Japan as destination, 20th c. visual & material culture. Films & travel, education, entertainment ephemera. Sometimes other stuff. Digital humanist. 日本文化学映画史
Joined July 2009
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Joanne Bernardi retweeted
Jan 23
The photographs Haga Hideo took during fieldwork in the Amami Islands in the 1950s marked a definitive moment in Japan’s humanities field.
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Joanne Bernardi retweeted
Jan 23
Japan saw more than 40 million visitors arrive from overseas in 2025, an all-time record, despite a drop in Chinese tourists toward the end of the year due to fraying ties.
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Joanne Bernardi retweeted
30 Apr 2025
Can you learn about Japan’s history & culture from pamphlets? Sheet music? Postcards? 🏣 Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Joanne Bernardi (@ReEnvisionJapan, @UofR) to discover the fascinating modern Japanese ephemera her Re-Envisioning Japan project explores! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage…
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12 May 2025
Watch “Film as Object 2025 Final Workshop” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/1083227932. Another year, another final film. Thanks to @EastmanMuseum Moving Image Dept faculty who make the course possible! #filmasobject #foundfootage #funwithfilm #filmforever
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31 Jan 2025
Over on the blue butterfly there are reports of National Parks Service websites dropping like flies: the Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II in DC, the 1979 Rally for the National March for Gay and Lesbian Rights, First White House Gay Rights Picket, etc.
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30 Dec 2024
Help subsidize the Toy Film Museum's move to and renovation of its new location in Nishijin, Kyoto!「クラウドファンディングCAMPFIRE camp-fire.jp/projects/811613… #クラウドファンディングCAMPFIRE via @campfirejp
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24 May 2024
Grateful for this venue to get conversations started on practical DH approaches in the classroom
24 May 2024
Introducing a new series on digital pedagogy by Joanne Bernardi.
This series is inspired by "What We Teach When We Teach DH: Digital Humanities in the Classroom," which emphasizes the growing importance of teaching in #digitalhumanities.
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21 May 2024
Studio Ghibli receives honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 【Videos】 soranews24.com/2024/05/21/st… via @RocketNews24En
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17 Apr 2024
Please consider joining us in MLC's Japanese Program at the University of Rochester! A 3-year VAP position, with opportunities to link to vibrant interdisciplinary programs/Depts. in Arts & Sciences jobs.chronicle.com/job/37631…
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6 Sep 2023
Thanks to DO contributors over the years - posts have been a great resource and a source of encouragement for me!
5 Sep 2023
The Digital Orientalist: 10 years in the making digitalorientalist.com/2023/…
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Joanne Bernardi retweeted
4 Sep 2023
The first trailer for Toho’s ‘GODZILLA MINUS ONE’ has been released.
In theaters on December 1.
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ hype ramps up ahead of English release japantimes.co.jp/culture/202…
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4 Sep 2023
NYC 9/15 and 9/17, Yoneo Ota from the Toy Film Museum/おもちゃ映画ミュージアム @info51596118 and @ReEnvisionJapan will be at @Columbia University to discuss/screen "The 2nd Sino-Japanese War in Toy Films" (various genres/gauges of recuperated film) #Japan #japanese #Cinema
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Joanne Bernardi retweeted
1923年に発生した #関東大震災 からきょうで100年
江戸・東京を繰り返し襲った災害を振り返るため、「1855年安政江戸地震」などの災害記録を収集した「江戸・安政災害キュレーション」を公開しました。
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画像出典：浅草寺大塔解譯（東京大学地震研究所）
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Joanne Bernardi retweeted
31 Aug 2023
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Much of Tokyo burned in fires after the quake, but Ueno park's famous Saigo Takamori statue survived. This image from NHK shows how people turned it into a missing persons notice board:
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Joanne Bernardi retweeted
Happy #ToriiTuesday! I'm ded tired from touring a big group of students around Japan, but still wanted to post a lil something. Here's a bonus PLASTIC #torii I left out last week. I present #LEGO TORII! ⛩️🏰
You'll see this gate design in many parks' #Ninjago area (NY/CA/🇩🇪). 🧵
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19 Jul 2023
JNTO stats: est. no. international travelers to Japan in 5/23 was 1,898,900, 1,191.4% (!) from 5/22. JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co. #Japan #Travel tourism.jp/en/tourism-databa…
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