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2022 Toshikoshi Soba
The tradition here at VAOJ to document the purchase of toshikoshi soba (“end of the year soba noodles”) on New Year’s Eve continues! Click here for previous new…
大掃除！New workspace set-ups for the office and home
For the office, a new second (curved) monitor; I bought it last year to use up university research funds. After my accident it was sitting in its box…
Happy Holidays! from「VAoJ」
No product endorsements intended. Mugi-chan appears courtesy of Gonzo Anthropology Productions.
鶴橋の焼肉! It was so good I had to go back…
The last time I went: http://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2022/12/recent-hisashiburi-yaki-niku-in.html
When I ordered double sausage for my pizza they seemed to think I wanted it on the side…
Authentic New York style pizza in Japan?
2022 Fall Festival – I’m feeling like monochrome…
For (a lot) more information about the fall festival: 「Neighborhood Autumn Festival in Japan: A Multimodal Visual Ethnography and Performance」 https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2020/05/…
2022 Fall Festival – Day Two
See yesterday’s post for Day One Photos. Here’s Day Two… I’m already looking forward to next year! For (a lot) more information about the fall festival: 「Neighborhood Autumn…
2022 Fall Festival – Day One
After two long years of COVID-19 restrictions, we were finally able to hold our neighborhood fall festival this year. The program was cut back a bit – no…
Announcement and Preview: “What the Future of Anthropological Research Should Look/Sound/Feel Like: A Visual Ethnography of a Standing Drink Bar in Japan”
SouthWest Conference on Asian Studies University of Central Arkansas, USA Session 7.1 (Virtual) October 8, 2022 9:30-10:45 AM (Central Daylight Time) 11:30 PM-12:45 AM (Japan Standard Time) Abstract:…
Cultural Contexts of COVID-19: Improving Pandemic Responses
Cultural context of health is critical in responding to pandemics, new research shows: While populations’ access to health care is crucial to combating the spread of COVID-19, a…
Cultures of Health and Sickness in the COVID Era – Le Monde Diplomatique
Cultures of health and sickness A. David Napier and Edward F Fischer July 7, 2020 – Le Monde diplomatique https://mondediplo.com/2020/07/04uganda A group of researchers, led by…
WHO project on cultural contexts of health and well-being adopted in U.S.
03-04-2020 WHO/Europe is pleased to announce that the cultural contexts of health and well-being (CCH) project, which it pioneered and established, will now also be rolled out in…
Creating Value Worlds with Third Wave Coffee
Interview with Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics: https://sase.org/uncategorized/quality-and-inequality-creating-value-worlds-with-third-wave-coffee/
‘Now is the Time of Monsters’: The Painful Birth of a New World Order
President Trump calls the WTO a “disas…
Vanderbilt’s Dr. Ted Fischer speaks to the class of 2022
Vanderbilt’s Dr. Ted Fischer speaks to the class of 2022 on how to find their passions in life