Japan

On the Cultural Studies list serve today, Glen Fuller asked a question about QR (Quick Response) codes and I said I'd post it to the HASTAC site and see if he got any responses from our readers. Feel free to use the comment box below this posting for anything yo want to say to our friend in Australia

 

Trying to comprehend the meaning of the recent tragic stabbings by a young factory worker in Akihabara while writing a paper on "digital youth" for a conference in Tokyo.

The NY Times had an article this week about the surprising appearance on Japan's bestseller list of several cell phone novels--novels written on cell phones and read on cell phones. What's next?

Akihibara is the electronics capital of Tokyo, if not the world. It is also a hangout space for otaku, and Maid Cafes . . .

Do young Japanese women really talk to their computers? Do young Japanese men? What grammar do they use?

"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford