{"id":2541,"date":"2022-03-10T11:01:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfej.asso.fr\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2022-03-10T11:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:01:26","slug":"conference-cultural-migrants-from-japan-the-imagined-west-and-national-identity-rendez-vous-du-japon-contemporain-de-lehess-mercredi-23-mars-2022-11h-13h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sfej.asso.fr\/?p=2541","title":{"rendered":"Conf\u00e9rence \/ \u00ab\u00a0Cultural Migrants from Japan : The Imagined West and National Identity\u00a0\u00bb (Rendez-vous du Japon contemporain de l’EHESS, mercredi 23 mars 2022, 11h-13h)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cultural Migrants from Japan: The Imagined West and National Identity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yuiko Fujita<\/strong> (Meiji University)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mercredi 23 mars 2022, 11h – 13h<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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R\u00e9sum\u00e9 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since the 1990s, Japanese media have been telling stories of successful Japanese kuri\u0113t\u0101<\/em> or professionals who do creative work, in Western countries. Many Japanese indeed moved to, London, New York City, or Paris, in order to \u2018make it\u2019 as artists, dancers, designers, or musicians. I explore the process of international migration and cultural production, focusing the cases of young people, professional designers, and haute cuisine cooks, who have migrated from Japan.<\/p>

I especially address the following research questions: (1) how have many people begun to migrate from Japan to Western cities in order to study and work for the purpose of cultural production? and (2) how is Japaneseness constructed through cultural production in Western cities? For this purpose, I have conducted multi-sited ethnography in London, New York City, Paris, and Tokyo since the 2000s.<\/p>

The result shows that many Japanese have come to hope to participate in cultural production in their \u2018imaged West,\u2019 constructed through media over a log period. Then, most Japanese interviewed indeed aim to produce works with \u2018universal\u2019 or \u2018authentic\u2019 appeal, while some attempt to express \u2018Japaneseness\u2019 strategically. While they are increasingly oriented toward creating works with new forms and values through the transnational production system, gatekeepers and legitimators of the creative industry continue to reinforce boundaries of national culture.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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