Tokyo International Deaf Arts Festival 2025
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Announcement: A screening of a documentary film “Kitaushima” (North Cormorant Island)
Produced, Directed and Written by John Williams Co-Producer and Co-Director: Yu Iwasaki 2024/86 min./Japan/Bilingual version (Japanese with English subtitles, English with Japanese subtitles) …
“Taking Pictures of Snakes at Midnight: An Anthropological Perspective” – Lecture at Hong Kong Anthropological Society
“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:…
Workshop on Scholarly Communication: “The Art of Herding Cats: Reimagining Classroom Lectures and Conference Presentations” (a continuation of a series at Harvard) June 24, 2025 @ Doshisha University, Kyoto
This workshop brings together presenters from four universities to explore innovative approaches to scholarly communication. Moving beyond conventional formats, the event highlights alternative, d…
Presentation Announcement:「The “Crisis” of Sociality: Caring for the Dead Otherwise with Anne Allison」
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…
Announcement: 「Reading Family Albums: Indian Immigrants in Tokyo, 1976 – 2010」 Presentation by Bakirathi Mani @ Sophia University
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…
Announcement: KG＋ Photo Exhibition in Kyoto April 12 ~ May 11
“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…
Announcement: New JAWS Newsletter released (and check out the cover! AGAIN!)
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 …
The Visual Anthropology of Japan: In and Outside the Classroom, Revisited
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 –…
Announcement: JAWS/AJJ Joint Conference 2025 @ University of Hyogo
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),…
Announcement:「ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: REPHOTOGRAPHY × TOHOKU’S RECOVERING COAST, December 14, 2024 」
Announcement from SSJ-Forum: Produced by members of the rephoto lab at University of Tsukuba. The symposium and accompanying exhibition are funded by a Graphic Culture Research Grant from…
Announcement of Conference Presentation:「Intersectionality in Japanese Deaf Communities」
「Intersectionality in Japanese Deaf Communities」 Abstract: Are Deaf people in Japan simply disabled, or a linguistic minority, or both? Various physical conditions and individual situations combine…
Announcement: New Book Release「Teaching Japan: A Handbook」
Teaching Japan: A Handbook. Ioannis Gaitanidis and Gregory S. Poole, eds. 2024. Japan Documents (MHM Limited, Tokyo). For more information: https://www.mhmjapandocuments.com/copy-of-handbook-of-j…
Announcement: VAoJ @Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture 上智大学比較文化研究所「The Tachinomi Project」July 17, 2024
Dowload flyer here: https://www.icc-sophia.com/_files/ugd/2edff9_6a975eb58ccc4236ad4014881870fc43.pdf SOPHIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF COMPARATIVE CULTURE: https://www.icc-sophia.com/
Announcement:「A Primer on Deaf Communities in Japan: Identity, Sign Language and Diversity」@YCAPS, Getting to Know Japan Webinar (via Zoom) — Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 19:00 (JST)
Accesss the meeting link here: https://www.ycaps.org/gtkj-a-primer-on-deaf-communities-japan The program format is 30 minutes of lecture and 30 minutes of discussion. Of course it will be impossibl…
NEW! @VAoJ: RESOURCES I RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT AND NEED TO LOOK AT…
A way too long overdue update on the blog… But I am too lazy to put them in proper categories. So much good stuff is out there and…
The Photo Exhibition Has Ended… Thank you for your interest, support, coming to see our photos, talking with us, filling out our survey, sipping the sacred sake and eating the treats… If you couldn’t come, or you want more, we will be presenting at the KGU IRI Forum on 2/22/24.
So many came out to the exhibition – friends, colleagues, matsuri experts, former students, new students, new friends (including interested passersby) … Thank you so much! We are…
明日から写真展始まります! Photo Exhibition Starts Tomorrow!
Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 A Photo Exhibition by Lucile Druet and Steven C. Fedorowicz 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 ルシル ドルーエとスティーブン C. フェドロウィツによる写真展 2024 Febr…
「Matsuri」 Photo Exhibition Accessibility and Barrier-free Information 「祭り」 写真展 アクセシビリティ・バリアフリーについて
Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February 10 (Sat) ~ 13 (Tues) 2024年2月10日(土) ~ 13日(火) 11:00 – 18:00 (last day / 最終日は 11:00 – 16:00) JARFO Art…
Wired! Walking to the printer’s shop on a crisp sunny day to pick up our photo panels…
We have photos to be exhibited! The photos have been blurred so as not to ruin your Photo Exhibition Experience. Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February…
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Photo Exhibition 写真展 Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February 10 (Sat) ~ 13 (Tues) 2024年2月10日(土) ~ 13日(火) 11:00 – 18:00 (last day / 最終日は 11:00 –…
「Anthropology through the Experience of the Physical Body 」There’s nothing like holding the real book for the first time…
Anthropology through the Experience of the Physical Body Editors: Kaori Fushiki, Ryoko Sakurada (2023) Book information: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-5724-8 See also: h…
祭り Matsuri Photo Exhibition 写真展
Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 More information coming in future posts! For now, mark your calendars! 2024 February 10 (Sat) ~ 13 (Tues) 2024年2月10日(土) ~ 13日(火…