Dear all,

I hope you are all well and having a pleasant week. If you happen to be staying in Berlin or visiting Berlin, then this workshop might be of your interest - 

 QuaMaFA & Free University of Berlin Workshop will take place from 13th-17th December 2024, offering a platform to explore visual research methods, migration, and policy trends in Japan and East Asia.

We invite scholars, students, and practitioners to engage in critical discussions on migration, visual research methods, and evolving policy challenges in Asia. Organized as part of the BMBF-funded project Qualification and Skill in the Migration Process of Foreign Workers in Asia with focus on Japan, this event is hosted by the Institute of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies, Free University of Berlin, with support from Goethe University Frankfurt.

Workshop Highlights

• Interactive Panel Discussion: The Role of Visual Representations in Research and Learning: A Shift for Traditional Methods?
   13th December | 12:00-14:30 CET
• Film Screening & Discussion: Home in the Making - QuaMaFA Films
   16th December | 11:00-13:00 CET
• Lecture: The Evolution of Immigration Policies and Practices in Contemporary Japan by Gracia-Liu Farrer, Waseda University
   16th December | 14:00-15:30 CET
• Presentation: The Japan Transnational Education and Career Panel Study (JTEPS): International Student Mobility and its Consequences by David Chiavacci, University of Zurich & Steve R. Entrich, University of Duisburg-Essen
   16th December | 15:45-17:15 CET
• Book Talk: Alternative (to) Politics: Identifying New Forms of Political Engagement in Contemporary Japan by David H. Slater, Sophia University Tokyo
   16th December | 18:00-20:00 CET

 

This workshop provides a platform to discuss pressing migration challenges, innovative visual methods, and policy developments.

For the full schedule and event details, please download the posters using this link-  https://quamafa.de/blog/2024/12/04/quamafa-free-university-of-berlin-workshop-exploring-visual-methods-migration-and-politics-perspective-on-japan-and-beyond/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best wishes,

Megha Wadhwa, Ph.D. 
Post-Doc/Research Associate 
Institute of East Asian Studies

Japanese Studies 
Freie Universität Berlin 

 

Ad. Assistant Professor

Temple University Japan 

Communication Studies

 

Visiting Fellow
Institute of Comparative Culture
Sophia University Tokyo