Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️
Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Postdoc Fellow in Asian Media Studies @ University of Idaho | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Postdoc Fellow in Asian Media Studies @ University of Idaho | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
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Ppl making academia account starter packs r my heroes, thank you for the invisible service 🥹
I will try to share relevant starter packs below ⬇️🧵
I will try to share relevant starter packs below ⬇️🧵
So satisfying to find niche screencaps for lecture. 🤌
Today we read Marc Steinberg's @msteinbrg.bsky.social excellent translation of Ōtsuka Eiji's "World and Variation: The Reproduction and Consumption of Narrative" in Mechademia Second Arc 5, no. 1 (2010).
📖🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Today we read Marc Steinberg's @msteinbrg.bsky.social excellent translation of Ōtsuka Eiji's "World and Variation: The Reproduction and Consumption of Narrative" in Mechademia Second Arc 5, no. 1 (2010).
📖🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
So satisfying to find niche screencaps for lecture. 🤌
Today we read Marc Steinberg's @msteinbrg.bsky.social excellent translation of Ōtsuka Eiji's "World and Variation: The Reproduction and Consumption of Narrative" in Mechademia Second Arc 5, no. 1 (2010).
📖🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Today we read Marc Steinberg's @msteinbrg.bsky.social excellent translation of Ōtsuka Eiji's "World and Variation: The Reproduction and Consumption of Narrative" in Mechademia Second Arc 5, no. 1 (2010).
📖🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Glad to see 𝙎𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧: 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨, 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 (Bloomsbury 2026) is officially published! My chapter, "Laughing to Move the Gods: The Transformative Power of Humor in Shinto," looks at laughter in #Shinto mythology & 'laughter festivals.' DM for PDF. 😉⛩️
Sacred Laughter
This anthology explores the intersection of humor and laughter with various faith, religious, and mythic traditions.Each chapter covers a unique case where humo…
www.bloomsbury.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Glad to see 𝙎𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧: 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨, 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 (Bloomsbury 2026) is officially published! My chapter, "Laughing to Move the Gods: The Transformative Power of Humor in Shinto," looks at laughter in #Shinto mythology & 'laughter festivals.' DM for PDF. 😉⛩️
Big same. So lucky to be teaching classes on comics, games, and animation with passionate students. Keeping it together one day at a time.
Everything is terrible but comics and board games and you nerds are helping me keep it together.
THANKS, NERDS.
THANKS, NERDS.
January 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Big same. So lucky to be teaching classes on comics, games, and animation with passionate students. Keeping it together one day at a time.
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@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social found an odd, uniquely-American “Torii Gate” and “Japanese Garden” at the Muscatine Art Center in Muscatine, IA. Thought you might be interested in it!
December 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social found an odd, uniquely-American “Torii Gate” and “Japanese Garden” at the Muscatine Art Center in Muscatine, IA. Thought you might be interested in it!
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New JJRS issue (52) just dropped!
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
NIRC
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
New JJRS issue (52) just dropped!
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
I grew up watching and singing along to this every year with my mother and grandmother. A classic.
MR. MAGOO’S CHRISTMAS CAROL debuted #OTD in 1962.
Jim Backus stars in this brilliantly conceived, beautifully animated musical adaptation w/ songs by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
This was TV’s first animated Christmas special — and it's a strong contender for its best. #Animation #ChristmasMovies
Jim Backus stars in this brilliantly conceived, beautifully animated musical adaptation w/ songs by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
This was TV’s first animated Christmas special — and it's a strong contender for its best. #Animation #ChristmasMovies
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I grew up watching and singing along to this every year with my mother and grandmother. A classic.
Ack, I should have spelled it out. Let's try this again...
The latest issue (52) of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social has been published! 🥳
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read more about the individual articles below 👇
The latest issue (52) of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social has been published! 🥳
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read more about the individual articles below 👇
New JJRS issue (52) just dropped!
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
NIRC
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp
December 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Ack, I should have spelled it out. Let's try this again...
The latest issue (52) of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social has been published! 🥳
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read more about the individual articles below 👇
The latest issue (52) of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social has been published! 🥳
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read more about the individual articles below 👇
New JJRS issue (52) just dropped!
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
NIRC
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
New JJRS issue (52) just dropped!
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
Read new research about Oda Nobunaga's relationship to religions, medieval/early modern ritual prayers & origin stories, student protests at Meiji Buddhist universities, & esoteric Buddhism, & reviews. Online & open access.
nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/journal/6/is...
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Co-signed. AI is the worst thing to ever happen to HistoryTube; even as much as an AI-generated thumbnail or narrator and I'm muting your channel. You have a fucking duty to relate the truth of history as best as you're able, and if you're using ehn-good-enough AI to do it, I don't want hear it.
One of the WORST things you could get AI to do for you would be anything historical. Even just with google, never mind AI, a lot of what the internet has on offer is inaccurate, incomplete, or nonexistent. You need a human who knows where to look to get and synthesize the good stuff.
"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Co-signed. AI is the worst thing to ever happen to HistoryTube; even as much as an AI-generated thumbnail or narrator and I'm muting your channel. You have a fucking duty to relate the truth of history as best as you're able, and if you're using ehn-good-enough AI to do it, I don't want hear it.
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The Center for Digital Play (digitalplay.itu.dk) has a YouTube channel, and we've just published a ton of content!
Seth Giddings (@sethgiddings.bsky.social) on Postdigital Playthings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAjE...
Seth Giddings (@sethgiddings.bsky.social) on Postdigital Playthings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAjE...
December 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Center for Digital Play (digitalplay.itu.dk) has a YouTube channel, and we've just published a ton of content!
Seth Giddings (@sethgiddings.bsky.social) on Postdigital Playthings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAjE...
Seth Giddings (@sethgiddings.bsky.social) on Postdigital Playthings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAjE...
Tomorrow is my last day at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social after a bit less than 3 years. These are all the works we’ve published since I started as Associate Editor (minus the Bible), plus another full issue of the JJRS coming soon. Not too shabby!
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Tomorrow is my last day at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture @jjrs-nirc.bsky.social after a bit less than 3 years. These are all the works we’ve published since I started as Associate Editor (minus the Bible), plus another full issue of the JJRS coming soon. Not too shabby!
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December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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AI automation =/= AI generation. the scripts to automatically transcribe voice to text or whether your party character prioritizes Attack or Defense isn't the same as algorithms generating randomized results out of an amalgamation of existing data. conflating them is intentionally misleading.
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
AI automation =/= AI generation. the scripts to automatically transcribe voice to text or whether your party character prioritizes Attack or Defense isn't the same as algorithms generating randomized results out of an amalgamation of existing data. conflating them is intentionally misleading.
Moving back to the US from Japan & figuring out what on earth to do w/ things I can't relocate and how best to navigate so many recycling categories, schedules, and boundaries has shown me even more the stereotype of minimalism/tidiness in Japan. Ofc most ppl try to b neat in public. But then... 1/3
This Japanese End-Of-The-Year Tradition Is The Perfect Reset
Ōsōji blends practicality with spiritual meaning, and it might inspire your own end-of-year reset.
www.huffpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Moving back to the US from Japan & figuring out what on earth to do w/ things I can't relocate and how best to navigate so many recycling categories, schedules, and boundaries has shown me even more the stereotype of minimalism/tidiness in Japan. Ofc most ppl try to b neat in public. But then... 1/3
Begging folks to not assign nicknames to professionals in cold emails. No thank youuuu 🙅♀️
Do guys get this too, or is it a level of familiarity that men more easily assume with women? 🤔
Do guys get this too, or is it a level of familiarity that men more easily assume with women? 🤔
a girl with pink hair is saying " what did you just call me "
Alt: a girl with pink hair is saying " what did you just call me " with an angry face
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Begging folks to not assign nicknames to professionals in cold emails. No thank youuuu 🙅♀️
Do guys get this too, or is it a level of familiarity that men more easily assume with women? 🤔
Do guys get this too, or is it a level of familiarity that men more easily assume with women? 🤔
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Marie Kondo is back, back, back, back again! This time with a new book sharing her thoughts on many aspects of her life in Japan. I was interviewed by Caroline Bologna about the spiritual roots of New Years cleaning rituals for @huffpost.com. Needless to say, I have thoughts. 😅⛩️🧹✨
This Japanese End-Of-The-Year Tradition Is The Perfect Reset
Ōsōji blends practicality with spiritual meaning, and it might inspire your own end-of-year reset.
www.huffpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Marie Kondo is back, back, back, back again! This time with a new book sharing her thoughts on many aspects of her life in Japan. I was interviewed by Caroline Bologna about the spiritual roots of New Years cleaning rituals for @huffpost.com. Needless to say, I have thoughts. 😅⛩️🧹✨
Marie Kondo is back, back, back, back again! This time with a new book sharing her thoughts on many aspects of her life in Japan. I was interviewed by Caroline Bologna about the spiritual roots of New Years cleaning rituals for @huffpost.com. Needless to say, I have thoughts. 😅⛩️🧹✨
This Japanese End-Of-The-Year Tradition Is The Perfect Reset
Ōsōji blends practicality with spiritual meaning, and it might inspire your own end-of-year reset.
www.huffpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Marie Kondo is back, back, back, back again! This time with a new book sharing her thoughts on many aspects of her life in Japan. I was interviewed by Caroline Bologna about the spiritual roots of New Years cleaning rituals for @huffpost.com. Needless to say, I have thoughts. 😅⛩️🧹✨
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TIL while updating some info from my article "Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon" that not only does San Marino Shrine on the Italian peninsula offer olive branches as sacred boughs, but also there r olive shrines (& offerings of olives) IN Japan! This one on Shōdoshima took my breath away. #Shinto
『超ひさしぶりにオリーブ神殿を見てきました！』
おはようございます！小豆島は時々です。予想最高気温１７度です。 今日からＧＷですね１年前と同じ、我慢のＧＷです。ただ今年は緊急事態宣言が出ているのは４都府県の…
ameblo.jp
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
TIL while updating some info from my article "Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon" that not only does San Marino Shrine on the Italian peninsula offer olive branches as sacred boughs, but also there r olive shrines (& offerings of olives) IN Japan! This one on Shōdoshima took my breath away. #Shinto
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Very much looking forward to this event. Great presenters, and @samuelmoore.org's book is maybe the best thing I've ever read about Open Access publishing.
Planning your week? 📖
Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph as they explore PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET & how collective, scholar-led publishing can reshape open access.
📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...
@SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social
Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph as they explore PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET & how collective, scholar-led publishing can reshape open access.
📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...
@SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Very much looking forward to this event. Great presenters, and @samuelmoore.org's book is maybe the best thing I've ever read about Open Access publishing.
TIL while updating some info from my article "Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon" that not only does San Marino Shrine on the Italian peninsula offer olive branches as sacred boughs, but also there r olive shrines (& offerings of olives) IN Japan! This one on Shōdoshima took my breath away. #Shinto
『超ひさしぶりにオリーブ神殿を見てきました！』
おはようございます！小豆島は時々です。予想最高気温１７度です。 今日からＧＷですね１年前と同じ、我慢のＧＷです。ただ今年は緊急事態宣言が出ているのは４都府県の…
ameblo.jp
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
TIL while updating some info from my article "Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon" that not only does San Marino Shrine on the Italian peninsula offer olive branches as sacred boughs, but also there r olive shrines (& offerings of olives) IN Japan! This one on Shōdoshima took my breath away. #Shinto
Had a blast speaking at High Point University yesterday abt Shinto and video games, thanks to the support of Matt Mitchell, several debts, & the @asianstudies.org NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau! 🎮
On my way to #AAR2025, looking forward to seeing folks there & talking EVEN MORE about games! ✈️
On my way to #AAR2025, looking forward to seeing folks there & talking EVEN MORE about games! ✈️
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Had a blast speaking at High Point University yesterday abt Shinto and video games, thanks to the support of Matt Mitchell, several debts, & the @asianstudies.org NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau! 🎮
On my way to #AAR2025, looking forward to seeing folks there & talking EVEN MORE about games! ✈️
On my way to #AAR2025, looking forward to seeing folks there & talking EVEN MORE about games! ✈️
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