On Mon/14, I’ll be presenting a lecture entitled “Drifting Classroom: Theoretical Perspectives on Manga, Anime and Otaku” for the ‘Manga, Anime and Modern Japan: the Reality of an Illusion’ course at California State University Monterey Bay.
Perhaps I’m piling too many toppings on my pizza pie, but I’m crafting it to be a survey of various economic, sociological, and psychological interpretations of Japanese cartoons and comic books -- and their admirers -- that have arisen in the academy and elsewhere over the years.
While the attendance will be limited to CSUMB students, I’m told the event will be filmed and I’ll be capping the audio with my trusty ZOOM, so it’s bound to leak out one way or another.
Sounds fascinating. I'd love to sit in on that. Here's hoping for that leak!
(Also, I've heard great things about Drifting Classroom. Definitely need to get around to reading that. Kazuo Umezu is totally insane in the membrane.)
Posted by: Milo | September 11, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Looking forward to the recording.
Posted by: Alex Leavitt | September 11, 2009 at 10:21 AM
PM - You should be lecturing at CSP (Cal State Penn), not CSU.
Not to hijack, but have you seen COD:MW2's multiplayer. I'm scheduling my surgery the day after its release. the doc says i'll be bed ridden for a week, might as well have juvies cursing my porous MP play during recovery...also may get divorced same week.
Posted by: SPM | September 18, 2009 at 12:27 PM