CALL FOR PAPERS
Japanese Visual Culture and the Cultural Flows of Manga
Friday 13 August 2004, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA (hosted by the Japanese Studies
Centre, Monash University)
Deadline for submissions: 18 June 2004
This symposium explores the movement of images and commodities across and
between borders, particularly those of Japan and the Asia Pacific region,
and continues the Cultural Flows conference (Monash University 2002)
exploration of how categories of the local, national, and global are
constructed and the boundaries between them configured.
This symposium will bring together scholars, fans, artists, and
professionals and adopts an interdisciplinary approach that welcomes papers
from a wide range of disciplines and experiences. As an outcome of this
conference we hope to produce an innovative volume of papers. We are
inviting abstracts of no more than 250 words on the following topics or
related themes:
Manga and the Arts: manga is a graphic medium that is exerting a significant
influence on artists and audiences, for example the popularity of drawing
comics in a 'manga style', or drawing inspiration from manga characters,
stories, and visual layout in cinema, television, computer and console
games, and print. We also invite artists and fans to talk about their work
that draws upon a manga style or has been influenced by Japanese visual
culture.
Manga and Education: anecdotal observations suggest that within education,
particularly Japanese language education, students at secondary and tertiary
level are being motivated to study Japanese through their interest in manga,
and the possibilities of using manga for teaching Japanese.
Manga and the construction of identity and culture: considers issues such as
the social welfare of international students and students from Asian
backgrounds for whom manga can provide an important sense of being part of a
cultural heritage outside of Australia, that is yet a focus of local
admiration and curiosity.
Related topics include:
Globalisation/hybridity and culture
Representing and performing difference
Race and nationalism
Popular culture and consumerism
Please send a 250 word proposal to:
Dr Craig Norris
Monash university, Japanese Studies Centre,
Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
Email: Craig.Norris@arts.monash.edu.au
Fax:+61-3-9905 3874
Abstracts must be received by 18 June.
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