Current and planned research projects at the intersection of sociology, sound, and East Asian media cultures.
An ethnographic study of how LGBTQ+ listeners in Taipei and online diaspora communities build political and affective worlds through Mandarin-language pop—from ballads to club remixes.
Examines how broadcast, streaming, and fan translation networks reframe cross-Strait cultural exchange through popular music archives and reunion concerts.
Investigates unpaid creative labor in fan communities and its relationship to platform capitalism and state cultural policy in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.