Přednáška prof. Koichi Iwabuchi se uskuteční v úterý 5. května od 15:30 na FF UK v Celetné 20 v Zelené posluchárně.
In the last two decades, we have witnessed the rise of Japanese popular culture and its international flows and consumption.
In many parts of the world, especially, in East Asia and Europe, the development has enhanced the appreciation of Japanese culture
and engendered cross-border dialogic connections in an unprecedented manner. However, it is an open question whether and how
the increased exposure to Japanese popular culture has led to a greater understanding of the diversity of contemporary Japan.
This question is of vital importance, given the growing prevalence of the promotion of nation branding and inter-nationalized circulation
and display of popular cultures, which re-highlights distinctive national cultural borders and nation consciousness in new forms.
Revisiting the development of transnational media culture flows and connection in the Japanese and East Asian context, this lecture
will consider how it overtly and covertly contains and discourages the engagement with growing multicultural situations within national
borders and how we can move beyond the predicament. I will suggest the significance of “trans-Asian” perspectives and collaboration
towards the further advancement of cross-border dialogue.