Ropecon 2021: Academic Keynote on RPGs of Japan
Keynote about non-digital role-playing games in and from Japan at Ropecon 2021 Academic Seminar, Helsinki, July 30, 2021.
Japanese Studies
Research on cultural and social phenomena of Japan.
Educational and Therapeutic Role-Playing in Japan
Presentation on educational larp in Japan, at Knutepunkt 2017, Oslo, February 24, 2017, 12:15.
The Power of 100 Yen – Larp in Japan
Presentation on larp and the power of 100 yen in Japan, at the 2nd EAJS Japan Conference, Kobe, September 24, 2016.
Translating J-RPGs
Presentation: Brokers of “Japaneseness:” Bringing table-top J-RPGs to the “West.” Mutual Images Workshop, Kobe, June 12-13, 2015.
Debating Otaku
Publication: New edited volume on the ‘otaku’ discourse in Japan, including original contributions translated into English for the first time. Historical perspectives and new horizons!
Manga as a Medium
Presentation on the figuration manga and its development since the 1970s during the exhibition Manga-dô — The Way of Manga (Feb. 1, 2014) in Munich.
Teaching Japanese Pop-Culture
Presentation on project-oriented teaching at the first Teaching Japanese Popular Culture Conference at National University of Singapore, 2012/11/11-12.
Ethics of Internet-based Research on Japanese Subcultures
Presentation at the 5th Next-Generation Global Workshop at Kyoto University, 2012/11/6-7.
A presentation on ethical questions pertaining cyber-ethnography and the study of Japanese subcultures.
Uses & Gratifications of Boys‘ Love Manga – Fujoshi in Japan and Germany
Presentation at the workshop “Glocal Polemics of ‘Boys Love’ [BL]: Production, Circulation, Censorship” at Oita University, 2011/01/22-23.
A presentation of my research on the use of boys’ love (BL) manga. Based on an interactionist perspective that builds on theories of media gratification, entertainment and emotions, my research focuses on the “how” of the usage and understands media preferences (including BL) as arising from historical, biographical and situational contexts.
Uses & Gratifications of Boys‘ Love Manga
Publication: An empirical study on the phenomenon including interviews in Japan and Germany. The research method was based on the uses & gratifications approach (symbolic interactionism).