Saturday, November 14, 2009

"Personal information law hindering right to know"

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A recent article from the Yomiuri On-Line discusses the so-called personal information law and several of its problems. As I discussed in e...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

"Photographer Shinoyama's office, home raided over nude photo shoot"

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From Japan Today , 11/11/09: Police investigators searched the office and home in Tokyo of photographer Kishin Shinoyama on Tuesday on suspi...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Fall 2009 Globalization Kobe Fieldtrip

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A couple of weeks ago the Globalization class and some guests went on a fieldtrip to Kobe in search of... globalization. We hit the usual sp...
Monday, November 9, 2009

New Horizons of Academic Visual-Media Practices: 13th Kyoto University International Symposium

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New Horizons of Academic Visual-Media Practices: 13th Kyoto University International Symposium December 11[Fri] 10:00-18:30, 12[Sat] 10:00-1...
Sunday, November 8, 2009

耳がきゅっとなる ("Ears Are Dazzled, Touched by Sound")

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Filmmaker and Sound & Vision Specialist Amanda Belantara has been kind enough to contact me and inform me about her latest project, 耳がきゅ...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Body/Comm Fall 2009 Poster Workshop: Beauty in Contemporary Japan

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It's that time of year again when Body/Comm students ponder the meaning of beauty in contemporary Japan. What are the criteria for beaut...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Junko's Birthday

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This semester's members of the KGU Japanese Sign Language Study Group wished Junko a Happy Birthday with a surprise party. Junko was so ...
Monday, November 2, 2009

Jazz Guitar Duo

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On October 29, Hidekazu Sakai (pictured above, right) debuted as a professional jazz guitarist with his teacher Miko Kanazawa at the Sea Pre...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

"1st grad school for visually, aurally challenged to be launched"

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From Japan Today , 10/31/09: Japan’s first graduate school for students with visual or aural handicaps will be launched next April at the st...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Don't be a self-centered zombie visual anthropologist

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Today in Vis Anth class we were discussing Susan Sontag's "On Photography" (1977); in particular we were talking about how the...