Interview Retranscription

I’m now in the process of retranscribing the interview I was able to record at JapAniManga Night. As anyone who has done interviews in the past knows, it is of course a difficult and tedious task. But it is also extremely interesting for several reasons, which I haven’t always seen outlined in the method books [...]

First fieldwork, first mission

The general fun of fieldwork:
Alright, here is the first part of the account from my week-end at JapAniManga Night. I’m sorry, I can’t put it all in one post, so I hope you’ll be able to keep up with me as I organize my thoughts and notes. The first part is more a general assessment [...]

Update on dissertation progress #2

It has arrived!!
My 3 copies of “Il drago e la saeta” have arrived this morning! Marco Pellitteri has very kindly sent me these so that I can present them to people who should be able to help me get this new important contribution to research on globalized Japanese popular culture translated in French and maybe [...]

Conference on Media practices convergence

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 [...]

Survey on Swiss manga readers finally online

At long last, here are the first results from the survey on Swiss manga readers! I’m sorry for having taken so long to come up with them and publish them, but this project has meant a huge amount of work for me, especially since I did pretty much everything alone. And it isn’t finished. What [...]