Religiosity, Spirituality, Material Culture in Korea

Day 2 of Religiosity, Spirituality, Material Culture in Korea: Devotional Objects and Contemporary Variations. (Day 1 is unavailable.)
Religiosity and spirituality may be intangible in concept and principle, but these ideas are manifest in materiality. This two-day symposium expands the scope of Korean art history to objects outside the traditional category of “fine art” and moves beyond aesthetic analysis to consider sensorial engagement, ritual function, the transformative reception of materiality, techniques of production, and histories of consumption. Participants will discuss both institutionalized and unorthodox objects and practices from Buddhism, Daoism, Shamanism, and Christianity over a wide chronological range of themes from ancient worship objects to fandom in contemporary popular culture.
Co-organized by Heeryoon Shin (Bard College) and Kyunghee Pyun (Fashion Institute of Technology).
This symposium was supported by the 2023 Korean Studies Grant Program of the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2023-C-029).