[KineJapan] RIP: Uplink in Shibuya

[shayne bowden]

I knew they were (obviously) suffering financially but there were also very public accusations regarding the power harassment/abuse of employees at Uplink which made the news last year.


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>   1. Zoom event on 4/26: "Japan for (New) Media Studies"
>      (JUNKO YAMAZAKI)
>   2. RIP: Uplink in Shibuya (Markus Nornes)
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> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:57:12 -0700
> From: JUNKO YAMAZAKI <junkoyam16 at ucla.edu>
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> Subject: [KineJapan] Zoom event on 4/26: "Japan for (New) Media
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> Hello everyone,
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> I'm writing to invite you to the roundtable discussion "Japan for (New)
> Media Studies," which will take place on Monday, April 26 from 5-6:30 pm
> PDT.
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> I hope to see many of you there!
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> Best wishes,
> 
> Junko
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> *UCLA Terasaki Center Junior Faculty Roundtable Series Part 4:*
> 
> *Japan for (New) Media Studies*
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> *Monday, April 26 *
> *5-6:30 pm (PDT)*
> Registeration link:
> https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tqeiK0_9TXi7s3EJkictZA
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> Japanese cinema once played a rather unusual and significant role in the
> transformation of film theory and criticism in the 1960s and 70s, shaping
> the nascent discipline of English-language academic film studies. In our
> current diverse and globalizing media environment, Japan continues to be a
> productive site of various forms of modern technological media practices
> and scholarly engagement with them. This roundtable brings together
> scholars working on television, radio, and related audiovisual cultures in
> the humanities tradition to share their insights on the ways in which Japan
> remains relevant and vital to today?s media studies.
> 
> *Speakers:*
> Hannah Airriess (University of Indiana, Bloomington)
> Alex Murphy (University of Chicago)
> Yuki Nakayama (University of Michigan)
> Hideto Tsuboi (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
> Alexander Zahlten (Harvard University)
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> Junko Yamazaki
> Assistant Professor
> UCLA Asian Languages and Cultures
> junkoyam16 at ucla.edu
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> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:29:55 -0600
> From: Markus Nornes <nornes at umich.edu>
> To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
> Subject: [KineJapan] RIP: Uplink in Shibuya
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> Whoa, I hope this isn?t a bellwether.
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> Uplink is closing because of Corona. They?ll keep the outposts in Kichijoji
> and Kyoto.
> 
> Markus
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> https://www.uplink.co.jp/news/2021/53583
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> *Markus Nornes*
> *Professor of Asian Cinema*
> Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and
> Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design
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> *Department of Film, Television and Media*
> *6348 North Quad*
> *105 S. State Street*
> *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285*
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