technologized Soundscape: K-Pop & Other Sonic Entangleme nts in the Demilitarized Zone UID:RFCALITEM639140379147747221 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute's East Asia Program presents Joowon Park\, chair and professor of anthropology at Skidmore Col lege.

What do we hear when we situate the DMZ as a technologized sou ndscape? How does sound blur the boundary between human and machine\, pres ence and phantom\, and friend and enemy? How might being attuned to sound move us to a logic of entanglements rather than division? The Korean DMZ i s one of the most hazardous and militarized zones in the world. Originally established with the ceasefire to the Korean War\, this space is littered with active landmines\, razor wires\, heat sensors and tank traps—securit ized to prevent human crossings.

However\, this talk explores the n on-material encounters across the DMZ by framing it as a technologically m ediated soundscape where political ideologies\, militarized masculinities and national strength are constantly projected\, contested and negotiated. In examining the DMZ’s sonic entanglements in the form of sounds like K-p op broadcasts\, this presentation analyzes the role of technology in shapi ng this militarized area and the human experience within and outside the D MZ. \;

Joowon Park is chair and associate profe ssor of anthropology and director of the Frances Young Tang ’61 Program in Asian Studies at Skidmore College. He is the author of Belonging in a House Divided: The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement Process (University of California Press). Based on ethnographic research\, it chr onicles the everyday lives of resettled North Koreans in South Korea and t heir experiences with violence\, postwar citizenship and ethnic boundary m aking\, and documents new transnational kinship practices that connect fam ily members across the DMZ.

He is working on a new book project ten tatively titled\, K-pop in the DMZ and Other Transborder Crossings\, exploring the DMZ’s aerial and sonic entanglements in the form of K-po p broadcasts\, loudspeakers and “paper bombs” (propaganda leaflets). His r esearch has been supported by the National Science Foundation\, the Wenner -Gren Foundation\, ASIANetwork\, and more. \;

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