Dear members of the SSJ mailing list,

We,Cosima Wagner (FU Berlin) and me,cordially invite you to the Workshop of the Research Initiative "Technology & Society in Japan and Beyond" on June 25, 2021 (Fri, 16:00h Tokyo // 09:00 Berlin).
Please find further information below, on the DIJ website (dij.tokyo/technology <https://t.co/ymKZUxubkG?amp=1>) and/or on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dij_tokyo/status/1405025495704424452 <https://twitter.com/dij_tokyo/status/1405025495704424452>).

Login data will be provided upon registration until June 24, 2021 via: brucksch[at]dijtokyo.org

Warm regards,
Susanne Brucksch
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Dr. Susanne Brucksch
Principal Researcher
DIJ Tokyo (German Institute for Japanese Studies)
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0094, JAPAN
https://www.dijtokyo.org/ <https://www.dijtokyo.org/>
https://dijtokyo.academia.edu/SusanneBrucksch <https://dijtokyo.academia.edu/SusanneBrucksch>

Forthcoming Publication: "Humans and Devices in Medical Contexts. Case Studies from Japan",
ed. with Kaori Sasaki, PalgraveMacmillan, https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789813362796 <https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789813362796>
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WORKSHOP of the RESEARCH INITIATIVE "Technology & Society in Japan and Beyond"
(Online Event at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo)

Technical artefacts, technologies and infrastructures are shaping our everyday life in manifold ways. At the same time, their development, promotion and/or rejection is influenced by cultural patterns, ethical principles, social values as well as power relations. Thus, their study can be perceived as a promising starting-point for transdisciplinary and intercultural queries for research on intersections between Science, Technology and Society. In this workshop, we bring together scholars who share an interest in the analysis of co-construction processes of technology and society in Japan and beyond. What kind of visions exist in relation to autonomous driving in Japan? How can visions of technology-assisted care be co-created in Germany? What differences can be found in intercultural comparisons of AI ethics between the UK and Japan? What are success factors for co-creation approaches to transform social systems in Japanese municipalities? Moreover, which models or ideas of "participation" in development exist? Our research initiative aims at fostering a network of scholars of Japanese Studies and those from other disciplines with interest in methodologies and comparative research across different countries on topics such as medical technologies and care robotics, digital transformation and AI, mobility and autonomous driving, to mention a few. Furthermore, it strives to broaden linkages between the Japanese and the European research community of Science, Technology and Society and beyond.

ORGANISERS
Dr Susanne Brucksch, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Tokyo
Dr Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin
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PROGRAMME

16:00 Tokyo // 09:00 Berlin: GREETINGS and OPENING REMARKS
Franz Waldenberger, DIJ
Susanne Brucksch, DIJ
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16:10 Tokyo // 09:10 Berlin: SESSION A: "USERS, VISIONS and TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT"

INCENTIVE TALK: Reflections on Participative Methods in Technology Development Research
Cosima Wagner, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany

Visions of Autonomous Driving in Japan
Yukari Yamasaki, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Visualizing Socio-Technological Lifeworlds with Design Fiction and Zine Making Methods
Richard Paluch, Tanja Ertl, Katarina Cerna & Claudia Mueller, University of Siegen, Germany

DISCUSSANTS: Naonori Kodate, University College Dublin, & Susanne Brucksch, DIJ
Q&A

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17:45 Tokyo // 10:45 Berlin: SESSION B: "ETHICS, HEALTH and TECHNOLOGY in CONTEXT"

INCENTIVE TALK: Should we embrace or reject public images of robots? Ideas from the project RoMi on designing a robot for health care institutions
Peter Remmers, Technical University Berlin, Germany

Introducing the PATH-AI Project: Mapping an Intercultural Path to Privacy, Agency and Trust in Human-AI Ecosystems
James Wright, Alan Turing Institute, UK

What kind of co-creation approach can transform social systems? A case study from a Japanese medium-sized city
Atsunobu Kimura, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation, Japan

DISCUSSANT: Patrick Grueneberg, Kanazawa University, Japan
Q&A
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19:15 Tokyo // 12:15 Berlin SESSION C: OPEN EXCHANGE on ONGOING PROJECTS
MODERATOR: Cosima Wagner, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany

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This workshop is kindly supported by:
UCD Centre for Japanese Studies, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland
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