East Asian Studies

Professor Hieyoon Kim's Latest Publication

"Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory" has published East Asian Studies Professor Heiyoon Kim's latest article, "Standing with Myanmar: The Limits and Possibilities of South Korean Art Activism".

In her discussion of South Korean artistic responses to the military coup in Myanmar, Hieyoon Kim explores the possibilities and limits of protest art as a medium for transnational solidarity. While her case studies highlight the difficulties of breaking out of the binaries and hierarchies structuring hegemonic practices and imaginaries of solidarity, she also indicates the potential of protest art to forge new social imaginaries.

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