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Daily Journal Entry #11863 06/22/08 Sun

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Jason C. Romero
on September 24, 2008
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More Digital Youth in East Asia

There was less on this day that caught my interest.

Roland Nozomu Kelts made an interesting point about the way in which certain technologies allow for you to feel things that you did not and wouldn’t have felt before. For example, after you get an answering machine you experience lament when you return home and discover that no one has called, but this is a new feeling that you didn’t experience before you got the answering machine. Unfortunately, Kelts appears to be a little anti-tech in an unnuanced way, ending with, “Let’s not be cut off by the machine,” and, in the question and answer session, exclaiming, “I think [Twitter] reduces you to like 90 characters. It’s so childish. It robs us of our ability to participate in the public sphere.” This was ironic since I had updated Twitter the day before to say that I was at the Digital Youth in East Asia conference.

Anne Allison had a great presentation on Takimoto’s Welcome to the N.H.K.. She questioned the relationship between the appearance of the keitai and our seemingly increasing isolation from each other.

Ken Kissoker wrapped up the conference by saying, “On Facebook you can list your relationship status as ‘It’s complicated.” And I think that’s the answer to these questions about digital youth — it’s complicated.” Brilliant. ( ^ _ ^ )

Links

  • Seems a lot of people (who don’t have a direct interest in Japan) are sharing this Time article about “elder porn” in Japan.
  • Eat your heart out Merleau-Ponty — I’M IN LOVE WITH THIS CANE!

Daily Journal Entry #11853 06/12/08 Thu

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on August 18, 2008
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Ni-chome Crew

I decided to spend some time in Ni-chome for my fieldwork, and met some great people at Advocate’s on my first night out. I was really excited by a conversation I had with this one woman who mentioned how furita have developed new ways of organizing that are closer to raves than typical demonstrations, just like I had read about and been interested in in my youth in East Asia course.

Oddly enough, they were playing Zathura on the TV they had there, and the people I met also brought up Facebook, which I wasn’t expecting. Though, do keep in mind that Advocate’s attracts an international crowd, and I was talking to English speakers.

Finally, I was surprised to see a crowd of cops attend to two drunk, belligerent men, but even more surprised that the cops did not seem to get angry or retaliate when one of the drunk men was pushing up against the cop, repeatedly. There’s a difference for you.

Mos Burger

After I got back from Ni-chome I stopped by Mos Burger, whose motto is hamburger is my life. While there I texted friends from the states, like Angie.

Sexist Dr. Pepper

My Dr. Pepper can had this really sexist design on it. There were two others that were pretty bad too.

Links

  • This article on blocking cellphone spam also mentions that you can change your cellphone’s email address to an alias rather than your phone number.