AJJ Fall Meeting 2016
Reinvention, Redefinition and Reconfiguration of Japan
26 – 27 November
University of Tsukuba
Official website is here.
Conference Theme / 大会要旨
You are invited to participate in a Fall Meeting of Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) to be held at University of Tsukuba, Japan from 26th to 27th November 2016. AJJ has organized series of meetings about Japanese studies and Japan in the discourse of globalization and localization, centers and periphery, and in the context of transformation of identities and the challenges and developments of its landscapes. In the direction of these discussions, this meeting asks how Japan has been reinvented, redefined and reconfigured accompanied by the emergence of new social-cultural ideologies, practices, organizational forms, and political spaces.
Beyond merely describing instances, this meeting aims to conceptualize the relationship between poli-economic change and social change as one of mutual conditioning. How, for instance, are political developments in Japan part of, or responses to, larger global processes or world systems? How does Japan aim to develop its status as cultural superpower through the consumption and representation of its subculture, cuisine and customer service? How do the gender identities and relations have been redefined and how does the masculinity and femininity have been reformed in this process? How has employment restructured in response to the decreasing number of labor force and adaptation to the globalized environment?
With these questions in mind, this meeting aims to stimulate critical dialogues about the transformation of Japan and provides a platform for scholars to foster intercultural exchange. The sub-themes of this meeting include, but are not limited to reinvention, redefinition and reconfiguration of:
- National-cultural identity (such as 「日本を取り戻す」Retrieving Japan);
- Student movements (such as anti-war protests);
- Japanese values and aesthetics (omotenashi, etc.);
- Japanese business;
- Work and self (diversity of employment patterns, etc.);
- Gendered practices (such as same-sex marriage);
- Education (Super Global High Schools, Super Global Universities, etc.);
- Subculture (such as “Cool Japan”);
- Care for the elderly (new institutions, practices, etc.).
Participants are very welcome to submit paper proposals on other related themes.
大会公式ウェブサイトはこちら。
2016年度AJJ秋大会は、11月26日〜27日筑波大学で開かれます。AJJは、これまでグローバル化と現地化、中心と周縁におけるディスコースやアイデンティティーの変容、景観に対する挑戦や発展といったテーマを中心に、日本研究や日本に関する研究大会を開催し議論を行ってきました。本大会では、新しい社会文化的イデオロギー、実践、組織形態、政治的空間によって、再改革、再定義、再構築された日本を中心に議論を展開していきます。
上記の問題提起を念頭に、本大会が日本の変容に関する批判的な対話を刺激し、研究者による文化交流する場を提供することを願っております。本大会の副題は、以下のテーマに関する再改革、再定義、再構築への試みを含みます：
- 国民文化的アイデンティティ（例えば、「日本を取り戻す」）；
- 学生運動（例えば、反戦争運動）；
- 日本的価値と美観（おもてなし、など）；
- 日本のビジネス；
- 仕事と自己（仕事形態の多様化、など）；
- 性差を表した実践（例えば、同性結婚）；
- 教育（例えば、スーパーグローバル高校やスーパーグローバル大学など）；
- サブカル（Cool Japanなど）；
- 高齢者へのケア（新しい施設、実践、など）。
Organizing Committee / 大会組織委員会
- Prof. Keiji Maegawa, University of Tsukuba (Head)
- Prof. Hisao Sekine, University of Tsukuba
- Assc.Prof. Nobutaka Suzuki, University of Tsukuba
- Dr. Toru Yamada, University of Tsukuba
- Dr. Shuhei Kimura, University of Tsukuba
- Dr. Grant Otsuki, University of Tsukuba
- Dr. Yi Zhu, University of Tsukuba
- 前川 啓治（筑波大学）委員長
- 関根 久雄（筑波大学）
- 鈴木 伸隆（筑波大学）
- 山田 亨（筑波大学）
- オオツキ グラント（筑波大学）
- 木村 周平（筑波大学）
- 朱 藝（筑波大学）
Yi Zhu 朱藝 