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外人俳句: November 2009
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Gaijin Haiku - A photoethnography in Japan. Open Theme: Japanese Ketai Identity. Friday, November 27, 2009. As part of a larger inquiry, I've been talking to Japanese students about their. Cell phones). My curiosity in the supposedly mundane follows the anthropological tradition of investigating things people do in their everyday lives, and with. Use estimated at a staggering 90% adoption rate in Japan (see Ito et al below), it certainly qualifies. Also, Ted Bestor ( Tsukiji. Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
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外人俳句: Indirect Globalization: The Eisa Festival
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Gaijin Haiku - A photoethnography in Japan. Indirect Globalization: The Eisa Festival. Sunday, November 1, 2009. Within Japan each year Okinawans gather to celebrate their Ryukyuan heritage through a series of festivals centered on the Eisa folk dance. As other students of visual anthropology have noted. Cute) culture with US cultural references and products. Turn around and you can see Okinawan dancers posing for a picture with a Canadian international student, flashing the quintessential V-sign. So pop...
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Spirited Away: Not Telluride, Not Sundance: TOKYO FILMeX.
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Not Telluride, Not Sundance: TOKYO FILMeX. Yurakucho Asahi Hall, screening location of the competition films. I spent the past weekend in Tokyo, where the. International Film Festival Tokyo Filmex. I only made it to one Filmex screening – but I picked the right one. 8220;Winter Beast”). A relationship drama with the English title. Directed this year by Uchida Nobut. The cast and director take the stage after the screening. Festival organizer, Uchida, the four stars, and translator take questions. 8221; o...
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Spirited Away: 10.2010
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Recently in Visual Anthropology of Japan, we watched two documentaries on the work of two very different photographers – Annie Liebovitz. Hutu death-camp survivor, Rwanda, 1994 - an iconic image of the genocide. Michael Jordan, baskestball star, a different kind of icon. But that is beyond the scope of this post…). John Lennon and Yoko Ono, vulnerable and selfless love, hours before his death. Bosnia, mourning a soldier in a football-field burial ground. When it comes to visual anthropology. It's simply ...
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Spirited Away: Variations on a Theme (Park), or Sticking to the Status Queue?
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Variations on a Theme (Park), or Sticking to the Status Queue? Welcome to USJ - where Christmas arrives with November! This past weekend, I finally indulged in the requisite visit to Universal Studios Japan. Mine-chan and I take a classic Japanese photo-op in yet another queue! Long lines for attractions also mean time to talk with Japanese students; I went with Haru, who I featured a few blog posts back. 8211; but lining up seems to be more acceptable, even popular, among the Japanese. To the Japanese, ...
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Spirited Away: 懐かしいなあ！*
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Welcoming' me to Japan with a nihonjinron. In Kyoto JR Station. I’ve realized how glad I am to be receiving an education in the United States, and as a woman, to be. But being in Japan has also changed the way I think about or orient myself to ‘the West.’ Before I came to Japan, I don’t remember myself being particularly nostalgic – or at least, I don’t remember expressing my ‘nostalgia’ quite so often. But now 懐かしい - natsukashii -. Perhaps this distance is at the root of akogare. Probably some of both&#...
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Spirited Away: 11.2010
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Toji, or not Toji? Outside Toji Temple, crowds still gather around 2 in the afternoon on Flea Market day. Japanese children gravitate towards the stalls selling colorful candy. Of two years previous, my friend Liz and I recently took a trip to visit the flea market that sprawls over Toji Temple. In Kyoto every 21. Crowds outside the temple. And inside the temple. I read in Flea Markets of Japan: A Pocket Guide for Antique Buyers. Liz forges her way through the diverse community of shoppers at Kobo-san.
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写真、撮っていい？: September 2009
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009. One morning I got up very early to go to university, and as I was walking to the railway station, I came across these confusing blue things at every intersection in Nishifunabashi. I found an interesting article while researching about Japan's "rubbish culture", behold:. How Do Japanese Dump Trash? Let Us Count the Myriad Ways. Another thing I've observed while wandering Kuzuha – and indeed, anywhere in Japan, really:. While researching I found here. I am so pleased that I ...
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