In my three previous blogs so far, I have featured the “strange mix” of digital and analogue culture in Japan, digital culture’s “neutral” nature, and the vision of Taiwan’s Digital Ministry Audrey Tang. In this blog, which will be the final of the series, I would like to go back to Japan and consider the “strange mix” of digital and analogue in…
At the beginning of this corona crisis, a young Digital Minister of Taiwan drew attention from all over the world. Her name is Audrey Tang: the former programmer of Apple who was born in 1981 and whose gender is officially “none” (transgender). She became famous internationally for developing, in just three days, an app with which people are able to access the…
During the lectures, we explored what we called “Digital Culture,” such as the development of computers, the social significance of GAFA, and wonders of digital games. Those are something universal, and people around the world share more or less the same experience. Probably, a Buddhist Priest in Butan enjoys his/her pastime on YouTube exactly in the same way as I do. Digital…
One common conversation that I often have with many of my friends from Japanstudies is that Japan is a really interesting place where old things and cutting-edge things are uniquely co-exist. My friends always wonder why Japan is so behind in digitalization despite the country is famous for its super advanced technologies? I once belonged to Japanese society, and such a “strange…
