International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)

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:
                            Prof. Dr. Thomas Krettenauer
                            Prof. Dr. Florian Heesch

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
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Paderborn University

01/2019–07/2022

GFKW – Graduate Forum of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Paderborn University