This workshop brings together presenters from four universities to explore innovative approaches to scholarly communication. Moving beyond conventional formats, the event highlights alternative, d…
A personal note: Dr. Mark Bookman was an incredible scholar, the foremost expert on historical and contemporary disability issues in Japan, a wonderful and caring person any my…
Art x Research x Archives – Investigative Art and Creative Humanities Supervisor: Yoshitaka Mori Edited by Tokyo University of the Arts Future Creation and Inheritance Center Getsuyosha 2,400…
May 23, 2025 / 6:00pm -7:30pm / Room 301, Building 10, Sophia University / In person only / No registration required Responding to the record low birthrate and…
The Doshisha University Institute for the Liberal Arts in cooperation with the University of Bremen (Germany) is initiating the first colloquium for young researchers in the field of…
May 14, 2025 / 18:30-20:00 Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University In Person only / No registration required Abstract: How do we enter into, look at, and…
See also: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-expected-beauty-and-awe-of-cherry.html See also: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-na-no…
“An article I wrote myself in 2022, but it was delivered as an updated article incorporating 3 years worth of changes and more! I think it’s very easy…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/style/le-poisson-steve-tiktok.html https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BlNOwq8IIPU
“KG＋” is a public art festival that first started in 2013 with the aim of discovering and supporting upcoming photographers and curators with 2025 being the 13th anniversary…
Three plamts behind the family of three, all enjoying the cherry blossoms… See also: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-expected-beauty-and-awe-of-cherry.html
Congratulations and many thanks to the co-editors, Jennifer McGuire and Christopher Tso, on putting together and releasing the Japan Anthropology Workshop Newsletter (#53) “…continuing with our …
JAWS / AJJ Joint Conference 2025 Session 14 – Reflecting and Revisiting「Teaching Japan」 University of Hyogo – Kobe Campus for Commerce Building 5 April 5, 2025, 15:40 –…
One might ask, what about everything else?
Saito-san, known as perhaps the most popular deaf photographer in Japan, has been keeping a diary about his feelings about the upcoming exhibition. In one post he wrote:…
The Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) and the Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) joint conference will be held in Kobe from April 4th (Friday) to April 6th (Sunday),…
On January 15, 2025, from 8:00 – 10:00 AM, we (the shrine elders and the recruited volutnteer/visual anthropologist) held the Tondo Matsuri at our local shrine, Ubusuna Jinja,…
PHOTOBOOK, OUR CO-BLIND – A Visual Ethnography of the Visually Impaired Community in the Northern Philippines “OUR CO-BLIND -A Visual Ethnography of the Visually Impaired Community in the…
明けましておめでとうございます。今年もよろしくお願いします。 Happy New Year! VAoJ hopes for a wonderful, peaceful and meaningful 2025 for all! Please forgive the lateness of our New Year’s greetings. These photos span the…
The Solitart Gourmet becomes a full length feature film, with a very different kind of vibe. Out on January 10, 2025. Official movie site: https://gekieiga-kodokunogurume.jp/ Movie trailer: https…