New Book Announcement: "Art x Research x Archives: Investigating Art and Creative Humanities" edited by the Center for Future Creation and Inheritance, Tokyo University of the Arts / 東京藝術大学未来創造継承センター編『アート×リサーチ×アーカイヴ――調査するアートと創造的人文学』

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 yen 46-size (188mm long x 130mm wide x 19mm wide, 310g weight) 272 pages (8 pages in color) ISBN: 978–4–86503–207–9 C0070

Contemporary art has expanded its scope by adopting research methods from sociology and cultural anthropology, while traditional humanities have also begun to incorporate new endeavors related to vision and hearing into their research. Archives do not simply support culture, but are beginning to play a role in actively creating it. The forefront of art is introduced through the multiple different practices of artists and researchers active in a cross-disciplinary field! [This book is a transcript of a portion of the public lectures given at the "Yurakucho Geidai Campus" in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Mitsubishi Estate, and Tokyo University of the Arts.]

Authors: Watanabe Hidenori (Professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School), Kawase Itsushi (Visual Anthropologist), Shitamichi Motoyuki (Artist), Okahara Masayuki (Professor Emeritus at Keio University), Takayama Akira (Director and Artist), Hasegawa Ai (Artist, Keio University), Habaya Kazuma (Center for Future Creation and Inheritance, Tokyo University of the Arts)

アート×リサーチ×アーカイヴ――調査するアートと創造的人文学
毛利嘉孝=監修
東京藝術大学未来創造継承センター=編
月曜社　本体2400円　46判（縦188mm×横130mm×束幅19mm, 重量310g）272頁（内カラー8頁）ISBN:978–4–86503–207–9　C0070

現代芸術は社会学や文化人類学などのリサーチ手法を採用することでその領域を拡大し、伝統的な人文学も視覚や聴覚などにかかわる新たな試みをその研究に取り込み始めた。アーカイヴは文化を単に支えるだけでなく、それらを積極的に生み出す役割を担いつつある。横断的な領域で活動するアーティストや研究者による、複数の異なる実践から紹介するアートの最前線！【本書は、東京都と三菱地所と東京藝術大学の三者連携による「有楽町藝大キャンパス」公開講座の一部を収録した講義録です。】

著者：渡邉英徳（東京大学大学院教授）、川瀬慈（映像人類学者）、下道基行（アーティスト）、岡原正幸（慶應義塾大学名誉教授）、高山明（演出家・アーティスト）、長谷川愛（アーティスト、慶應義塾大学）、幅谷和眞（東京藝術大学未来創造継承センター）

For more information: https://urag.exblog.jp/243923067/

MASATO USHIMARU / RESEARCH-BASED PHOTOGRAPHY Photobook and Ethnographic Film: "OUR CO-BLIND"

PHOTOBOOK, OUR CO-BLIND - A Visual Ethnography of the Visually Impaired Community in the Northern Philippines

"OUR CO-BLIND -A Visual Ethnography of the Visually Impaired Community in the Northern Philippines" is a visual anthropological research project exploring the care practices and social movements among visually impaired communities in the northern Philippines. Grounded in years of fieldwork, photography, and filmmaking, the project combines sensory interventions with an ethnographic approach to uncover the community’s inner logic and forms of intimacy. Through dialogue and immersion in their sensory worlds via photography, the researcher collaborates with visually impaired interlocutors to philosophically examine what it truly means to “see better” beyond vision.

B5 size / 112 pages / Photography, Text and Design by Masato Ushimaru / Printed in Japan by inuunic / Published in Jan 2025

Website: https://studioboukei.square.site/product/photobook-our-co-blind-a-visual-ethnography-of-the-visually-impaired-community-in-the-northern-philippines/7

ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM "OUR CO-BLIND"

Summary (translated from webiste): Produced as the result of a research project for the Master's in Visual Anthropology at Aarhus University, Denmark, this work focuses on the autonomous community and social movement formed by visually impaired people living in the highland city of Baguio City and its surrounding areas in the province of Benguet in the northern Philippines. Starting with ethnography on care practices within the community of visually impaired people, the film depicts spontaneous and generative care relationships that are tailored to the situation, going beyond the binary role recognition of "caregiver" and "care recipient." Furthermore, it captures how the "bigger voices" that people with disabilities acquire by gathering together and sharing their lives are heard by the society of the northern Philippines and lead to social movements. There, the reality emerges that "care," which is often spoken of with an emotional and human impression, is an extremely logical and strategic act.

Title　“Our Co-Blind - An Ethnography of Care among Visually Impaired Communities in Baguio”
Year of Production　2023
Country of Production　Denmark
Duration　38min
Interlocutors　Alfredo Esquillo, Shirley Esquillo, Domingo Regados, Junifer Ap-Ap, Jennifer Maysa (br /> Director / Editor　Masato Ushimaru (Aarhus University, MSc in Visual Anthropology)
Translator　Darleen Vee Bialno

Website: https://masatoushimaru.com/our-co-blind