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.
Japan
TRPG Festival 2019
TRPG Festival is an event for everyone interested in playing and designing role-playing games, ranging from table-talk RPGs to live-action role-play (larp).
Asymmetric Flows of Analog Gaming between Japan and Germany
Presentation at the Yamaoka Youth Culture Symposium 2019 about the barriers and flows of analog gaming between Japan and Germany. March 19, 2019 (Tue), 14:00-17:00, Kyoto University Rakuyu Kaikan.
Larp Run and RPG Panel
TRPG Festival is an event for everyone interested in playing and designing role-playing games, ranging from table-talk RPGs to live-action role-play (larp).
Live-Action Role-Play and Japan
Presentation at the Yamaoka Youth Culture Symposium 2018 about how larp was “translated” from practices in Germany to suit a player base in Japan. March 18, 2018 (Sun), 13:00-16:00, Osaka Institute of Technology.
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.
ISAGA 2015: Hybrid Simulation & Gaming
Presentation and Game Session at ISAGA/JASAG 2015 in Kyoto, July 17-20 2015.
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.
Space and Life-Action Roleplay in Japan
Presentation at the 13th EAJS conference at Tallinn University, Estonia, 2011/08/27.
A presentation of research on the relationship of space and the modes of roleplaying games in a transcultural context.