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May 30, 2011

[SSJ: 6684] June 11-12, 2011 : Academic Conference - "Emergent Forms of Engagement and Activism in Japan: Politics, Cultures and Technologies"

From: Eriko Kawaguchi
Date: 2011/05/30

** Feel free to circulate this invitation to friends or
colleagues.*

"Emergent Forms of Engagement and Activism in Japan:
Politics, Cultures and Technologies"
Academic Conference

*Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies: Wakai
Project*

*Schedule:*
June 11th, 2011 (Saturday) 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm /
reception from 6:00 pm
June 12th, 2011 (Sunday) 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm /
reception from 6:00 pm
*Venue:*

Temple University Japan Campus, Azabu Hall, Room 212( http://www.tuj.ac.jp/about/access/index.html ck.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1013842329&msgid=166340
6&act=3O1N&c=397830&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuj.ac
.jp%2Fabout%2Faccess%2Findex.html>
)
*Website:*
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*Organizers:*
Kyle Cleveland (Temple University, Japan Campus) David Slater (Sophia University) Love Kindstrand (Sophia
University)
*Admission:*
General \ 1,000 (for each date)
Students w/ID Free
*RSVP:* Not required

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*Emergent Forms of Engagement and Activism in Japan: * *Politics, Cultures and Technologies*

*CONFERENCE OVERVIEW*
This conference brings together an international, multi-disciplinary group of scholars seeking to document and understand emergent forms of political activism, social engagement and cultural expression, especially among youth in Japan. With roots that go back to the post-war student and citizens movements, popular culture shifts during 1970’s affluence, and post-bubble recessionary disenfranchisement, our goal is to develop a critical language that captures the range of alternatives to what was once considered “political.” From street politics to new forms of socialities, from creative representation to active resistance, our goal is to explore these alternative currents right into our post 3.11 moment.

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*SCHEDULE*

*Saturday, June 11th:*

*1:00pm – 3:00pm: ART, CREATIVITY, REPRESENTATIONS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS*

- Tomiko Yoda, Japanese Literature and Media Studies, Harvard University Between Pop and Radical: Feminism and Media Culture in Early 70s Japan

- Sharon Hayashi, Cinema and Media Studies, York University
>From Exploitation to Playful Exploits

- Patrick W. Galbraith, Information Studies, University of Tokyo Train Man, Radiowave Man, Underground Man:
Revisiting the Politics of
Pleasure after the
Akihabara Incident

Discussants: Anne Allison, Duke University
Yoshitaka Mouri, Tokyo University of the Arts


*3:30pm **–** 5:30pm: PROTEST, DIRECT, INDIRECT, ORGANIZED AND ANARCHIC*

- Higuchi Takuro, Social Movement Studies A Prehistory of the Alterglobalisation Movement in Japan:
Subterranean Autonomous Networks in Japan Since the ‘90s

- Robin O’Day, Cultural Anthropology, University of British Columbia Union is Hope: The Role of Networks and Digital Media in Organizing Japan’s Young Irregular Workers

- Christian Dimmer, Urban Studies, University of Tokyo Examining the Spatial Dimension: The Role of Public Space in the Formation of Japan's Counter Politics

- Love Kindstrand, Cultural Anthropology, Sophia University Tactical Currents, Spatial Framings: the Movement Against Nike-ification of Miyashita Park and Beyond

Discussants: Patricia Steinhoff, University of Hawaii
David Slater, Sophia University

Reception


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*Sunday, June 12th:*

*1:00pm **–** 4:00pm: EMERGENT FORMS OF ALTERNATIVE
POLITICS*

- Ikuo J. Gonoï, Political Theory, Rikkyo University The World's End : The Cognitive Turn from “Sekai” to “Shakai”

- Patricia Steinhoff, Sociology, University of Hawaii Transforming Invisible Civil Society into Alternative Politics

- Mizukoshi Shin, Media Studies, University of Tokyo Everyday Sociality and Social Media

- Anne Allison, Cultural Anthropology, Duke University Stopping Death and Organizing Around Life: a Politics of Survival

- Shibuya Nozomu, Cultural Sociology, Chiba University Radioactive Contamination and the Common

Discussants: Tomiko Yoda, Harvard University
Sharon Hayashi, York University


*4:15pm – 5:30pm: ROUNDTABLE ON 3.11*

This is a roundtable discussion of all presenters on the ways in which the events since 3.11 have shaped our thinking and how our own scholarship might help us makes sense of its implications.

Reception

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*Temple University Japan Campus*
AZABU HALL
2-8-12 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073 / Tel.
03-5441-9800

http://www.tuj.ac.jp/about/access/azabu.html ck.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1013842329&msgid=166340
6&act=3O1N&c=397830&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuj.ac
.jp%2Fabout%2Faccess%2Fazabu.html>

• From Shirokane-Takanawa (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line):
7-minute walk from Exit 4. (Once you reach the sunken
courtyard on the B1
floor, take the stairs to the right and continue
straight.)

• From Azabu-Juban (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Oedo
Line): 10-minute
walk from Exit 1. (After coming out of
Exit 1, walk toward
Sunkus convenience store.)

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Produced by the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies’ Wakai Project at Temple University, Japan Campus. Wakai provides a forum for students to interact with cultural innovators, advance serious discussion about social issues and problems facing young people, and impact social policy and debates concerning the status of youth in Japan. The network of universities and organizations that Wakai draws on provides academic grounding to popular culture issues, and allows students to integrate their academic and social lives.

*Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies: Wakai
Project* Temple University, Japan Campus Project
Director: Kyle Cleveland
(kyle.cleveland@temple.edu)
Tel. 03-5441-9800 / Mobile. 090-4606-9779
E-mail: tujicas@temple.edu

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*Wakai Project Academic Symposia*

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*Conference Organizers:*

Kyle Cleveland: kyle.cleveland@temple.edu David Slater:
dhslater@gmail.com

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