Yokohama

Patrice BALLESTER” To February 22, 1981, Mobile Suit Gundam Anime New Century Declaration at Gundam Factory Yokohama 2020  IEFT, 2021, 14 p.

On February 22, 1981, just before the release of "Mobile Suit Gundam the Movie", a "Declaration of the New Century of Anime" was read to a grouped audience, in droves, right in the middle of modern Tokyo. It is an event of national significance in the field of remembrance, memory and history of anime and manga in Japan, but also in the world through its repercussions.
The "children of Gundam" then take the floor to become a mythical moment in the history of modern Japan in the field of entertainment: two young students Mamoru Nagano and Maria Kawamura, dressed as characters of Gundam, Char Aznable and Lalah Sun read in front of a Tomino triumphing the declaration of Shinjuku around 12h ...
2021 GUNDAM FACTORY - YOKOHAMA.

Le 22 février 1981, juste avant la sortie de « Mobile Suit Gundam the Movie », une « Déclaration du nouveau siècle d'Anime » a été lu devant un public groupé, en masse, ceci en plein centre moderne de Tokyo. C’est un événement à la portée nationale dans le domaine du souvenir, de la mémoire et de l’histoire de l’anime et manga au Japon, mais aussi dans le monde par ses répercussions.

Les « enfants de Gundam» prennent alors la parole pour devenir un moment mythique de l’histoire du japon moderne dans le domaine du divertissement : deux jeunes étudiants Mamoru Nagano et Maria Kawamura, habillés en personnages de Gundam, Char Aznable et Lalah Sun lise devant un Tomino triomphant la déclaration de Shinjuku vers 12h…

This article investigates a series of tattoo-inspired artwork produced by Toronto-based artist Aba Bayefsky during the late 1970s and early 1980s. To do so, I draw heavily from archival documents that belong to the Aba Bayefsky fonds at Library and Archives Canada and newspaper articles published in the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. I reconstruct this period in the form of a historical narrative and use what I call a “tattoo scene” as a frame for my analysis. In doing so, I argue that by creating work that depicted members of the tattoo scene, Bayefsky merged disparate social and cultural groups and their respective visual cultures locally in Toronto and later transnationally between Toronto and Japan.

It wouldn’t occur to very many people that the Czech Republic and Japan have a lot in common in the world of architecture. It is only over the last decade that the work of the architect Jan Letzel (1885-1925) has final- ly begun to be discussed in our country. Letzel was a student of Jan Kotěra and is best known as the designer of the Industrial Palace in Hiroshima (today known as the A-bomb Dome).The general public is much less well informed about the activ- ities in Japan of Antonín Raymond (born Antonín Reinman, 1888–1976), who is considered to be the leading proponent Japanese Modernism. Very few Czechs will know the name Bedřich Feuerstein (1892–1936) and almost no one the builder Jan Josef Švagr (1885–1969), who left evidence in Yokahama – evidence, that speaks volumes – of his Czech background in the form of a window wall in a church with the motif of the Baby Jesus of Prague with a view of Prague Castle across Charles Bridge. This article will look at only four of the many Czechs who had a major impact on Japanese architecture in the first half of the twentieth century. pp 40-43

This paper will examine the largely unexplored topic of the influence and nature of the British Army Garrison stationed in Yokohama during the pivotal years leading up to, and immediately following, the Meiji ‘restoration’ of 1868. The reasons behind the stationing of the troops in Yokohama will be examined including the strategic, security, health, and commercial contexts of their presence. The influence exerted by the troops during their stay on Japanese domestic politics and society, and the factors behind their eventual withdrawal will also be examined. The core of the paper consists of an analysis of a number of published and unpublished accounts from members of the garrison, including one from what later became the Hampshire Regiment. The paper concludes with an examination of the legacies of the garrison and a discussion of significance of these accounts as important, but hitherto unexamined, sources on the early treaty port era and Japan’s emergence as a Modern State.

Discussant: Professor Chris Aldous (University of Winchester)

Chair: Dr Graciela Iglesias-Rogers (University of Winchester)

Early history of Czech-Japanese international exchange in the late Meiji and early Taisho periods - from the Japanese diaries of Alois Richard Nykl.

In: KAMIZONO, Journal of the Meiji Jingu Intercultural Research Institute, No. 25, May 2021

This talk is based on three published accounts of life in Japan produced by British Army and Marine o cers to explore the in uences and legacies of the British Garrison of Yokohama (1864-1875). A general background to the presence and role of the garrison and a summary of extant scholarship focused on it will be presented, followed by a more detailed examination of the content and themes of the accounts of the o cers. These accounts, published as books in the years following the departure of their authors from Japan, present a range of insights into the activities of the garrison, both in terms of their daily lives (diet, housing, health), professional activities (training, administration, action at Shimonoseki) and leisure time (shooting, fox hunting, sport, the social life of the settlement). The works also provide illustrative examples of the views of the British o cer class on Japan and its culture, and the interactions of the garrison with the local population. The talk will argue that the in uence of the garrison has been underplayed in studies of the period to date and that the examination of its cultural, political, economic and social roles, as well as the lives and thoughts of its members, deserve greater attention .

Between 1864 and 1875 thousands of British troops resided in a purpose build garrison on the slopes overlooking Yokohama. Despite forming the majority of the permanent foreign community, being central to the life of the settlement, and participants in many key events during their residence, the history garrison remains almost entirely unexamined in the English language scholarship of the era. Within such accounts the garrison usually barely features, standing silent while the ebbs and flows of trade and diplomacy swirl around them. This paper argues the influence of the British garrison has been neglected within accounts of the period and seeks to foreground some areas where such influences were most marked, and in doing so seeks to restore the prominence and ‘voice’ of  the garrison.

New leisure and tourism spaces around the world. Gundam Factory Yokohama, the Halle de la Machine Toulouse. (Imaginations of large equipment - infrastructure, & coronavirus Covid-19 SARS CoV-2).

The imaginations of the Covid-19 SARS CoV-2 coronavirus, the new Gundam Factory from Yokohama or the next big Buddha from Kamakura?

The Machine Hall in Toulouse, SWOT, By Patrice Ballester

This small file is an essay, a draft, it will materialize by a publication on the new public spaces of leisures in the world through the Hall of the Machine in Toulouse and the Gundam  Factory in Yokohama in Japan. Tourism, leisure and cultural facilities are there to offer a new staging and narrative of the city through cultural imaginaries such as manga, anime or a revisited European mythology.

But it is also necessary to take into account the importance of these infrastructures in the capacity of the actors of the leisures to propose a new image of the city, leisures and the inscription of the equipments in an imaginary of the city and sometimes surprising mentalities representations of citizens.

Les nouveaux espaces de loisirs et de tourisme dans le monde. Gundam Factory Yokohama, la Halle de la Machine Toulouse. (Imaginaires des grands équipements - infrastructures, & coronavirus Covid-19 SRAS CoV-2).

Les imaginaires du coronavirus Covid-19 SRAS CoV-2, le nouveau Gundam Factory de Yokohama ou le prochain grand Bouddha de Kamakura ?
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La Halle de la machine à Toulouse SWOT, Par Patrice Ballester

Ce petit dossier est un essai, un draft, il se concrétisera par une publication sur les nouveaux espaces publics de loisirs dans le monde à travers la Halle de la Machine à Toulouse et le Gundam Mobile Factory à Yokohama au Japon. Tourisme, loisirs et équipements culturels sont au rendez-vous pour proposer une nouvelle mise en scène et en récit de la ville à travers des imaginaires culturels comme les mangas, anime ou bien une mythologie européenne revisitée.

Mais il faut aussi prendre en compte l’importance de ces infrastructures dans la capacité des acteurs du loisirs à proposer une nouvelle image de la ville, des loisirs et de l’inscription des équipements dans un imaginaire de la ville et des concitoyens parfois surprenant.

BALLESTER, Patrice (2020), Les nouveaux espaces de tourisme et des loisirs dans le monde. Gundam Factory Yokohama, la Halle de la Machine Toulouse. (Imaginaires des grands équipements - infrastructures & coronavirus Covid-19 SRAS CoV-2), Feuillet de recherche, Pin-Balma, 62 p.

BALLESTER, Patrice (2020), New spaces for tourism and leisure in the world. Gundam Factory Yokohama, the Halle de la Machine Toulouse. (Imaginations of large equipment - infrastructure & coronavirus Covid-19 SARS CoV-2), Research sheet, Pin-Balma, 62 p.

This study aims to reconsider and re-evaluate the rapid circulation of global creative city policy from the viewpoint of its creative workforce by focusing on the case of Yokohama, Japan. To shed light on this workforce’s everyday experiences and labor subjectivity, this investigation draws ideas from recent research trends of “creative labor” from the field of media and cultural studies, sociology of work, and political economy of communication. Based on in-depth interviews and participant observations, this research focuses on how the ethical and moral dimensions of labor subjectivity in creative work are prominently important in explaining Yokohama workers’ everyday living and working experiences as creative labor. Unexpectedly, this study found that these moral and ethical sentiments and actions, which take on the role of retaining their labor motivation, actually limit the development of political subjects who can resist given precarious working conditions and thereby hinder them from building a collective solidarity as “workers”. Thus this investigation concludes that the creative worker's subjectivity retreats to solely a moral dimension rather than to a political one. Through this finding, this study explores whether the articulation of moral-political and social values in the course of cultural work can evolve from creative workers’ moral and ethical sensitivities and actions.

Abstract Simulations have predicted high performance control characteristics in the torque and speed sensorless control algorithm which uses a stator-flux-controlled V/f PWM inverter. However, in the actual control system, different problems occurred. Among these problems, there are the fluctuation of the inverter input voltage and the voltage error due to switching time lag of power transistors and to voltage drop in inverter power devices. These voltage errors are a big effect on the flux estimation and cause oscillations of the torque and even ...

Background: At the end of the 19 th century, international communities have realized the necessity of global planning and cooperation. Accordingly, worldwide meetings have been organized for several years. This study aims to assess the achievement of predetermined objectives by international conferences in the field of risk management. Materials and Methods: The search for articles and documents was done using several keywords of "international meetings", "Sendai", "Hyogo", and "Yokohama" in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Science Direct, Google Scholar databases. Also, the risk management domain websites such as FEMA, UNISDR, and EM-Date were searched. Results: Three Disaster World Conferences have been organized, hosted by Japan: Yokohama 1994, Kobe 2005, and Sendai 2015. They proposed strategies and prioritized actions for managing disaster risk, reducing the risk of disasters, and coping with disasters. In the second and third conferences, as requested by the United Nations (UN General Assembly), the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) helped as the coordinating body. Conclusion: Reducing the risks of disasters is a global issue, which needs international cooperation. Therefore, all countries should take steps to achieve disaster risk reduction goals. Since declaraions, documents, resolutions, and conferences do not impose an obligation on countries in this regard, the success rate of the programs is dependent on voluntary international cooperation. Moreover, while we do not expect that outcomes of these international agreements related to disaster risk reduction be achieved at the scheduled time plan, strengthening the international cooperation of the countries to facilitate the improvement of actions and programs would be effective.

Les nouveaux espaces de loisirs et de tourisme dans le monde. Gundam Factory Yokohama, la Halle de la Machine Toulouse. (Imaginaires des grands équipements - infrastructures, & coronavirus Covid-19 SRAS CoV-2).

Les imaginaires du coronavirus Covid-19 SRAS CoV-2, le nouveau Gundam Factory de Yokohama ou le prochain grand Bouddha de Kamakura ?

La Halle de la machine à Toulouse SWOT, Par Patrice Ballester

Ce petit dossier est un essai, un draft, il se concrétisera par une publication sur les nouveaux espaces publics de loisirs dans le monde à travers la Halle de la Machine à Toulouse et le Gundam Mobile Factory à Yokohama au Japon. Tourisme, loisirs et équipements culturels sont au rendez-vous pour proposer une nouvelle mise en scène et en récit de la ville à travers des imaginaires culturels comme les mangas, anime ou bien une mythologie européenne revisitée.

Mais il faut aussi prendre en compte l’importance de ces infrastructures dans la capacité des acteurs du loisirs à proposer une nouvelle image de la ville, des loisirs et de l’inscription des équipements dans un imaginaire de la ville et des concitoyens parfois surprenant. 
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New leisure and tourism spaces around the world. Gundam Factory Yokohama, the Halle de la Machine Toulouse. (Imaginations of large equipment - infrastructure, & coronavirus Covid-19 SARS CoV-2).

The imaginations of the Covid-19 SARS CoV-2 coronavirus, the new Gundam Factory from Yokohama or the next big Buddha from Kamakura?

The Machine Hall in Toulouse, SWOT, By Patrice Ballester

This small file is an essay, a draft, it will materialize by a publication on the new public spaces of leisures in the world through the Hall of the Machine in Toulouse and the Gundam  Factory in Yokohama in Japan. Tourism, leisure and cultural facilities are there to offer a new staging and narrative of the city through cultural imaginaries such as manga, anime or a revisited European mythology.

But it is also necessary to take into account the importance of these infrastructures in the capacity of the actors of the leisures to propose a new image of the city, leisures and the inscription of the equipments in an imaginary of the city and sometimes surprising mentalities representations of citizens.

BALLESTER, Patrice (2020), Les nouveaux espaces de tourisme et des loisirs dans le monde. Gundam Factory Yokohama, la Halle de la Machine Toulouse. (Imaginaires des grands équipements - infrastructures & coronavirus Covid-19 SRAS CoV-2), Feuillet de recherche, Pin-Balma, 62 p.

BALLESTER, Patrice (2020), New spaces for tourism and leisure in the world. Gundam Factory Yokohama, the Halle de la Machine Toulouse. (Imaginations of large equipment - infrastructure & coronavirus Covid-19 SARS CoV-2), Research sheet, Pin-Balma, 62 p.

An overview of the Anglo-French Garrison of Yokohama 1863 - 1875 including an examination of the activities, policy influences, economic role, and the historiography of the garrison. The paper concludes with an analysis of whether the presence of the troops can be considered a form of military occupation.

As the 7th edition of the Yokohama Triennale is set to open in Japan, Francesca Ceccherini sat down with Raqs Media Collective to discuss their curatorial strategy, and how the exhibition has developed online, in print, and elsewhere.
The interview was collected in the time of lockdown imposed in India, the country where Raqs Media Collective lives and works.

This paper uses both published and private accounts of life in treaty port Japan produced by British Army and Marine officers, several of which have never been studied or employed before, to explore the perspectives, influences and legacies of the British Garrison of Yokohama (1864-1875). A general background to the presence and role of the garrison and a summary of existing scholarship focused on it will be presented, followed by a more detailed look at content and themes of the accounts of the officers. These accounts, either recorded in private journals at the time or published as books in the years following the departure of their authors from Japan, present a range of insights into the activities of the garrison including their daily lives (diet, housing, health), professional activities (training, administration, action at Shimonoseki), and leisure time (shooting, fox hunting, sport, the social life of the settlement). The works also provide illustrative examples of the views of the Victorian British officer class of Japan and its culture, and the interactions of the garrison with the local population. The different perspectives presented the accounts, the elements of life in the settlement that they do and do not reflect, and the influence of their public/private nature, is also explored. The paper argues that the garrison had an notable influence on Anglo-Japanese relations but this has been neglected in studies of the period to date, and that the examination of the garrison’s cultural, political, economic and social roles, and legacies as well as the lives and thoughts of its members, deserve greater attention.

As Britain’s international focus shifts and Japan faces an increasingly challenging regional security environment, security, and economic links between the two countries continue to deepen. Recent years have seen an expansion of military exchanges, training missions and increasing political interest in the deepening of military links between Japan and the UK. This panel examines this contemporary burgeoning of these connections within the historical context of peacetime military links between Japan and the UK since the 1860s.

The first paper examines Britain’s role in the Boshin War (1868-1869) including how the conflict shaped images of Japan in the UK and the extent to which Britain can truly be considered a neutral actor in that conflict.

The second paper examines the uses both published and private accounts of life in treaty port Japan produced by British Army and Marine officers, several of which have never been studied or employed before, to explore the perspectives, influences and legacies of the British Garrison of Yokohama (1864-1875).

The third paper looks at broader trends in the relationship and the range of co-operative activities the British and Japanese militaries have engaged in since 1945, paying particular attention to the postwar reestablishment of links between the Japanese and UK militaries.

The final paper examines the flurry of contemporary security and defence cooperation activities that extend into maritime, air, land, cyber, and strategic domains - and seeks to draw from it a better understanding of the bilateral policy assumptions, contextual drivers and global trends that are redefining the broader relationship.

All four papers offer original insights into the topics they examine and employ hitherto under-examined or neglected primary material. The papers will be pre-recorded and the live panel will consist of short summaries of the papers by participants, followed by an open Q&A and discussant’s comments.

This panel forms part of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science project “Old Friends, New Partners: New Perspectives on Anglo Japanese Military Relations in the Modern Era”.