The 2012 Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Fall Workshop@ Kyoto

Doshisha University, Muromachi Campus (Imadegawa)

www.doshisha.ac.jp/access/ima_access.html

December 1st & 2nd, 2012

“Belonging in Japan and Beyond”

This meeting will explore what it means to feel a sense of Japanese cultural and/or national heritage
within Japan or beyond its territorial borders.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1
10:30~11:30

Keynote Address (Business School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB213)
Nature, Heritage, and Belonging in the Anthropocene: Japan and Beyond (Mark HUDSON,
Nishikyushu University)

11:45~13:15
Session 1 (Law School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB202)
Traversing Historical and Contemporary Frameworks of Japanese Belonging and Influence
Chair: Noriya SUMIHARA (Tenri University)

Turning Flatfish into Bream? Gotō Shinpei’s Biological Politics and Taiwan’s Belonging to the
Japanese Empire (David UVA, Doshisha University)

Reversion Movement and 60 Years After: The Sense of Belonging in Current Amami (Masaya
SHIJO, Tokyo Metropolitan University)

From Declining Japanese Community to New Age Spirituality: Japanese Religiosity in Cuba (Girardo
RODRIGUEZ PLASENCIA, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)

13:15~
Lunch (“Kambaikan,” 6F, Room 6B)
AJJ Executive Committee Meeting

14:15~16:15
Session 2 (Law School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB202)
Bounded by Space, Practice, and Tradition: Case Studies of Locality
Chair: Hirochika NAKAMAKI (National Museum of Ethnology)

中国と日本の茶文化 （曹建南, 上海師範大学&国立民族学博物館）

The Horror, The Horror: Structures of Feeling for Community (Thomas HARDY, Keio University)

“Suwa Succession”: Using Japan’s Pre-War Ultimogeniture Debate to Think About the Future of
Local Identity in a Shrinking Nation (Stephen ROBERTSON, University of Oxford)

Within and Without: Viewpoints on the Concept of “Whaling Community” (Felicity GREENLAND,
Bukkyo University)

16:30~18:30
Session 3 (Law School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB202)
Being and Belonging Within Japan: Interfaces of Religion, Race, Nation, and the Person
Chair: Bruce WHITE (Doshisha University)

Filipino Religiosity in Japanese Hinterlands: Critically Appraising the Meaning of Belonging for Filipina Catholics in Japan (Mario LOPEZ, Kyoto University)

Who Am I Here? Lessons from Negotiating the Presentation of Self in Fieldwork in Japan (Robert
MOOREHEAD, Ritsumeikan University)

Teaching English in Tokyo: Mobilities in Limbo (Raluca NAGY, Waseda University)

North Korea Phobia in Contemporary Japan (Ryuta ITAGAKI, Doshisha University)

18:35~19:00
AJJ Business Meeting (Law School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB202)

19:15~21:00
Dinner Reception (“Kambaikan,” 1F) ￥1000/person
“Hamac de Paradis” Restaurant

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2
9:30~10:30
Session 4 (Law School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB208)
Exploring the Role of National Storytellers, Media, and Key Defining Discourses
Chair: Debra OCCHI (Miyazaki International College)

The Social Significance of Narrative and the Current State of Folktales in Modern Japan (Miho SAITO, Tokyo Metropolitan University)

The Cultural Production of Local Entertainment in East Asia: Yoshimoto Kogyo Company Takes the
Production of the Local Global (Joel STOCKER, Kaohsiung Medical University)

11:00~12:30
Session 5 (Law School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB208)
Renegotiating the Boundaries of Local and Global Discourse on Health, Gender, Industry, and Nation
Chair: Yuki IMOTO (Keio University)

Making Sense of “Youth” at the Margins of Japanese Society: Hikikomori and Disability (Sachiko
HORIGUCHI, Temple University Japan)

Fun-loving Escapers or Global Human Resource? Gendered Discourses that Surround Young “Outbound” Japanese Today (Etsuko KATO, International Christian University)

Branding Humanoid Japan (Hirofumi KATSUNO, Doshisha University)

12:30~
Lunch

13:30~15:30
Session 6 (Law School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB208)
Sights of Community: Exploring Belonging in Visual Practice
Organizer and Chair: Steven C. FEDOROWICZ (Kansai Gaidai University)

Belonging in the Work of Japanese Contemporary Artist Fuyuko Matsui (Eva MISKELOVA, Masaryk University / Kansai Gaidai University)

Exploring Devotees of a Sexy Cyber Green-Haired Guru (John SHULTZ, Kansai Gaidai University)

Fujoshi Between Pleasure and Danger: Yaoi/BL Fandom and the Management of Spoiled Identities in Japan (Jeffry T. HESTER, Kansai Gaidai University)

How to Play Deaf in Japan (Steven C. FEDOROWICZ, Kansai Gaidai University)

16:00~17:30
Special G30 Session (Law School at the “Kambaikan,” 2F, Room KMB208)
HE Pedagogy at “Globalized” Universities: A Global 30 Workshop on Teaching and Learning in Japan
Chair: Gregory POOLE (Doshisha University)

Teaching about Race and Racial Difference (William BRADLEY, Ryukoku University)

Changing Structure of Japanese Higher Education in the New Era: Development of the First Year Experience and Active Learning (Reiko YAMADA, Doshisha University)

International Internships as Pedagogical Tools, Transformative Experiences, and Cross-cultural Challenges (Andrew HORVAT, Stanford University)