Dr. Gitzen – Viral Imperialism: Outbreaks in South Korean Film

This article traces the influence of colonialism in South Korean viral outbreak films. It specifically interrogates the pathways viruses travel – from Global South to the Global North – how such travel happens along the colonial routes, and how such travel lays bare postcolonial conflicts […]


Dr. Gitzen Publishes Peer-reviewed Article in Museum Anthropology

Located mere feet from the busy Yeouido Bus Transfer Center, the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) Bunker is a former military bunker from 1970s authoritarian South Korea that now showcases changing art exhibits. Debuting in November 2019, Paju (by artist Kim Sung Rea) features a series of […]


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