Posted on Apr 25, 2008 by Greypowered
Coming from one of the forum threads of Yume, I just landed on this absolutely hilarious article about animes at Uncyclopedia. I definitely recommend it if you need to take a bit of distance with your favorite “hobby” (hum, hum…)! Enjoy!
Filed under: Anime, Blog News, Fun, General Links | Tagged: Anime, otaku, uncyclopedia | 2 Comments »
Posted on Apr 24, 2008 by Greypowered
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, [...]
Filed under: Academics, Anime, English, Globalization, Manga, Manga Study Network, Publications, Researches, Reviews | Tagged: animes, Entertainment industry, Globalization, jean-marie bouissou, manga network, mangas, marco pellitteri, soft power, videogames, yui kiyumitsu | 2 Comments »
Posted on Apr 23, 2008 by Greypowered
Polymanga, grande messe printanière du divertissement japonais en Suisse romande, ressemble chaque année un peu plus à un grand souk, où se croisent divers publics d’autant plus bigarés, qu’une partie d’entre eux arrivent grimés des façons les plus extravagantes. Travailler en tant que volontaire sur un stand offre la belle opportunité d’entrer en contacts [...]
Filed under: Anime, Festival, Français, Fun, Manga, Media studies, User Experiences | Tagged: fans de mangas, globalisation, industrie culturelle, mangas, otakus, polymanga, réception médiatique | 1 Comment »
Posted on Apr 22, 2008 by Greypowered
For a long time, I have been planing on making a page collecting some of the Websites that I deem most relevant to my field of research, that is media and communication studies, but always postponed its implementation, both for lack of time and, well, inspiration too. After all, I have collected hundreds and hundreds [...]
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Posted on Apr 9, 2008 by Greypowered
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 [...]
Filed under: Academics, Anthropology, Call for papers, English, Media studies | Tagged: convergence, EASA, Entertainment industry, Globalization, media anthropology, Media studies | 1 Comment »