Archive for April 2009
Otaku: beyond the word and the prejudices
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 28, 2009
For those of you out there who have had issues with the concept of “otaku” and wish to go deeper into its implication for (post-)modern mass media consumption, this new book is for you! Hiroki Azuma, one of the most prominent young Japanese literary critic and philosopher, has been writing about Otakus for some years [...]
Village Manga – Salon du livre et de la presse de Genève
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 21, 2009
Du 22 au 26 avril 2009, le Salon du livre et de la presse de Genève accueille pour la première fois un Village Manga, organisé par les associations Yume et Omusubi.
Il y avait certes eu le Japan Manga Festival, en 2007, mais celui-ci avait été organisé en annexe de l’événement principal et il fallait payer [...]
Otaku2 – Doujinshi and Law
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 21, 2009
Otaku2 – Doujinshi and Law
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This is something I have been thinking about recently. The manga industry has everything to gain from the dojinshi circles, for two reasons.
First, dojinshi has been fostered by the practice of the manga editors as far back as the 1930’s, when the first prepublication magazines encouraged readers to send [...]
Social and technical aspects of the uses of technology
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 11, 2009
Twitter can indeed be a very useful source of information, as the following article entitled Why social search won’t topple Google (anytime soon) illustrates it. Actually, I found it following a citation in an article on the Slow Erosion of Google Search, which had been previously cited by one of my contact on Twitter. What [...]
Home – EuroITV2009 – European Interactive TV Conference, Leuven, Belgium, June 3-5, 2009
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 9, 2009
Home – EuroITV2009 – European Interactive TV Conference, Leuven, Belgium, June 3-5, 2009
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The “mie” pose in Animes
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 6, 2009
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Danjuro Ichikawa II, in a mie pose in Shibaraku. Woodblock print by Torii Kiyomasu. Wikipedia English
Recently, I went to an amazing Surimono exhibit, at the Museum Rietberg, in Zürich. One of them represented the famous Kabuki actor Ishikawa Danjuro in a “mie” pose. Our guide, Mrs. Helen Loveday, an expert in the field of Chinese/Japanese [...]
Studentships
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 6, 2009
Studentships
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Transforming Audiences 2 – International Conference 2009 – Call for Papers
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 5, 2009
Transforming Audiences 2 – International Conference 2009 – Call for Papers
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Useful syllabi on virtual worlds and technology
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 3, 2009
Useful syllabi on virtual worlds and technology
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- Ariane Beldi: Bonjour, Je vous remercie de ce chaleureux compliment au sujet des Suisses. Un peu stéréotypé, à certains égards, mais assez juste aussi! ;-) J'
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- MelOu: Je suis allée aujourd'hui au Village Manga ! ^^ Ils étaient encore en train d'installer certaines choses. Mais globalement, c'était intéressant. ^
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Online academic research tools
- SEVN : Syndicat de l'Edition Vidéo Numérique
- mekentosj.com : Software for Research
- Connotea: free online reference management for clinicians and scientists
- Eurostat Home
- English Pages｜社団法人日本映像ソフト協会
- Reports and Statistics - JETRO
- ICv2 : Inside Pop Culture
- Statistique suisse - Le marché suisse de la vidéo et du DVD
- Arts Web Pages
- Cairn.info - accueil
My links on diigo
- Astro Boy is a Japanese superhero whose backside fires bullets. How cool is that? | Sam Leith | Books | The Guardian November 16, 2009
- Global Voices Online » Japan: Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”, the manga version November 13, 2009
- Knock it off: Global treaty against media piracy won't work in Asia November 13, 2009
- Book Review: Otaku: Japan's Database Animals by Hiroki Azuma - Blogcritics Books November 7, 2009
- Professor Munakata’s fantastic museum piece - Times Online November 7, 2009
The Chronicles of Timothy Abbott
- European Elections? Well, they are happening somewhere
- Out of Brixton into the world
- Timothy Abbott's Chronicles of night and Northern Light
- Landscapes of the mind and soul » Timothy Abbott. Professionally produced, unconventional journalism
- Landscapes of the body » Timothy Abbott. Professionally produced, unconventional journalism
Confessions of an Aca-Fan
- How Do You Sell an Artsy Board Game?
- Counting on Twitter: Harvard's Web Ecology Project (Part Two)
- Counting on Twitter: Harvard's Web Ecology Project (Part One)
- Click Click Ranger: A Transmedia Experiment for Korean Television (Part Two)
- Click Click Ranger: A Transmedia Experiment for Korean Television (Part One)
New Media & Society
- Quiring, O. (2009). What do users associate with ‘interactivity’?: A qualitative study on user schemata. New Media Society, 11(6), 899-920.
- Simun, M. (2009). My music, my world: using the MP3 player to shape experience in London. New Media Society, 11(6), 921-941.
- Scolari, C. A. (2009). Mapping conversations about new media: the theoretical field of digital communication. New Media Society, 11(6), 943-964.
- Feaster, J. C. (2009). The repertoire niches of interpersonal media: competition and coexistence at the level of the individual. New Media Society, 11(6), 965-984.
- Beer, D. (2009). Power through the algorithm? Participatory web cultures and the technological unconscious. New Media Society, 11(6), 985-1002.
