Toshiro Mitsuoka
@tsrmtok.bsky.social
Professor, Tokyo Keizai University. Interested in 'media and everyday-ness'. Co-editor of Doing Screen Studies in Japan (in Japanese, University of Tokyo Press, 2019). A dirty bird watcher in NFL. http: http://toshiromitsuoka.com/index_en.php
On Saturday, November 8th, the Faculty of Communication Studies, Tokyo Keizai University will host a 30th Anniversary Symposium. We welcome guest speaker Toru Nishigaki. We aim to explore AI from multiple perspectives. Reservations and sharing welcome.
www.tku.ac.jp/event/2025/2...
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2025年11月8日（土）東京経済大学コミュニケーション学部開設30周年記念シンポジウム ： 環境化するAIとコミュニケーション学の未来 | 東京経済大学
【主催者あいさつ】東京経済大学コミュニケーション学部は、「コミュニケーション」を冠した国内初の学部として1995年に開設され、今年30周年を迎えます
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October 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On Saturday, November 8th, the Faculty of Communication Studies, Tokyo Keizai University will host a 30th Anniversary Symposium. We welcome guest speaker Toru Nishigaki. We aim to explore AI from multiple perspectives. Reservations and sharing welcome.
www.tku.ac.jp/event/2025/2...
www.tku.ac.jp/event/2025/2...
More than the content of the article, I feel a confidence in museums in the United States. I think the role of museums in the construction of national history would not be so well recognised in Japan.
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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
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March 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
More than the content of the article, I feel a confidence in museums in the United States. I think the role of museums in the construction of national history would not be so well recognised in Japan.
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Really sad to hear this news. Whenever I got a new article by Stern, I was so thrilled. R.I.P. from Japan.
Here's a more fulsome post from the Press. So sad.
Farewell to Jonathan Sterne dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...
Farewell to Jonathan Sterne dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...
Farewell to Jonathan Sterne
We are very sad to learn of the death of communication scholar Jonathan Sterne, after a long battle with cancer. He was 54 years old. Sterne was James McGill Professor of Culture and Technology at …
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March 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Really sad to hear this news. Whenever I got a new article by Stern, I was so thrilled. R.I.P. from Japan.
My online talk with Hiroki Yamamoto on Japanese regional art festivals is just out. Sorry it's only in Japanese, but I think this talk somehow has a taste of basic literature for discussing art festivals in vernacular contexts.
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vol.31 - Relations | リレーションズ
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March 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
My online talk with Hiroki Yamamoto on Japanese regional art festivals is just out. Sorry it's only in Japanese, but I think this talk somehow has a taste of basic literature for discussing art festivals in vernacular contexts.
relations-tokyo.com/issuepost/vo...
relations-tokyo.com/issuepost/vo...
I recently perused Checa-Gismero's "Biennial Boom" (2024), which I found to be a commendable examination of the biennials I have encountered in recent years. Notably, she demonstrates a commendable aptitude for social science theories, particularly when contrasted with Japanese art historians.
March 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I recently perused Checa-Gismero's "Biennial Boom" (2024), which I found to be a commendable examination of the biennials I have encountered in recent years. Notably, she demonstrates a commendable aptitude for social science theories, particularly when contrasted with Japanese art historians.
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"Postwar Revisited" offers a global perspective on art produced during the crucial years between the conclusion of the Second World War in 1945 and the emergence of a tripartite world order in the 1960s. Read the intro for free now: https://buff.ly/3CqnjQ1
February 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Postwar Revisited" offers a global perspective on art produced during the crucial years between the conclusion of the Second World War in 1945 and the emergence of a tripartite world order in the 1960s. Read the intro for free now: https://buff.ly/3CqnjQ1
Seems something really uncanny is approaching close to us.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Google ending AI arms ban incredibly concerning, campaigners say
The tech giant previously ruled out applications that were "likely to cause harm".
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February 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Seems something really uncanny is approaching close to us.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I was almost going to apply, I'm a bit old though. Sounds like a great opportunity for young researchers and probably it would be wonderfully fruitful just like my own experience at the summer camp held by the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society.
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Call for Applications: “Framing the Study of Japan” Professionalization Workshop - Association for Asian Studies
May 30-31, 2025Kathmandu, NepalApplication Deadline: February 28, 2025 In partnership with the Japan Foundation’s Program for Strengthening Research Networks to Co-create a Future with the Next Genera...
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February 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I was almost going to apply, I'm a bit old though. Sounds like a great opportunity for young researchers and probably it would be wonderfully fruitful just like my own experience at the summer camp held by the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society.
www.asianstudies.org/call-for-app...
www.asianstudies.org/call-for-app...
I will be hosting an online academic session "Gathering Words to Describe Local Art Festivals in Japan" on the 31st of January, mainly the conversation between Hiroki Yamamoto (Cultural Studies) and me. If you are interested, please register below.
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リレーションズ+芸術祭・まちづくり 研究連携プロジェクト フォーラム08 「地域芸術祭を語る＜言葉＞を拾い集める」開催のお知らせ - Relations | リレーションズ
お申し込みはこちらから 地域芸術祭を語る＜言葉＞を拾い集める 日時：2025年1月31日（金）18:30～20:00開催方式：オンライン配信＊要事前登録・申込 これまで本プロジェクトでは、地域に根ざした活動を行う芸術祭......
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January 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I will be hosting an online academic session "Gathering Words to Describe Local Art Festivals in Japan" on the 31st of January, mainly the conversation between Hiroki Yamamoto (Cultural Studies) and me. If you are interested, please register below.
relations-tokyo.com/research/for...
relations-tokyo.com/research/for...
I didn't expect to say 'good bye' to Kirk when I checked the result of week 9.
December 18, 2024 at 6:22 AM
I didn't expect to say 'good bye' to Kirk when I checked the result of week 9.
It has been said many times. If we don't think seriously about making our lives a little more uncomfortable, 'sustainable living' will become a kind of unattainable mirage.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/13/1...
AI’s emissions are about to skyrocket even further
Data center emissions have tripled since 2018. As more complex AI models like OpenAI’s Sora see broad release, those figures will likely go through the roof.
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December 17, 2024 at 8:13 AM
It has been said many times. If we don't think seriously about making our lives a little more uncomfortable, 'sustainable living' will become a kind of unattainable mirage.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/13/1...
Know the impact of the presidential election in US. In the past month alone, my bluesky followers have outgrown... It seems the existing users have been progressively leaving X. It's like some kind of dream to be followed by Dylan Mulvin and Simon Mills as a media researcher in the Far East, haha.
December 1, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Know the impact of the presidential election in US. In the past month alone, my bluesky followers have outgrown... It seems the existing users have been progressively leaving X. It's like some kind of dream to be followed by Dylan Mulvin and Simon Mills as a media researcher in the Far East, haha.
Matt Ryan finally retired as a falcon. The best falcon ever. He has been always a legend of North America. His status is almost same as Harold Innis and James Carey to me. I hope he can spend more time with his family and continue to support Falcons.
www.atlantafalcons.com/news/matt-ry...
www.atlantafalcons.com/news/matt-ry...
April 23, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Matt Ryan finally retired as a falcon. The best falcon ever. He has been always a legend of North America. His status is almost same as Harold Innis and James Carey to me. I hope he can spend more time with his family and continue to support Falcons.
www.atlantafalcons.com/news/matt-ry...
www.atlantafalcons.com/news/matt-ry...
Seems interesting. Also, in Japan, the development of financial manager for public cultural institutions (especially those of 50 to 100 staffs, I think) is a very important issue.
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April 12, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Seems interesting. Also, in Japan, the development of financial manager for public cultural institutions (especially those of 50 to 100 staffs, I think) is a very important issue.
casco.art/activity/the...
casco.art/activity/the...
For a media researcher, sounds somehow difficult to write about ‘reading,’ because we cannot but admit that we ourselves are socially significant book lovers. To us, writing about ‘reading’ could be very much a study of the people involved, in a way that is different from that of social movements.
March 22, 2024 at 1:46 AM
For a media researcher, sounds somehow difficult to write about ‘reading,’ because we cannot but admit that we ourselves are socially significant book lovers. To us, writing about ‘reading’ could be very much a study of the people involved, in a way that is different from that of social movements.
Seems interesting. I'm not so familiar with Fan Studies though...
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Fan Studies and Design Symposium
Bringing together fan studies scholars and design researchers, what new exciting research may emerge at the intersection?
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February 26, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Seems interesting. I'm not so familiar with Fan Studies though...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fan-studie...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fan-studie...
The passage below by James W. Carey is something like creeping into my mind.
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Nonetheless, I believe the encounter between British cultural studies and Althusser and French structuralism and poststructuralism was a fatally wrong move. (Carey 1995:83)
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Nonetheless, I believe the encounter between British cultural studies and Althusser and French structuralism and poststructuralism was a fatally wrong move. (Carey 1995:83)
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February 23, 2024 at 4:53 AM
The passage below by James W. Carey is something like creeping into my mind.
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Nonetheless, I believe the encounter between British cultural studies and Althusser and French structuralism and poststructuralism was a fatally wrong move. (Carey 1995:83)
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Nonetheless, I believe the encounter between British cultural studies and Althusser and French structuralism and poststructuralism was a fatally wrong move. (Carey 1995:83)
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again, Kyle Shanahan...
February 12, 2024 at 3:58 AM
again, Kyle Shanahan...
As I got the reminder, circulating the notice of 'Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School.' Really worth joining it.
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culturalstudies.asia/summer-schoo...
2024 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Summer School
5–16 August 2024University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City
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February 9, 2024 at 1:13 AM
As I got the reminder, circulating the notice of 'Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School.' Really worth joining it.
culturalstudies.asia/summer-schoo...
culturalstudies.asia/summer-schoo...
Seems the registration has opened. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer Camp. I was the participant of the first time in Seoul and that was really fascinating memory in my career. If you have any interest, please join it.
culturalstudies.asia/2024-inter-a...
culturalstudies.asia/2024-inter-a...
2024 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Summer School
culturalstudies.asia
January 9, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Seems the registration has opened. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer Camp. I was the participant of the first time in Seoul and that was really fascinating memory in my career. If you have any interest, please join it.
culturalstudies.asia/2024-inter-a...
culturalstudies.asia/2024-inter-a...
When I was reading “Assembly Codes”, the way they set up questions seemed to fit well, but when I reread the intro of “Signal Traffic”, I vaguely feel if their matters of concern could have also been handled within the framework of media studies that flowed from the UK to Australia in the 90's.
December 27, 2023 at 6:09 AM
When I was reading “Assembly Codes”, the way they set up questions seemed to fit well, but when I reread the intro of “Signal Traffic”, I vaguely feel if their matters of concern could have also been handled within the framework of media studies that flowed from the UK to Australia in the 90's.
Sounds fascinating.
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2023-2024: Material Cities – ASCA CITIES PROJECT
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November 28, 2023 at 1:49 AM
Sounds fascinating.
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www.cities.humanities.uva.nl/news/2023-20...
Richly indicative. I hope this sort of visual sociology approach will be widely recognized in Japanese sociology as in UK or Anglophone countries.
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DEPTFORD IS CHANGING – Anita Strasser talks to Les Back about her book and PhD Research — Street...
Deptford is Changing Anita Strasser talks to Les Back about her book and PhD Research 3 August 2022 Streetsigns-CUCR · Deptford is Changing with...
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November 23, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Richly indicative. I hope this sort of visual sociology approach will be widely recognized in Japanese sociology as in UK or Anglophone countries.
streetsigns.online/DEPTFORD-IS-...
streetsigns.online/DEPTFORD-IS-...
I feel, there have been too many XX turns in social sciences recently. In addition to its frequency, to a scholar in the isolated far east island, there is another problem on this trend; translation. 「野菜論的転回（vegetal turn）」sounds really like a joke in Japanese. I mean, sounds somehow funny.
November 10, 2023 at 2:01 PM
I feel, there have been too many XX turns in social sciences recently. In addition to its frequency, to a scholar in the isolated far east island, there is another problem on this trend; translation. 「野菜論的転回（vegetal turn）」sounds really like a joke in Japanese. I mean, sounds somehow funny.
The timetable and the program of 2023 Autumn Conference of Japan Association for Media Studies. We organized a panel on Yussi Parikka's Media Archaeology (Japanese translation released in July). Two of the panelists including me are from this translating team.
www.jams.media/conferences/...
www.jams.media/conferences/...
October 17, 2023 at 4:28 AM
The timetable and the program of 2023 Autumn Conference of Japan Association for Media Studies. We organized a panel on Yussi Parikka's Media Archaeology (Japanese translation released in July). Two of the panelists including me are from this translating team.
www.jams.media/conferences/...
www.jams.media/conferences/...