Dear SSJ-list members,

As in 2020, the disciplinary sections of the German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF) have moved their meetings, which normally take place as a programme item of our annual conference, to virtual spaces. We would like to use this as an opportunity to open up the meetings of our sections to a broader audience and invite all interested parties to join us online on November 20, 2021.

We ask all participants to register with their correct, full name when logging into the virtual rooms and to observe the usual etiquette rules.

We look forward to your participation.

Anke Scherer (VSJF President)

*Programme of VSJF virtual section meetings on 20.11.2021*

Presentations will be held in the language in which the respective title is given. Abstracts for the presentations are provided on the VSJF website (see links below the name of the respective section).

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*Culture and Media*

(https://vsjf.net/die-vsjf/fachgruppen/fachgruppe-kultur-und-medien/fachgruppensitzung-kultur-und-medien-2021/)

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*11:00 (CET) / 19:00 (JST) - 12:15 (CET) / 20:15 (JST)*

Die Konstruktion von kultureller Identität in Schriften über Okinawa von Shimao Toshio (Liliane Höppe, Japanologie Universität Wien)

Graphicons kontrastiv - ein Vergleich zwischen einem japanischen Line-Gruppengespräch und einem deutschen WhatsApp-Gruppengespräch (Michaela Oberwinkler, Japanologie Universität Tübingen)

Meeting-Link für Webex: https://hhu.webex.com/hhu/j.php?MTID=m7b6836cf240b74ab4a68e14a9b4973f4
Meeting-Kennnummer: 2734 073 3244
Passwort: YfTu8t3Mw6X
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+49-619-6781-9736 Germany Toll
Zugriffscode: 273 407 33244

*Economy*

(https://vsjf.net/die-vsjf/fachgruppen/fachgruppe-wirtschaft/fachgruppensitzung-wirtschaft-2021/)

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*11:00-12:30 (CET) / 19:00-20:30 (JST)*

11:00/19:00-11:30/19:30: The institutional work of actors in the Japanese Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) sector: a discursive-institutional approach (Ramona Rosalewski, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf)

11:30/19:30-12:00-20:00: The appeal of German products for Japanese consumers: A study of the country-of-origin effect using the example of natural cosmetics made in Germany (Tamara V. Teschner, University of Duisburg-Essen)

12:00/20:00-12:30/20:30: LGBTQ+ in the Japanese workplace: Between rainbow-washing and LGBTQ+ advocacy - An analysis of indices of LGBTQ+ friendliness in Japanese companies (Annika Clasen, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf)

Meeting-Link: https://hhu.webex.com/hhu/j.php?MTID=m375bacc59e9c31dea9eb21ce5d12779c
Meeting-Kennnummer: 2732 783 8749
Passwort: h4MM69JygZa
Gastgeber-Kennnummer: 916930
Über Videosystem beitreten: Wählen Sie 27327838749@hhu.webex.com
Sie können auch 62.109.219.4 wählen und Ihre Meeting-Nummer eingeben.
Über Telefon beitreten:
+49-619-6781-9736 Germany Toll
Zugriffscode: 2732 783 8749
Gastgeber-PIN: 2519

*Sociology and Social Anthropology*

(https://vsjf.net/die-vsjf/fachgruppen/fachgruppe-soziologie-und-sozialanthropologie/fachgruppensitzung-soziologie-und-sozialanthropologie-2021/)

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*11:00-12:15 (CET) / 19:00-20:15 (JST)*

Foreign entrepreneurs in Tokyo's and Singapore's knowledge-intensive startup sector (Helena Hof, University of Zurich/Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)

The utilization of archaeology in Japan: Origin explanations and origin myths in contemporary identity construction (Marie Ulrich, Institute for Modern Japan, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)

*12:30-13:30 (CET) / 20:30-21:30 (JST):*

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Income and Mental Well-Being: Evidence from a Panel-Survey in Japan (Carola Hommerich, Sophia University [presenting]; Hiroshi Kanbayashi, Tohoku Gakuin University; Naoki Sudo, Hitotsubashi University)

Discussion and wrap-up (Carola Hommerich, Nora Kottmann, Celia Spoden)

Zoom-Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86490615859?pwd=Q1BBS0JvVW1PL3BnOXZKcHZDVklKUT09
Meeting-ID: 864 9061 5859
Kenncode: 881662

*Technology*

(https://vsjf.net/die-vsjf/fachgruppen/fachgruppe-technik/fachgruppensitzung-technik-2021/)

*11:00-12:15 (CET) / 19:00-20:15 (JST)*

Introductory note: Exoskeletal devices: Between science fiction and science facts (Denisa Butnaru, Universität Konstanz, Dep. for History and Sociology)

Can Geographic Information System aid care professionals and older people living in communities? Exploration of ideas for a research project(Mina Ishimaru, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University, Naonori Kodate, University College Dublin)

Technical innovations in the health care sector: Challenges and risks of co-creative approaches using the example of the project DigiVid19 (Katharina Dalko, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; Sebastian Hofstetter, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)

*12:30-13:30 (CET) / 20:30-21:30 (JST)*

Educating our engineers and designers to solve wicked environmental and social problems (Kevin Delaney, Mechanical and Design Engineering, TU Dublin)

The aftermath of Tokyo Games and the future of mega-events (Ross Cheung, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Open Forum: Work-in-progress project reports

Patrick Grüneberg, Kanazawa University, Japan

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88486875974?pwd=MU1BT3pFNUpxSE1HakhWVUZTSFpTdz09
Meeting-ID: 884 8687 5974
Kenncode: 457558

*Urban and Regional Studies*

(https://vsjf.net/die-vsjf/fachgruppen/stadt-und-regionalforschung/fachgruppensitzung-stadt-und-regionalforschung-2021/)

*11:00-12:15 (CET) / 19:00-20:15 (JST)*

Miyako-jima Eco Island: between growth, branding, and conservation (Sarah Bijlsma, GEAS, FU Berlin)

Finding home and building futures in the countryside: Urban-rural migration experiences in Wakayama prefecture (Cecilia Luzi, GEAS, FU Berlin)

*12:30-13:30 (CET) / 20:30-21:30 (JST)*

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The periphery and the center: Support schemes for urban-rural migration and their local appropriation (Ngo Tu Thanh [Frank Tu], FU Berlin)

Meeting-Link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m7e03c93e5d853fc8b6bc3ea0fe3495d9
Meeting-Kennnummer: 2730 816 5330
Passwort: 4zUzJbbJB64


We hope to see some of you there.

With kind regards,

Harald Conrad
(VSJF Treasurer)