About

The Journal for Global Pop Cultures is an online open access journal and dissemination platform edited by the Shared Campus Publications, a joint project by seven international art universities. The aim of the journal is to address the complexity, hybridity, and transculturality of global pop cultures. No longer confined to entertainment and youth cultures, global pop cultures oscillate between art and entertainment, criticism and affirmation, markets and non-commercial sectors, underground (sub)cultures and university courses. With that said, pop cultures can be counted among the most salient driving forces in the globalization, hybridization and innovation of cultures at large. Pop is a sphere where not only politics, identities, economies, and social questions are negotiated, but also where Pop itself is perpetually reflected and redefined. The theorizing and critical artistic reflection of Pop is an integral part of global pop cultures themselves. In the course thereof, the evolution of Pop has brought along Pop Art, Art Pop, and Avant-Pop, among others. The journal explores these complexities in three sections: a) a peer-reviewed section dedicated to the publication of research papers/projects, both scholarly and artistic ones, in annual thematic issues ("Journal"), b) a thematically linked more playful magazine section intended for a broader public ("Magazine"), c) the section "Insights" which showcases pop-related artworks from the Shared Campus partner institutions. The international members of the editorial board welcome research both from theory and practice ((i.e. artistic research, research-based art, practice-based research), from art as well as design.

Editorial team Journal:

-Annekathrin Kohout is an independent researcher and authour based in Leipzig. She focuses on the aesthetics, history, and theory of pop and popular culture, social media, and contemporary art. https://sofrischsogut.com/
-Bitten Stetter is design professor in the specialization Trends & Identity at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), she teaches in the field of social-cultural changes, is researcher in death, dying and care futures and grounder of the brand finally, a brand that cares about the end.
-Gan Sheuo Hui is a lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore. She specializes in animation, film, and media. Her research and teaching focus on the aesthetics and forms of filmic sequential storytelling and visual narratives in contemporary media landscapes.
-Darren Moore (DMA) is a Senior Lecturer in Music at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore and an internationally recognised drummer who plays contemporary jazz, free jazz, experimental and free improv music.
-Jörg Scheller is professor of art history at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), regular guest professor at the University of the Arts Poznań, musician, journalist, and certified fitness instructor.
-Masahiro Yasuda is professor at the Faculty of Media Creation, Kyoto Seika University in Kyoto where he teaches socio-cultural aspects of popular musics' globalisation.

Editorial team Magazine:

-Takuro Mizuta Lippit (aka dj sniff) is a turntablist, curator and producer, who works in experimental electronic arts and improvised music.
-Judith Mair is a lecturer in the specialization Trends & Identity at the design department of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and an expert for popular culture between the poles of research and design.