Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The Latest Hanshin Tigers Merch

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Bonus(?): This picture pretty much says it all... 7 losses in a row. And on Umeno's birthday no less (he did get a hit, but wa...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

When it rains hard, the water rises and litter and other debris floats down the stream, oftentimes to be caught in a web of weeds and plants on the concrete banks... Apparently someone lost their fishing pole and it ended up here. Why? Did the fish pull the pole in the water? Did the fisherman have a bad day and in a fit of rage thrust his pole into the stream? So many questions, so many stories... Like, why do so many people throw their garbage away in the stream? This is the real Japan...

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UPDATE 6/18/25: It might be hard to see, but a pigeon picks the weeds and litter in search of food... Or th help clean the mess? Meanwhi...
Sunday, June 8, 2025

New Publication: "An archive of archives lost" by Dada Docot

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Abstract: ‘An Archive of Archives Lost’ is an affective autoethnographic visual essay that examines the devastating impact of climate chan...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Workshop on Scholarly Communication: “The Art of Herding Cats: Reimagining Classroom Lectures and Conference Presentations” (a continuation of a series at Harvard) June 24, 2025 @ Doshisha University, Kyoto

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This workshop brings together presenters from four universities to explore innovative approaches to scholarly communication. Moving beyo...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

New Book Announcement: Mark Bookman's "Disability Publics: Making Accessibility in Modern Japan"

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A personal note: Dr. Mark Bookman was an incredible scholar, the foremost expert on historical and contemporary disability issues in Japan...
Friday, May 16, 2025

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』

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Art x Research x Archives - Investigative Art and Creative Humanities Supervisor: Yoshitaka Mori Edited by Tokyo University of the Arts ...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Presentation Announcement:「The “Crisis” of Sociality: Caring for the Dead Otherwise with Anne Allison」

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May 23, 2025 / 6:00pm -7:30pm / Room 301, Building 10, Sophia University / In person only / No registration required Responding to the...
Monday, May 12, 2025

Announcement & Call for Participation: 1st Kansai Sociolinguistics Colloquium for Young Researchers @ Doshisha University, Institute for the Liberal Arts

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The Doshisha University Institute for the Liberal Arts in cooperation with the University of Bremen (Germany) is initiating the first coll...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Announcement: 「Reading Family Albums: Indian Immigrants in Tokyo, 1976 - 2010」 Presentation by Bakirathi Mani @ Sophia University

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May 14, 2025 / 18:30-20:00 Room 301, 3F Building 10, Sophia University In Person only / No registration required Abstract: How do ...
Monday, April 21, 2025

2025年の桜の反射: Reflections of the 2025 cherry blossoms...

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See also: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-expected-beauty-and-awe-of-cherry.html See also: http...