Events
Week of Events
Canteens and the Biopolitics of Food in Industrial China
Canteens and the Biopolitics of Food in Industrial China
In no country were hunger and malnutrition politicized more than they were in twentieth-century China. Mao Zedong triumphantly declared the founding of a new socialist regime on the 1st of October 1949. At the moment, however, China was facing an … Read more
Olympics Sites of Tokyo 3.0: A Sensory Archive of Displacement
Olympics Sites of Tokyo 3.0: A Sensory Archive of Displacement
A sensory archive reveals the urban development history and the lived experience of the demolition and displacement of the Tokyo Olympics. Mapping Tokyo Olympics 3.0 uses hybrid spatial and sensory ethnography and intermedial approaches to collaboratively map the imperial (1940), … Read more
The Ghosn Case – The Intersection of Corporate Mores and Criminal Justice in Japan
The Ghosn Case – The Intersection of Corporate Mores and Criminal Justice in Japan
The case of Carlos Ghosn - former world traveler and head of Nissan Motors, Renault and Mitshibishi until arrested in Japan and held in confinement for 130 days while being vigorously and continually questioned by Japanese prosecutors presents an interesting … Read more
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