Kashfia Arif is a cultural scholar, writer, editor and curator. She holds an MFA in Criticism and Curatorial Practice from OCAD University and an MA in Critical Media and Cultural Studies from SOAS, University of London. As an interdisciplinary scholar, she has presented on Korean fanculture, Japanese visual culture and South Asian art initiatives in international conferences and her recent publications include the chapter “Looking at Fan Identity: The Bangladeshi K-pop Fan” in Korean Wave in South Asia: Transcultural Flow, Fandom and Identity. Arif’s curatorial research interests include narration and storytelling, memory and trauma, catharsis and healing, humour, graffiti, and memes. She works remotely as an editor with Brihatta Art Foundation, a Bangladeshi art collective, most recently working for Dhaka Art Summit 2023. Her next adventure is pursuing her PhD in Criticism and Theory at Western University researching post-memory, Bangladeshi art history and contemporary visual culture.