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May 9, 2023
u:japan lecture - Kate Sylvester: "Women and Martial Art in Japan"
From: u:japan lectures : Department of East Asian Studies : University of Vienna <ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at>
Date: 2023/05/05
Dear SSJ-Forum list member,
the Department of East Asian Studies - Japanese Studies at University of Vienna would like to draw your attention to the upcoming hybrid u:japan lecture:
Kate Sylvester: "Women and Martial Art in Japan"
Date and time: Thursday, May 11, 2023, 18:30~20:00 (CEST, UTC+2h)
The Zoom Meeting will be open from 18:15 (CEST).
Max. 50 participants (on site) + max. 300 participants (online)
This lecture by Kate Sylvester (Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm) will focus on the ethnographic work and key arguments from her recent publication, Women and Martial Art in Japan. The book, based on extensive original research, examines the practice by women in a university sport setting of kendo, the Japanese martial art which, using bamboo swords as well as protective armour, and descended from traditional swordsmanship, instils in its practitioners, besides physical skills, societal values of etiquette and resilience as well connecting them to a "traditional" outlook, which includes a gendered cultural identity. The book therefore illustrates an unexplored example of identity construction in Japan, one which legitimises women's sport experiences within a male-centric physical culture, unpacks the notion of "tradition" in kendo and unravels its stultifying control over women's kendo participation, and discusses the androgenicity of women's participation to highlight its subversive potential to develop women as leaders in sport, politics, and other fields which continue to be very male dominated in Japan.
the Department of East Asian Studies - Japanese Studies at University of Vienna would like to draw your attention to the upcoming hybrid u:japan lecture:
Kate Sylvester: "Women and Martial Art in Japan"
Date and time: Thursday, May 11, 2023, 18:30~20:00 (CEST, UTC+2h)
The Zoom Meeting will be open from 18:15 (CEST).
Max. 50 participants (on site) + max. 300 participants (online)
This lecture by Kate Sylvester (Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm) will focus on the ethnographic work and key arguments from her recent publication, Women and Martial Art in Japan. The book, based on extensive original research, examines the practice by women in a university sport setting of kendo, the Japanese martial art which, using bamboo swords as well as protective armour, and descended from traditional swordsmanship, instils in its practitioners, besides physical skills, societal values of etiquette and resilience as well connecting them to a "traditional" outlook, which includes a gendered cultural identity. The book therefore illustrates an unexplored example of identity construction in Japan, one which legitimises women's sport experiences within a male-centric physical culture, unpacks the notion of "tradition" in kendo and unravels its stultifying control over women's kendo participation, and discusses the androgenicity of women's participation to highlight its subversive potential to develop women as leaders in sport, politics, and other fields which continue to be very male dominated in Japan.
This will be a hybrid event, both live at the Campus of the University of Vienna and online via Zoom. Live participation is available for 50 people.
For more information on the speaker, abstract of the lecture and future events of u:japan lectures, please follow the link below: https://japanologie.
Please read the "Instructions and Netiquette" before joining the lecture at the bottom of the homepage.
Place:
LIVE @ Campus of the University of Vienna Department of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies Seminarraum JAP 1, 2K-EG-21, Ground floor to the left Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.4 (Campus), 1090 Vienna, Austria https://japanologie.
Join the lecture via Zoom (no registration necessary):
Link: https://univienna.zoom.
Meeting-ID: 614 4595 5080 | PW: 671437
We look forward to your participation!
With kind regards,
Bernhard Leitner, Florian Purkarthofer and Ralf Windhab
PS: If you missed a lecture or want to review, head to our recorded lectures section: https://japanologie.
u:japan lectures
Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies
University of Vienna
E-mail: ujapanlectures.ostasien@
Meeting-ID: 614 4595 5080 | PW: 671437
We look forward to your participation!
With kind regards,
Bernhard Leitner, Florian Purkarthofer and Ralf Windhab
PS: If you missed a lecture or want to review, head to our recorded lectures section: https://japanologie.
u:japan lectures
Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies
University of Vienna
E-mail: ujapanlectures.ostasien@
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