CineMAP Japan Beta, A Symposium: Location, Location, Location

Join us for a workshop at the University of Wisconsin-Madison May 3-4, 2024 for the launch of CineMAP, a tool for recording and visualizing the locations of Japanese films.  

“CineMAP JAPAN Beta, A Symposium” is an opportunity for scholars to reflect on the use value, affordances, work to be done, and limitations of a new research tool—CineMAP Japan. CineMAP Japan is a database and visualization tool which will allow users to map the locations where Japanese films were shot. 

With location data thousands of Japanese films from 1897 to 2020, the tool can be used for thinking spatially about the history of film, culturally about urban development, or about the efficacy of soft power policies promoting tourism to pop culture pilgrimage sites. 

Schedule

9:45 – Intro, Welcome

Cluster One - 10:00-10:50
Steve Ridgely (UW-Madison) – From Tokyo Tower to Serendipitous Encounter
Michael Raine (Western University) – Space, Place, and Big Data in Japanese Cinema
Sarah Frederick (Boston University) – Tokyo as Site and Sight

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Cluster Two – 11:00-11:50
Diane Lewis, (Washington University, St. Louis) – Real Place and Narrative Space: From Oshima Nagisa to Shinkai Makoto
Philip Kaffen (UNC-Charlotte) – Geography of Cinema and Being ”On Location”
Jonathan Abel (Pennsylvania State University) – Location on Location

12:00-1:30 LUNCH (provided for participants)
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Cluster Three - 1:30 - 2:20
Sharon Hayashi (York University) – Soundscapes, Walkthroughs and Immersive Geographies of Cinema
Christine Marran (University of Minnesota) – Mapping the Environment and Japanese Cinema
Anne McKnight (UC-Riverside) – Sakura and Care, Ritual and Tourism

Open Discussion - 2:30 - 4:00