Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: August 28, 2009
This is a conference for all those who are interested in discussions gathering high-quality scholars and actors from the industry about the future of entertainment from a techo-cultural point of view. The panels will take the shape of “talk-show”, quite an original way of materializing the convergences between media systems and communication formats, which is [...]
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 [...]
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: January 14, 2009
Diigo is definitely a great tool and the Let’s Manga group on Diigo really a goldmine to keep up with the news coming from the world of Japanese popular culture. This morning again, I was pleased to find a very interesting article in the digest mail from the group. Entitled On the International Brotherhood of [...]
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: November 13, 2008
Call for papers:
‘Your Fans are Waiting: An Academic Volume on Idol’
You have just invented a new form of torture!
- Simon Cowell on an episode of American Idol.
We are currently soliciting chapter proposals for a volume on the phenomenon of Idol. Since the first series of Pop Idol was broadcasted in the UK in 2001, the [...]
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 24, 2008
The trumpets can start ringing, a new born has joined the increasingly fast-growing body of scholarly works focusing on the spread of Japanese entertainment and its success around the world!
In the wake of the many Manga Network projects, several publications are on the line and Marco Pellitteri’s book entitled “Il drago e la Saetta. Modelli, [...]
Posted by: Ariane Beldi on: April 9, 2008
MEDIA PRACTICES AND CULTURAL PRODUCERS
EASA Media Anthropology Network Second Workshop
Barcelona, Spain, November 6-7, 2008
Official website: http://www.media-anthropology.net/events.htm
Registration
Due to the limited number of places available, please register in order to take part in the event.
Registration fee: Euro 80 (Euro 60 students) Coffee breaks and one cold lunch is included
Registration until 17 of July.
For registration and further [...]