Japan-Adjacent: In Praise of Creative Expression within Japan’s Shadow LAURA HEIN, Series Guest Editor One of the pleasures of Japan is the high quality of visual art and…
There is a narrow canal (水路, suiro) behind my house that runs parellel with the Neyagawa River for several kilometers. The canal serves as the border between Neyagawa-shi…
“Taking Pictures of Snakes at Midnight: An Anthropological Perspective” on the relation between snakes and humans, and nature and humans, in Hong Kong, by Ryan Xin Xie. Venue:…
ABSTRACT: This project began as a 35 mm film photography collection to document the presence of waste in the Northwest border of Tunisia, as the materiality of waste,…
The last adventure and post in the VAoJ Hiroshima Research Trip Arc is about my tour of the sake breweries in Saijō-chō in Higashihiroshima. I left the big…
This is the third post in the VAoJ Hiroshima Research Trip Arc. The day’s main event (7/8/25): the baseball game between the host Hiroshima Carp and the visiting…
This post is the second of the Hiroshima Research Trip Arc. In keeping with my recent and ongoing tachinomi project, I wanted to experience the social/drinking nightlife of…
My research trip this summer was to Hiroshima. The first place I went to was the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park and Museum. I have been there before, on…
Our final correspondence: 石西: 明日の事はわかりませんが とりあえず楽しくておつきあいをいただいたこと ありがとうございました me: BEST FRIEND 石西: ゆーつー This might not be the most appropriate memorial photo for my friend Isonishi-san. But it is…
A HOT early Sunday afternoon, the deafening sound of the cicadas on the cherry tress that line the small stream behind out house, and the sound of shouting…
Text and photos from kyoto-muse.jp. The Kyoto Museum of Photography’s Gallery Japanesque will be holding a photo exhibition by Takeshi Mamezuka entitled “People Who Didn’t Hear the Pikachu/Snake…
When I was growing up in America, I would often buy baseball cards that came with a stick (and scent) of bubblegum. But here in Japan, you can…
Bonus(?): This picture pretty much says it all… 7 losses in a row. And on Umeno’s birthday no less (he did get a hit, but was tagged out…
“Bright morning light on pond and path around the garden” https://www.flickr.com/photos/mi_shigapics/51427254438/in/album-72157712160299046 Thanks to Guven Witteveen for sharing this info through t…
UPDATE 6/18/25: It might be hard to see, but a pigeon picks the weeds and litter in search of food… Or th help clean the mess? Meanwhile (harder…
Abstract: ‘An Archive of Archives Lost’ is an affective autoethnographic visual essay that examines the devastating impact of climate change through the lens of personal loss. The Philippines…
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…