As CMS moves into its 10th year, dramatic change is certainly ongoing. But that change has logic…in new faculty, new research, and our alumni network.
Podcast: Jennifer Robertson, “Gendering Robots: Posthuman Sexism in Japan”
University of Michigan professor of anthropology Jennifer Robertson explored and interrogated the gendering of humanoid robots manufactured today in Japan for use in the home and workplace.
Podcast: Christina Klein, “The Case of Tekkon Kinkreet: Transnational, U.S.-Asian Cinema”
Anime, often considered a uniquely Japanese cinematic form, is no exception. This talk will explore one recent example of transnational anime: Tekkon Kinkreet, the first Japanese anime to be written and directed by Americans.
Girls-Games-Japan: Why it is different to be a female gamer in Japan and how we can make a change in the West.
Papermint’s success is based on its practical realisation of Barbara Lippe’s research on Japanese gaming and girl culture.
Podcast: Sharon Kinsella, “Men Imagining a Girl Revolution”
Foreign Languages and Literatures visiting professor Sharon Kinsella examines the media constructions of a teenage female revolt in contemporary Japan drawing from her current book project Girls as Energy: Fantasies of Social Rejuvenation.
Men Imagining a Girl Revolution
Sharon Kinsella examines the media constructions of a teenage female revolt in contemporary Japan drawing from her current book project Girls as Energy: Fantasies of Social Rejuvenation.
Ian Condry Examines Japan’s Hip Hop
Hip Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization is the realization of many years of work for Ian Condry, an associate professor of Japanese cultural studies in MIT Foreign Languages and Literatures and a CMS faculty affiliate.
