Alexandra
@malecsandram.bsky.social
PhD • Multi-Cultural Video Game Production: Migrant Developers in Japan
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Alexandra
@malecsandram.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Because there is no industry body that will aggregate the total number of foreign employees in the Japanese video games industry I have to do it myself. And that's how I spent my day calculating percentages and totals. Just curious, is anyone interested in the numbers?
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迷信、固定観念、頭の固さ、偏見、その他どうでも良い思い込みを教養と勘違いするのはなぜ生じたのだろう。
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 AM
迷信、固定観念、頭の固さ、偏見、その他どうでも良い思い込みを教養と勘違いするのはなぜ生じたのだろう。
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Reality is becoming a luxury. Before the Industrial Revolution, everyone lived with handmade things because there was no alternative. After mass production, handmade didn’t disappear, it became rare, expensive, & status-signaling. The wealthy got craftsmanship. Everyone else got the factory version.
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Reality is becoming a luxury. Before the Industrial Revolution, everyone lived with handmade things because there was no alternative. After mass production, handmade didn’t disappear, it became rare, expensive, & status-signaling. The wealthy got craftsmanship. Everyone else got the factory version.
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歴史を振り返るのは、同じ過ちを繰り返さないためである。過去の栄光をもう一度と思っても、環境が変わったら同じことをして成功することはめったにない。そもそも100年前の日本はむしろ破滅への途へ進んでいたので、同じことをくりかえすのは愚かでしかない。
January 2, 2026 at 5:42 AM
歴史を振り返るのは、同じ過ちを繰り返さないためである。過去の栄光をもう一度と思っても、環境が変わったら同じことをして成功することはめったにない。そもそも100年前の日本はむしろ破滅への途へ進んでいたので、同じことをくりかえすのは愚かでしかない。
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-Defended my dissertation
-Finally got my Cybiko paper published
-Co-chaired a successful anime convention
-Created a new course (that I will teach in spring)
-Made new friends, and got reacquainted/better acquainted with some past ones (such as @jealaxy.bsky.social and @malecsandram.bsky.social)
-Finally got my Cybiko paper published
-Co-chaired a successful anime convention
-Created a new course (that I will teach in spring)
-Made new friends, and got reacquainted/better acquainted with some past ones (such as @jealaxy.bsky.social and @malecsandram.bsky.social)
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
-Defended my dissertation
-Finally got my Cybiko paper published
-Co-chaired a successful anime convention
-Created a new course (that I will teach in spring)
-Made new friends, and got reacquainted/better acquainted with some past ones (such as @jealaxy.bsky.social and @malecsandram.bsky.social)
-Finally got my Cybiko paper published
-Co-chaired a successful anime convention
-Created a new course (that I will teach in spring)
-Made new friends, and got reacquainted/better acquainted with some past ones (such as @jealaxy.bsky.social and @malecsandram.bsky.social)
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お金がほしいんじゃなくて「住むな」と言ってる。
正確には「働け。だが住むな」。
搾取と排斥が見事にドッキングしているのである。
正確には「働け。だが住むな」。
搾取と排斥が見事にドッキングしているのである。
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
お金がほしいんじゃなくて「住むな」と言ってる。
正確には「働け。だが住むな」。
搾取と排斥が見事にドッキングしているのである。
正確には「働け。だが住むな」。
搾取と排斥が見事にドッキングしているのである。
A while ago I went to Nanba for to do some fieldwork only to realize that most of the district is a super potato, a bunch of maid cafes, a bunch of card trading shops and the most hyper real gacha machines in existence
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A while ago I went to Nanba for to do some fieldwork only to realize that most of the district is a super potato, a bunch of maid cafes, a bunch of card trading shops and the most hyper real gacha machines in existence
you've heard of "this is more of a comment than a question" but have you ever encountered its twin:
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
you've heard of "this is more of a comment than a question" but have you ever encountered its twin:
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The private equity presidency is deeply unpopular, who'd have thought
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The private equity presidency is deeply unpopular, who'd have thought
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L’une des particularités du gouvernement de la Première ministre japonaise Sanae Takaichi va être de présenter des réformes comme des avancées alors qu’elles seront in fine des reculs ou des freins à des avancées réelles. On ne va pas tarder à en avoir des illustrations flagrantes.
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
L’une des particularités du gouvernement de la Première ministre japonaise Sanae Takaichi va être de présenter des réformes comme des avancées alors qu’elles seront in fine des reculs ou des freins à des avancées réelles. On ne va pas tarder à en avoir des illustrations flagrantes.
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Fixed it for you 😇
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Fixed it for you 😇
Because there is no industry body that will aggregate the total number of foreign employees in the Japanese video games industry I have to do it myself. And that's how I spent my day calculating percentages and totals. Just curious, is anyone interested in the numbers?
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Because there is no industry body that will aggregate the total number of foreign employees in the Japanese video games industry I have to do it myself. And that's how I spent my day calculating percentages and totals. Just curious, is anyone interested in the numbers?
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Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
(Published July)
(Published July)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
(Published July)
(Published July)
「GAFAMのような巨大プラットフォームに支配され、知らず知らずのうちに自らの思考を明け渡し、知らず知らずのうちに搾取される。「移民が来るリスク」や「伝統的な日本が壊れるリスク」よりも、私やあなたが＂AI小作人＂になるリスクのほうがよほど大きいのです」
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/909...
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/909...
【モーリー・ロバートソンの考察】自民党総裁選で誰も指摘しなかった、多くの日本人が＂AI小作人＂になるというリスク（週プレNEWS） - Yahoo!ニュース
『週刊プレイボーイ』で「挑発的ニッポン革命計画」を連載中の国際ジャーナリスト、モーリー・ロバートソンが、円安の恒常化によって日本社会の「二極化」が固定化される可能性、そして多くの人々が本当に気をつけ
news.yahoo.co.jp
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
「GAFAMのような巨大プラットフォームに支配され、知らず知らずのうちに自らの思考を明け渡し、知らず知らずのうちに搾取される。「移民が来るリスク」や「伝統的な日本が壊れるリスク」よりも、私やあなたが＂AI小作人＂になるリスクのほうがよほど大きいのです」
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/909...
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/909...
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質の悪い読者がつくと著者が堕落するように、質の悪い支持者がつくと政党も堕落するものなのかもしれない。
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
質の悪い読者がつくと著者が堕落するように、質の悪い支持者がつくと政党も堕落するものなのかもしれない。
It's always a humbling experience to re-read papers from your first year of university. Glad to be able to say that even back then you could already see the potential buried beneath the chaos.
October 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It's always a humbling experience to re-read papers from your first year of university. Glad to be able to say that even back then you could already see the potential buried beneath the chaos.
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前にも同じようなことを書いたけれど、ノーベル平和賞はむしろトランプに抵抗している人たちに与えるべき。米国に限らず、世界の各地でトランプ的なもの、強権主義に抵抗している人たちに与えてほしい。
October 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
前にも同じようなことを書いたけれど、ノーベル平和賞はむしろトランプに抵抗している人たちに与えるべき。米国に限らず、世界の各地でトランプ的なもの、強権主義に抵抗している人たちに与えてほしい。
It's finally that time of the year when inside is cozy, outside it's crisp, the smell of coffee is deeper, the sunlight is colder and the sound of music flows like butter.
October 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
It's finally that time of the year when inside is cozy, outside it's crisp, the smell of coffee is deeper, the sunlight is colder and the sound of music flows like butter.
PSA for Japanese games scholars researching Dojin games: Read YAMADA/HICHIBE. His is the largest and most comprehensive sociological research on what Dojin games and Dojin culture is from the mouth of the Dojin creators themselves.
October 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
PSA for Japanese games scholars researching Dojin games: Read YAMADA/HICHIBE. His is the largest and most comprehensive sociological research on what Dojin games and Dojin culture is from the mouth of the Dojin creators themselves.
The worst type of email is the one that announces application results and asks you to check the attached document for the results but the sender forgot to attach any documents.
September 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The worst type of email is the one that announces application results and asks you to check the attached document for the results but the sender forgot to attach any documents.
Although this sounds like an amazing postdoc project had I had any Chinese language ability, how does one categorize China as part of the "Global South"?! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Creativity, Authenticity, and Cultural Mediation: Ethnography of China-Africa Fashion Trade and Cons
The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) currently has a vacant Postdoc position as part of the ERC-funded research project Fashioning Power through South-South Interaction: Re-thinking Creat...
werkenbij.uva.nl
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Although this sounds like an amazing postdoc project had I had any Chinese language ability, how does one categorize China as part of the "Global South"?! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Dear EU scholars, I BEG of you to also include the name of the country when you announce your roundtables and conferences. You can't possibly expect everyone to know every European city just because it's in Western Europe. Including the name of the state/country after a city is not a terrible idea
September 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Dear EU scholars, I BEG of you to also include the name of the country when you announce your roundtables and conferences. You can't possibly expect everyone to know every European city just because it's in Western Europe. Including the name of the state/country after a city is not a terrible idea
I would like this embroided so it doesn't wash off. maybe tattoo it on my forehead for the next time I have to differentiate myself from the asshole who enters a shop just to have a speakerphone conversation in a chilly place
August 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I would like this embroided so it doesn't wash off. maybe tattoo it on my forehead for the next time I have to differentiate myself from the asshole who enters a shop just to have a speakerphone conversation in a chilly place
During the DiGRA workshop I co-organised with my colleagues on game work migration one of the best points came from Aphra Kerr who pointed out that migrant stories can be co-opted by far right discourse and that it is our responsibility to be mindful of that when working with interview data.
August 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
During the DiGRA workshop I co-organised with my colleagues on game work migration one of the best points came from Aphra Kerr who pointed out that migrant stories can be co-opted by far right discourse and that it is our responsibility to be mindful of that when working with interview data.
"you're cosplaying a personality disorder and calling it leadership" might be the highlight of my day
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"you're cosplaying a personality disorder and calling it leadership" might be the highlight of my day