Visual Anthropology in Japan:
「The Tachinomi Project」
日本に映像人類学:
「立ち呑みプロジェクト」
A chance to share my research with colleagues at work...
Abstract:
「The Tachinomi Project」is a visual ethnography based upon the intersections of social science research and contemporary art. The project began with long-term participant-observation and a photographic exhibition featuring a 40-year-old tachinomiya (standing drink bar) in Osaka called Tenbun. The study sought to explore photography in public spaces, privacy and image ethics while showcasing a “grimy” (Farrer 2019) and stimulating atmosphere with colorful characters including the shop owner, employees and regular customers. The interactions with Tenbun collaborators and gallery audience at the exhibition became the first of several post-fieldwork encounters, leading to the re-positioning of the research into wider social and academic contexts during and after the COVID 19 pandemic. This present account utilizes reflexivity, autoethnographic vignettes (Stevens 2013) and photography to explore the intersections of the sensory (Pink 2013 [2009]), multimodal (Collins et al. 2017), and ba (Kajimaru et al. 2021) of Tenbun and other eating and drinking establishments.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
18:30 ~ 20:00
CIE 3rd Floor Seminar Room
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