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dmp | Thoughts about Orientalism, Imperialism & Steampunking Asia
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And then I realized something that made me sad about this cool, geeky subculture that I’m so eager to participate in: The steampunk movement romanticizes a time period where imperialist and racist attitudes prevailed and many people were oppressed as a result of them. When Queen Victorian sat upon her throne, a lot of other Western powers were doing not nice things to people in Asia, in the Middle East, in Africa and the Western US, and now, a over hundred years later, people want to live in that time period again, or at least use it as creative inspiration. "
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So, a proposal to my fellow steampunkers, Asian and non-Asian alike: Steampunk subverts so much, so let’s have it subvert our histories too. -
A lot of people play off the steampunk movement as a lot of “steam” and not enough “punk”—that is, all dress-up and fetishization of Victorian culture and not enough deconstruction and challenging the establishment.
But I want to change that perception, at least in my own way here. But, at the same time, be an outrageous, ironical character to boot – became damn, I want to have fun too. And not have to be British or Chinese. - 2 more annotations...
Workshop on Popular Culture, Cultural Policy, and Cultural Discourse in East and Southeast Asia, June 1-2, 2009, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Workshop on Popular Culture, Cultural Policy, and Cultural Discourse
in East and Southeast Asia, June 1-2, 2009, the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
The workshop on Popular Culture, Cultural Policy, and Cultural
Discourse in East and Southeast Asia, will be held at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Israel. The purpose of this workshop is to
conduct a comparative and multi-sited study of the emergence of the
popular cultural industries of East and Southeast Asia, examine the
corresponding cultural policies initiated by the various states in the
region, and construct an empirically-plausible framework to examine
related issues. The workshop will particularly focus on the cases of
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean poplar cultures: their emergence,
expansion to other markets in the region, and the discourse they
create.
Panel 1: Popular Culture, Regionalization, and the State
1. Amitav Acharya, American University,
"Culture, Regionalism and Southeast Asian Identity"
2. Galia Press-Barnathan, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Does Popular Culture Matter to International Relations Scholars?
Possible Links and Methodological Challenges"
3. Nissim Otmazgin, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"A Tail that Wags the Dog: Cultural Industry and Cultural Policy in East Asia"
Commentator: Arie Kacowicz, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Panel 2: Cultural Flows and Soft Power
1. Chua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore
"Delusional Desire: Soft Power and TV Dramas"
2. Jean Marie Bouissou, Science-Po
"From Niche Market to Hypermarkets: The Birth, Growth and Maturation
of the French Manga Market"
3. Eldad J. Pardo, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"The Comeback of Iran's Z $B{ (Brkh $Bb (Bneh: Ancient Heroes in the Global Age"
Commentator: Eyal Ben Ari, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Panel 3: Cultural Policy in the Making
1. Kozuka Souichirou, Sophia University
"Copyright Law as a Tool of New Industrial Policy?: Japan's
Unsuccessful Attempt to Promote its Contents Industry"
2. Kukhee Choo, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
"Cool Japan Nation: Japanese Governmental Policy towards the Anime Industry"
3. Jung-Yup Lee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Managing the Transnational, Governing the National:
Cultural Policy and the Politics of "Cultural Archetype Project in South Korea"
Commentator: Ehud Harari, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Panel 4: Cultural Industry and Cultural Discourse
1. Miki Daliot-Bul, Haifa University
"The New 'Japan Brand': Cool Japan as Zeitgeist"
2. Pang Laikwan, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Censorship against Ghosts: China's Cultural Policy Historicized"
3. Kwai Cheung Lo, Hong Kong Baptist University
"Historical Tensions in East Asian Popular Culture and the Roles of the State"
Commentator: Chua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore
Panel 5: Cultural Production and Social Change
1. Marwyn S. Samuels, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"The Media Industry, Popular Culture and Social Change in Contemporary China"
2. Shin Hyunjoon, Sungkonghoe University
"Trans/National Cultural Industries as an Agency of Regionalization?
The Case of South Korea"
3. Cherian George, Nanyang Technological University
"Silence and Protest in Singapore's Censorship Debates"
Commentator: Nir Avieli, Ben-Gurion University
Panel 6: A Comparative Perspective: Popular Culture in the Middle East
1. Wael Abu-Uksa, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"State and New Media in the Middle East: An Overview"
2. Sariel Birnbaum, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Historical Audio-Visual Dramas: From Egyptian Dominance to a Pan-Arab
Satellite Discourse"
3. Tal Shenhav, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Broadcasting the Future Generation: Gender Messages for Women and
Youth in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Tunisia"
Panel 7: Concluding Comments and Open Discussion
Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University
Eyal Ben Ari, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
For further information and registration please contact Dr. Nissim
Otmazgin at nissimot@mscc.huji.ac.il
Popular Culture as Political Protest: Writing the Reality of Sexual Slavery
On the comfort women issue as depicted in manga
Afuganisu-tan manga
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Afghanis-tan illustrates the modern history of Afghanistan and its neighboring countries, starting from the imperialist era in the 19th century, through moe anthropomorphism.
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Each yonkoma strip is accompanied by an "Afghan Memo" that explains in prose some of the background and history of the nations depicted. Additional pages give short biographies of the characters.
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Pop culture, power and politics inspire Leheny's teaching about East Asia
"The Japanese leisure industry and child pornography and prostitution are not typical objects of analysis for a political scientist," Beissinger said. "But David brilliantly uses these as windows into Japanese political culture and into the ways in which norms and identities shape behavior. His work is some of the most important on contemporary Japanese society."
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"The Japanese leisure industry and child pornography and prostitution are not typical objects of analysis for a political scientist," Beissinger said. "But David brilliantly uses these as windows into Japanese political culture and into the ways in which norms and identities shape behavior. His work is some of the most important on contemporary Japanese society." -
His writing has touched on leisure policy, the restriction of teenagers' sexual activities, counterterrorism and popular culture's impact abroad.
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