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• 23 déc 2019

  Paris

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

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  New technology-based metamorphosis in Japan

  In Japan, the kyara-ka phenomenon, ‘transforming into a character’ (Aihara Hiroyuki, 2007) is now giving birth to what Nozawa Shunsuke (2013) calls ‘an emerging art of self–fashioning.’ Based on elaborate disguise techniques, the kyara-ka phenomenon covers a variety of communication strategies and practices: cosplay, kigurumi, Vtubing, utaloid voice banks, use of voice-image filters to upload videos where humans look like characters… Exploring all the aspects of this ‘thingification of humans’, the conference will reflect on how and why a growing number of people market themselves as characters. The conference goal is to address the complexity of issues raised by these voluntary and, perhaps, ironical acts of obliteration. What is the profile of men and women who transform themselves into computer-graphic creatures? How do they deal with being loved only through their digital alter-ego? What little or grand narratives are being produced alongside? Can we still deal with the phenomenon in terms of authenticity (original) versus artificiality (copy)? What negotiations or refusals underly the use of characters as social masks?

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• 01 fév 2019

  Montreal

  Call for papers - History

  Generations: New histories in Eastern Asia

  La revue Les Cahiers d’histoire sollicite des propositions d’articles pour un numéro spécial. Ce numéro, qui porte sur l’histoire de la Chine et des pays de l’Asie de l’Est, sera publié sous la direction de Carl Déry (chercheur postdoctoral et membre affilié du Centre d’Études sur l’Asie de l’Est de l’Université de Montréal). L’objectif de ce numéro est d’offrir un riche éventail des perspectives actuelles en histoire de la Chine et en histoire des pays de l’Asie de l’Est.

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