Dear List (- apologies for crossposting -),

 

 

We are happy to announce that the second - and final - batch of video recordings from our international workshop ‚Imagined Futures in Japan & Beyond' (October 09 to 11, 2024), which has been co-organized and sponsored by the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) Tokyo and the German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH) Tokyo, is now available on youtube.

 

Please head over to the DIJ youtube channel, where you can enjoy any talk you might have missed previously: https://www.youtube.com/@DIJTokyo

 

 

The following recordings are available:

Fritz BREITHAUPT (Indiana University Bloomington): „Future Narratives - Why They Matter"
Hirotaka OSAWA (Keio University Tokyo): „Science Fiction Prototyping Trends in Japan"
(both part of the DIJ Forum event „Why Futuristic Imaginations Matter" on October 09, 2024)

Dan WHITE (University of Cambridge, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence): "The Future of Emotion as Zen: Meditation Apps, Android Bodhisattvas, and Mood-Regulating Tech in Japanese Wellness Spaces"

Nicole M. MUELLER (German Institute for Japanese Studies, DIJ Tokyo): "Japan's 'New Extended Reality Era' through the Lens of Future Imaginaries

Shun KUBOTA (CEO, MoguraVR): „Japan's Virtual Scene"

Shingo MEGURO (R&D Director, Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc.): „XR Imaginaries in Japanese Advertising"

XR Spotlights Panel Diskussion w/ Shun Kubota, Shingo Meguro, Kenji Tanaka (Founder & Ceo, Foxtrot Inc.), Nicole M. Mueller

Peter MANTELLO (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University) & Alin OLEANU (Käte Hamburger Kolleg, RWTH Germany & Shanghai International Studies University): "Mapping the Socio-technical Imaginaries of Dataveillance in Japan"

Corinne TIRY-ONO (Paris-Val de Seine National Graduate School of Architecture): "Ecological narratives in the drawn visions of the future of the Tokyo metropolis"

Paul CHRISTENSEN (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Indiana): "Fraught Narratives, Contrived Futures: Connection and the Unhoused across Tokyo"

Amanda BRØDSGAARD (University of Copenhagen): "Techno-nationalism and the Land of the Rising Robots. The Japanese government's co-construction of policy and technoscience"

Jonathan E. ABEL (Penn State University): "Posting the Future in the Present: Imagination as Manifest Destiny"

 

Again, thank you so much to all of our great speakers who made this event happen!

Best,
Nicole

-- Dr. Nicole M. Mueller German Institute for Japanese Studies Jōchi Kioizaka Bldg. 2F 7-1 Kioichō Chiyoda-ku, Tōkyō 102-0094 Tel.: +81-3-3222-5740