CFP: New Groups and New Methods? The Ethnography and Qualitative Research of Online Groups
This was received through the [Medianthro] mailing list. Special Issue (volume 4, number 2, 2011) of “Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa” (Ethnography and Qualitative Research) Edited By: Stefano De Paoli & Maurizio Teli Online groups, also called “virtual worlds”, “virtual communities”, or “digital collectives”, are those social groups whose members’ interactions are mediated primarily by … Read more
Terrain #1 – Japan Impact 2010
Et voilà arrivé le moment tant attendu…mais aussi craint: celui de la sortie sur le terrain! En effet, jusqu’à maintenant, ma recherche a essentiellement consisté en lectures de dizaines d’ouvrages et articles, ainsi qu’en une réflexion théorique, synthétisée sur ce blog. On peut dire donc que c’était une situation relativement confortable, même si je dois … Read more
Time of Eve 1 – Official Time of Eve 1 Anime Videos
Thanks to a member of the Soleil Romand Forum, a Swiss-French group of popular Japanese entertainment fans, I have discovered a new expression: ONA – Original Net Animation. For those familiar with the acronym OAV (Original Animation Video), this should appear as a natural transposition of practices around home video entertainment into the electronic space … Read more
Interview Retranscription
I’m now in the process of retranscribing the interview I was able to record at JapAniManga Night. As anyone who has done interviews in the past knows, it is of course a difficult and tedious task. But it is also extremely interesting for several reasons, which I haven’t always seen outlined in the method books … Read more
First fieldwork, first mission
The general fun of fieldwork: Alright, here is the first part of the account from my week-end at JapAniManga Night. I’m sorry, I can’t put it all in one post, so I hope you’ll be able to keep up with me as I organize my thoughts and notes. The first part is more a general … Read more
