Christopher Zysik
Society, Culture and Technological Change
Christopher Zysik is research associate in the DFG-project “Japanese Visual Media Graph.” Currently, he is a PhD candidate at Paderborn University researching the music phenomenon Kawaii Metal.
Research Areas
- Popular Music and Media Culture
- Music and Media Sociology
- Aesthetics of Popular Culture
- Social and Cultural Psychology
- Postcolonial Theory and Globalization
- Idols, Celebrities and Star Culture
- Heavy Metal and Rock Music
- Cultural Phenomenology
Career
Since 2020 | M.A. Media Studies and Philosophy |
Since 2017 | Ph.D. candidate at Paderborn University Advisors: |
2016 | M.A. Popular Music and Media |
2014 | B.A. Musicology and Philosophy |
Publications
Research Articles |
(2021): K-Pop and Suicide. Marginalization and Resistance in the Korean Pop Industry, in: M. Ahlers, K. Alexi, E. Krisper, E. Schuck, D.-E- Wickström (Ed.): Samples - Special Issue "Not Ready to Make Nice", Issue 19.
(2019): Hang on the Box and women's identity in China, in: Bestley, R., Lohman, K., Raghunath, A. (Ed.): Punk & Post-Punk, Issue 8, No. 2, pp. 243-255. |
Presentations (Selection) |
2023/09/14 – 09/16: »The K-Pop Body – Beauty Standards and Sexist Authoritarianism in Korean Popular Music Culture« (in German), 33rd GfPM Annual Conference Rock Your Body, University of Siegen, Germany
2023/06/26 – 06/30: »Cuteness and Suicide – Affective Deconstruction of Stigmas About Mental Health«, XXII. biennial IASPM International Conference Popular Music in Crisis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
2023/05/30 – 06/01: »Third Space(s) and Cultural Hybridization« (in German), 15th Graduate Conference Transdisciplinary Spaces in Cultural Studies, Paderborn University, Germany
2022/07/05 – 07/09: »Mongolian Rock Music and the Mongolian Minority in China«, XXI. biennial IASPM International Conference Climates of Popular Music, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
2022/04/15 – 04/16: »The Voice of Cuteness – Constructing Gender Segregation in Japanese Idol Music«, Differentiating Sound Studies: Politics of Sound and Listening, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
2021/09/16 – 09/17: »Girls-Metal-Band-Boom – Between Japanese Gender Identity, Exoticization and Transregional Flows«, 1st IASPM Poland Conference Regional experiences and external influences: reclaiming identities by popular music in the digital era, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
2020/09/25: »K-Pop und Suicide – Marginalization and Resistance in the Korean Pop Industry« (in German), 30th GfPM Annual Conference „Not Ready to Make Nice“. Macht und Bedrohung im Kontext populärer Musik, Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts and Pop Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2019/11/02: »J-Pop, K-Pop and Co. – Imagining National Identity through Popular music terms in East-Asia« (in German), 29th GfPM Annual Conference One Nation Under a Groove: ‘Nation‘ as a Category of Popular Music?, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
2019/07/11: »Wota – Constructing a Space for Marginalized Identities in Japanese Popular Culture« (in German), 12th Graduate Conference The Relevance of Cultural Studies, Paderborn University, Germany
2018/07/12: »Kawaii-Metal – About the Postcolonial Analysis of Cuteness as a Commodity Aesthetic in Heavy Metal Music« (in German), 11th Graduate Conference, Paderborn University, Germany |
Public Talks and Panel discussions |
2021/09/23: »Studying Popular Culture« presented by The Popular Culture Studies Journal, MPCA/ACA, Online
2021/03/11: »Folklore and Popular Culture« presented by The Popular Culture Studies Journal, MPCA/ACA, Online
2021/03/04: »Global Popular Culture«, presented by The Popular Culture Studies Journal, MPCA/ACA, Online
2021/01/14: »Digital Popular Culture«, presented by The Popular Culture Studies Journal, MPCA/ACA, Online
2020/11/04: »Popular Culture and Democracy«, presented by The Popular Culture Studies Journal, MPCA/ACA, Online |
Memberships and Board Activities
Membership | |
IASPM D-A-CH - International Association for the Study of Popular Music, German-speaking branch GfPM - German Society for Popular Music Studies IAPMS - Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Group GfM - German Society for Media Studies ESA - The European Society for Aesthetics | |
Board Activities | |
Since 10/2022 | Advisory Board Member (IASPM D-A-CH) |
12/2021–07/2022 | Permanent guest in the board of directors Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities GKW, Paderborn University |
08/2020–05/2021 | Vice Graduate Representative |
01/2019–07/2022 | GFKW – Graduate Forum of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities |