Unfortunately the Zoom link in the last email was wrong - sorry about
that!
Below you will find the invitation with the corrected link:

Dear SSJ-Forum member,
The Department of East Asian Studies - Japanese Studies at the
University of Vienna would like to draw your attention to the upcoming
hybrid u:japan lecture:

Sarah Puetzer:
"Strolling through stanzas: Reading Japanese poetry installations in the
real and virtual cityscape"

Date and time: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 18:00~19:30 (CEST, UTC +2h)

Location: Onsite @ Campus of the University of Vienna Department of East
Asian Studies, Japanese Studies room JAP 1 (2K-EG-21), University Campus
Hof 2.4, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=23548#c646040

Online: Join the lecture via Zoom (no registration necessary):
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/69989004917?pwd=STZPc0VGTDdrZEttOExIWDdQNStTUT09
Meeting-ID: 699 8900 4917 | PW: 095067
The Zoom Meeting will be open from 17:45 (CEST).

Abstract: In spring 2020, the sudden appearance of a poem, rendered in
large, white characters on the ground near Ōmiya station, sparked a buzz
on Twitter and stirred irritation among local residents. Only a few
months later, poet Saihate Tahi revealed that she was responsible for
the poem, stating that it was a site-specific commissioned work for the
2020 Saitama Triennale entitled Shi no kasoku ('The Acceleration of
poetry'). However, with the Triennale postponed due to the COVID-19
pandemic, the installation emerged without its institutional context,
transforming the everyday space of a regular street into something
Edward Soja calls a 'Thirdspace' or 'an-Other.'
Drawing on spatial theories by Soja, Henri Lefebvre, Maeda Ai, and
others, alongside insights from cognitive literary studies, this
presentation by Sarah Puetzer (University of Oxford) examines the
implications of encountering poetry within real and virtual urban
spaces. Focusing on the reader reception and considering how readers
must physically (or virtually) navigate these spaces to engage with the
poetry, this presentation seeks to understand the dynamic relationship
between readers, poetry, and space, arguing that these encounters not
only shape our interpretation of the poems but also influence our
perception of the surrounding spaces.

For more information on the speaker, the lecture and future events at
u:japan, please follow the link below:
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/ujapanlectures/

We look forward to your participation!
Christopher Kummer, Florian Purkarthofer, Elisabeth Semmler, Astrid
Unger and Ralf Windhab

PS: If you missed a lecture or want to review, head to our recorded
lectures section:
https://japanologie.univie.ac.at/ujapanlectures/records/

u:japan lectures
Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies at the University of
Vienna
E-mail: ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at

Kindly sponsored by the Toshiba International Foundation:
https://www.toshibafoundation.com/