Announcement: New JAWS Newsletter released (and check out the cover!)

Congratulations and many thanks to the co-editors, Jennifer McGuire, Christopher Tso and Anna Vainio, on putting together and releasing the Japan Anthropology Workshop Newsletter (#52) that catches up since the last publication in 2016 and launches the newsletter into 2022. The cover photo features a young Japanese skateboarder.

Available at:

https://japananthropologyworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JAWS_Newsletter_52_2020.pdf

「SK8ER の女の子」Photo by Steven C. Fedorowicz. Copyright 2021.

The photo was taken at the Tawaramoto Skate Park in Nara Prefecture in 2019 and celebrates the glocalization and success of skateboarding in Japan. Skateboard parks and schools are increasing in number for dedicated skaters of all ages, including this 6-year-old girl. Park and Street Skateboarding were Olympic sports for the first time at Tokyo in 2021 and Japanese skaters won five medals (three gold) in the events.