"When anthropological fieldwork is interrupted by a pandemic, what new opportunities arise from other avenues of inquiry?" (part 1) -and- Through the noren, then and now...

Matthew Demaio, in his recent article, Lenticular Research and the Possibilities of Digital Archival Methods, writes, "There is a mode of producing dual holographic images that give a viewer the impression of depth and movement called “lenticular printing.” To make lenticular images, you must first capture two images with a special lens and then print each on a sheet of plastic that has a series of lenses on the reverse..."

"I start with lenticular printing as a way to think about the possibilities and limits of anthropological research in contexts of instability and uncertainty. What does an anthropological inquiry look like when it is suddenly and unexpectedly bifurcated by a period of enforced distance and isolation?"

DeMaio, Matthew. 2021. “Lenticular Research and the Possibilities of Digital Archival Methods.” Anthropology News website, July 30, 2021.

url: https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/lenticular-research-and-the-possibilities-of-digital-archival-methods/

Those of us who are not so high tech might come up with something like this...

In the spirit of fair use and creative commons, I am borrowing the image on the left (Ishimoto Sho "Noren" Showa 45 [1970]) from the following source:

Sekisho Art Museum: 100th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition Sho Ishimoto

url: http://www.sekisho-art-museum.jp/seitan100ishimoto?fbclid=IwAR0cfCMgukwkt3VDTPdGRewNalnxeejvf41FEiPx1Ui3HUba1uud81h0fFo

Flyer for the exhibition: http://www.sekisho-art-museum.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/%E7%94%9F%E8%AA%95100%E5%B9%B4%E7%9F%B3%E6%9C%AC%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%88%E5%91%8A%E3%83%81%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7.pdf

The image from the right (appearing for the first time online) is my own photograph from the Tenbun/tachinomiya project.

url: http://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2016/01/photo-exhibition-and-visual-ethnography.html

More on the project: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2020/12/behind-scenestenbun-closingpresentation.html

Special preview: I will be presenting more about the Tenbun/tachinomiya project at the upcoming 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars, August 24-28. More details to follow...