Thursday, September 4, 2025

(More) Potato Chip Baseball Cards - 2025 Second Series

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We bought three packs and got 6 cards, none of which were Hanshin Tigers... Hopefully we will have better luck next time. Especially since...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

ONGOING SERIES @ ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL - JAPAN FOCUS Japan-Adjacent: In Praise of Creative Expression within Japan’s Shadow

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Japan-Adjacent: In Praise of Creative Expression within Japan’s Shadow LAURA HEIN, Series Guest Editor One of the pleasures of Japan is...
Monday, August 25, 2025

Volunteer Community Service: Master of the 水路/Canal, With His Long Pole, Battles the Weeds and Trash Heaps

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There is a narrow canal (水路, suiro ) behind my house that runs parellel with the Neyagawa River for several kilometers. The canal serves a...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

"Taking Pictures of Snakes at Midnight: An Anthropological Perspective" - An Anthropological Talk by Ryan Xin XIE

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"Taking Pictures of Snakes at Midnight: An Anthropological Perspective" on the relation between snakes and humans, and nature an...
Monday, August 18, 2025

"Light Leak as Method: Theorizing a Photographic Accident" - Essay on American Anthropologist by Myriam Amri

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ABSTRACT: This project began as a 35 mm film photography collection to document the presence of waste in the Northwest border of Tunisia, ...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Saijō-chō Sake Breweries in Higashihiroshima

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The last adventure and post in the VAoJ Hiroshima Research Trip Arc is about my tour of the sake breweries in Saijō-chō in Higashihiro...