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…
“People around the world have high levels of trust in scientists, but are concerned about governments interfering in research” states a news article in the journal Nature. Another…
https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=34329 Drew Kerr: Soft power, nation branding, pop culture diplomacy, anime, manga, anxiety, hope, all feature centrally in your wonderful book. Affect emerg…
Wie und warum konnte ein ungewöhnlicher Streik japanischer Busfahrer:innen weltweit bekannt werden? Und was bedeutet der Ruf nach „Streiken wie in Japan“?
Natsuko Tsujimura. Food, Language, and Society: Communication in Japanese Foodways. Lexington Books. New York. 2023. ISBN: 9781498571333. pp. 287. Richard Zimmer (Sonoma State Universi…
Meet me at CES 2024! I’m helping launch the latest product from mui Lab, an award-winning creator of home devices based on Calm Technology principles. I’ve been advising…
Written by Neil Turner Almost three decades ago, while at graduate school in California studying anthropology, I had a colleague …
If you fall into a pit, you can climb out, but once you slip from a sheer cliff, you canno…
Anya von Bremzen. National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home. New York: Penguin Press. 2023. ISBN: 9780735223165. pp. 340. Rich…
Description (from the web site): Welcome to the Earthquake Children Image Archive. This website, containing over 500 images, serves as a companion to my book Earthquake Children: Building…
In Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity, Wei Yu Wayne Tan considers what it meant to be blind in Tokugawa Japan (from 1600 to 1868), including how a strong guild structure p…
The video below this text is interactive.[1] To view, click play and follow the instructions you see on the screen. As you watch, look for areas that you…
Masks have long been a symbol of resistance movements around the world, especially in East Asia. As early as the 1960s, protestors in Japan began wearing masks during…
Abstract: Sign language is a distinct language. This recognition is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. There are over 200 sign languages spoken…
Photo and text from The Japan Times, 5/6/23. In between talks on security and technology, the leaders of South Korea and Japan plan to unwind over a drink.…
I am dedicating this presentation to Dr. Mark Hollstein, who passed away unexpectedly, suddenly and tragically on January 31, 2023. Mark was my friend and colleague for twenty…
Interview by Wendy Goldberg https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/animes-identity Wendy Goldberg: How fixed is Japan’s perceived cultural dominance for anime? How could cultural do…
Page 99 of my dissertation begins with a passport photograph taken of me in 2016, juxtaposed with a purikura photograph taken in the same year. Purikura, a colloquialism…
Author: Charlotte Hawkins On 8th June, the ASSA team will host a workshop to bring together different anthropologists of ageing. This will include discussion of comparative papers from…
collectivism and individualism in the coastal fishing after 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami This was once Arahama – the vibrant fishing suburb of Sendai, right by the coast.…
Author: Laura Haapio-Kirk During my research in Japan, I became increasingly aware of the importance of visual communication, for example stickers and emoji, for how many of my…
Author: Charlotte Hawkins As part of the ASSA project, we are currently working to publish a volume called: ‘An Anthropological Approach to mHealth: Health & Care in the…
“Warped Pervert.” Parking lot in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. June 10, 2019. Video by author. See note 1 for additional information. Listen to this post read by…
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of postings by students in a graduate seminar on food justice at the University of New Orleans. You can read…