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Dancing to K-pop, analyzing TV-series and indulging in Hallyu culture at Nationalmuseet outside of its normal opening hours. This is just a typical day of exam studying for students from the Korean Modern Culture course from UCPH. University Post dropped in to take a look. See our photo story here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The final exam for the students from the Korean Modern Culture course at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies is taking place at Nationalmuseet (Danish national museum) next Sunday, June 24. For the exam, the students must prepare a public event in collaboration with the museum curator, to convey modern South Korean pop culture, named \u2018Hallyu\u2019. University Post talked to the project’s student coordinator Julie about mixing academia, practice and having an exam at Nationalmuseet.<\/p>\n

\u00bbTo have this project as an exam was our course coordinator, Martin\u2019s (Petersen, ed.) idea. We all thought it was interesting \u2013 and so, here we are,\u00ab Julie tells University Post, \u00bbbut I am very nervous about how this final exam will go.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Hallyu in Denmark<\/h2>\n

\u00bbAs a student, you must show a deep theoretical knowledge to get a good grade, but as a culture conveyer you must explain academia on a simple level to people who are not familiar with the theories. This balance is tough,\u00ab Julie admits.<\/p>\n

For the event on Sunday, the students will show modern South Korean Hallyu culture from several sides including history, dancing, music, internet, gaming and food. They are also responsible for the publicity of the event. Julie reveals that the strategy is about balancing similarities and differences.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe have been a bit late with publicity, but getting interest for this project has not been too difficult. Hallyu is not completely unknown in Denmark. It has for instance been covered in the major Danish newspaper \u2018Politiken\u2019 last April, and we have discovered a nationwide fan base of around 1,200 people,\u00ab says Julie.<\/p>\n

Poetic K-pop<\/h2>\n

Julie is the coordinator of the project, and is giving University Post a tour of the big preparation day at the museum. As some students are behind computers, others are in deep discussion. A common thing however seems to be blue-dyed hair.<\/p>\n

\u00bbI think I probably started that trend,\u00ab Julie says with a smile. \u00bbFor me, it started with the Hallyu boyband \u2018Big Bang\u2019 where one of the singers has blue hair.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Julie, however, is quick to reassure me that blue hair is not part of Hallyu culture. According to her, it is much more important to notice the poetic lyrics in K-pop (Korean pop, ed.) for example.<\/p>\n

Translating culture<\/h2>\n

\u00bbWhen my friend first showed me Korean TV drama series, I was hooked,\u00bb Julie admits. \u00bbYou just don\u2019t find that much romance in Western culture. I am a hopeless romantic.\u00ab<\/p>\n

According to Julie, everyone can find love and interest in Hallyu culture. It\u2019s all about balancing the similarities and the differences between the two cultures. <\/p>\n

\u00bbOne example of this is food. Both Danish and Korean traditional dishes are based on pork. However, the taste is different. When our guests on Sunday get to taste Korean food, we will focus on the similarity of the ingredients,\u00ab Julie explains. \u00bbIn this way, we will translate the Korean culture to our Danish audience.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Pretty boys and tomboys<\/h2>\n

But not everything is as easy to translate to a Danish audience, Julie reveals.<\/p>\n

\u00bbOne of the most difficult things to explain about Korean culture is the different relation to gender roles and beauty ideals compared to Western culture.\u00ab<\/p>\n

\u00bbThis can be seen in the close relationship between members of K-pop boy and girl bands. The band members are not afraid to caress each other and this has been termed \u2018skinship\u2019 as an abbreviation of skin and kinship,\u00ab Julie explains. \u00bbAnother thing is the different beauty ideals. Pretty boys and tomboys are much more looked up to than in the West.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Headed for South Korea<\/h2>\n

To present Hallyu music, the students are also preparing a surprise performance for the Sunday event. As they showed off some of their moves in the big museum atrium, one might mistake them to being more Korean than Danish.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWell, I really love Korean culture, but I am still a Dane,\u00ab Julie admits. \u00bbI think I have to go to South Korea and really learn the language before I truly become Korean.\u00ab<\/p>\n

\u00bbBut eight of us from the course are going on exchange studies in South Korea next year,\u00ab she adds with a smile.<\/p>\n

Polina.chebotareva@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

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For the exam, the students must prepare a public event in collaboration with the museum curator, to convey modern South Korean pop culture, named \u2018Hallyu\u2019. University Post talked to the project’s student coordinator Julie about mixing academia, practice and having an exam at Nationalmuseet.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTo have this project as an exam was our course coordinator, Martin\u2019s (Petersen, ed.) idea. We all thought it was interesting \u2013 and so, here we are,\u00ab Julie tells University Post, \u00bbbut I am very nervous about how this final exam will go.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>Hallyu in Denmark<\/h2>\n<p>\u00bbAs a student, you must show a deep theoretical knowledge to get a good grade, but as a culture conveyer you must explain academia on a simple level to people who are not familiar with the theories. This balance is tough,\u00ab Julie admits.<\/p>\n<p>For the event on Sunday, the students will show modern South Korean Hallyu culture from several sides including history, dancing, music, internet, gaming and food. They are also responsible for the publicity of the event. Julie reveals that the strategy is about balancing similarities and differences.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe have been a bit late with publicity, but getting interest for this project has not been too difficult. Hallyu is not completely unknown in Denmark. It has for instance been covered in the major Danish newspaper \u2018Politiken\u2019 last April, and we have discovered a nationwide fan base of around 1,200 people,\u00ab says Julie.<\/p>\n<h2>Poetic K-pop<\/h2>\n<p>Julie is the coordinator of the project, and is giving University Post a tour of the big preparation day at the museum. As some students are behind computers, others are in deep discussion. A common thing however seems to be blue-dyed hair.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI think I probably started that trend,\u00ab Julie says with a smile. \u00bbFor me, it started with the Hallyu boyband \u2018Big Bang\u2019 where one of the singers has blue hair.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Julie, however, is quick to reassure me that blue hair is not part of Hallyu culture. According to her, it is much more important to notice the poetic lyrics in K-pop (Korean pop, ed.) for example.<\/p>\n<h2>Translating culture<\/h2>\n<p>\u00bbWhen my friend first showed me Korean TV drama series, I was hooked,\u00bb Julie admits. \u00bbYou just don\u2019t find that much romance in Western culture. I am a hopeless romantic.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>According to Julie, everyone can find love and interest in Hallyu culture. It\u2019s all about balancing the similarities and the differences between the two cultures. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbOne example of this is food. Both Danish and Korean traditional dishes are based on pork. However, the taste is different. When our guests on Sunday get to taste Korean food, we will focus on the similarity of the ingredients,\u00ab Julie explains. \u00bbIn this way, we will translate the Korean culture to our Danish audience.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>Pretty boys and tomboys<\/h2>\n<p>But not everything is as easy to translate to a Danish audience, Julie reveals.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbOne of the most difficult things to explain about Korean culture is the different relation to gender roles and beauty ideals compared to Western culture.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThis can be seen in the close relationship between members of K-pop boy and girl bands. The band members are not afraid to caress each other and this has been termed \u2018skinship\u2019 as an abbreviation of skin and kinship,\u00ab Julie explains. \u00bbAnother thing is the different beauty ideals. Pretty boys and tomboys are much more looked up to than in the West.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>Headed for South Korea<\/h2>\n<p>To present Hallyu music, the students are also preparing a surprise performance for the Sunday event. As they showed off some of their moves in the big museum atrium, one might mistake them to being more Korean than Danish.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWell, I really love Korean culture, but I am still a Dane,\u00ab Julie admits. \u00bbI think I have to go to South Korea and really learn the language before I truly become Korean.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut eight of us from the course are going on exchange studies in South Korea next year,\u00ab she adds with a smile.<\/p>\n<p>Polina.chebotareva@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":43,"name":"Culture","slug":"culture","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":43,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":562,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11485,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/img_4518-1280x853.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35719,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16720\/revisions\/35719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}