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Information on the Akita Food Workshop (February 13)
Information on the Akita Food Workshop (February 13)
Tohoku Digital Archive related presentation
ーSensary Digital Archives and Revitalization in Post-Growth Akitaー
Tohoku Digital Archive related presentation
ーSensary Digital Archives and Revitalization in Post-Growth Akitaー
Date: August 28, 2026
Tohoku Digital Archive Project will be presented at EAJS 2026 on Friday, August 28, at 11:00 a.m. (Poland time). The presentation will be available online. If you are interested, please register using the link below!
https://eajs.eu/ja/eajs2026-conference-jp/
Tohoku Digital Archive Project will be presented at ENOJP
Tohoku Digital Archive Project will be presented at ENOJP
Date: September 4-6, 2026
Tohoku Digital Archive Project will offer a presentation on Tohoku Digital Archive at an academic conference of ENOJP, European Network of Japanese Philosophy. If you're interested, come and join us!
Events
Events
Featured Article: Looking at local culture from multiple voices and voices unheard
Tohoku Digital Archives Featured on Blog
Information on the Akita Dialect Workshop
The Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop held at Akita International University
Akita Food Workshop
Akita Food Workshop
Date: July 20, 2026
We held an Akita Food Workshop on July 20. We discussed plant-based diet and held a cooking session.
Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop at AIU Marche!
Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop at AIU Marche!
Date: July 5, 2026.
The Tohoku Digital Archive team participated in the AIU Marche in July too.
Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop at AIU Marche!
Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop at AIU Marche!
Date: May 10, 2026.
The Tohoku Digital Archive team participated in the AIU Marche! A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth.
Tohoku Digital Archive Project presented at AJJ
Tohoku Digital Archive Project presented at AJJ
Date: May 23-24, 2026
Kaeko Chiba offered a presentation on Tohoku Digital Archive at an academic conference of AJJ, Anthropology of Japan in Japan.
Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop Displayed at Akita International University
Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop Displayed at Akita International University
Date: March 30, 2026
The Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop was displayed at the Nakajima library.
Akita Dialect Workshop
Akita Dialect Workshop
Date: November 28, 2025
We held a Akita dialect workshop!
The Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop held at Akita International University
The Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop held at Akita International University
Date: October 4, 2025
We would like to highlight the success of the Tohoku Digital Archive Workshop, held at Akita International University on October 4, 2025.
【First Workshop by Tohoku Digital Archive!】
We hosted our very first workshop, "Explore Akita’s Folk Culture!" at Akita International University.
It was an inspiring day filled with insightful lectures and vibrant performances of traditional folk music and dance. A big thank you to everyone who helped us bring this event to life!
Our workshop was featured in the Akita Sakigake Shimpo newspaper! Check it out too!
Akita Karuta Project
Akita Karuta Project
Date: April 15, 2025
We created original Akita Karuta to promote local identity! This project was shared at the AIU Kid's center in April and also featured on NHK Akita!
Related Publications
Related Publications
"Akita Folk Culture" will be published soon!
"Akita Folk Culture" will be published soon!
Date: July 30, 2026
"Akita Folk Culture," authored by Kaeko Chiba, will soon be officially published by Routledge (ISBN/Serial No.: Hardback: 9781041389590, Paperback: 9781041394099, E-book: 9781042017843).
Grounded in the activities of the Tohoku Digital Archive project, this book dives deep into the dynamic history, oral traditions, and cultural identity of Akita. It reflects our dedicated efforts to document and share these precious local stories with the wider world.
We hope you will have a chance to pick up a copy and explore the captivating folk culture of Akita!
Featured Article: Looking at local culture from multiple voices and voices unheard
Featured Article: Looking at local culture from multiple voices and voices unheard
Date: January 3, 2026
Tohoku digital archives article was published by Asian Anthropology.
Please check out the following article by Kaeko Chiba:
Participatory digital archives with senses: Looking at local culture from multiple voices and voices unheard. Asian Anthropology, https://doi.org/10.1080/1683478X.2026.2613615
Tohoku Digital Archives Featured on Blog
Tohoku Digital Archives Featured on Blog
Date: January 1, 2026
The Tohoku Digital Archives was recently featured on the blog, "Urban-rural migration and rural revitalization in Japan" in the post “Guest Contribution: Unveiling the Unheard: Introducing the Tohoku Digital Archives”. Discover more on the following website: https://userblogs.fu-berlin.de/urban-rural-migration-japan/2026/01/01/guest-contribution-unveiling-the-unheard-introducing-the-tohoku-digital-archives/
Presentation related to this archive on European Association for Japanese Studies
Presentation related to this archive on European Association for Japanese Studies
Date: September, 2025
Kaeko Chiba made a presentation on Tohoku Digital Archive titled, "Unchanging Rural Japan Due to the lost in Translation -- Archiving the lost in translation?" at an academic conference of European Association for Japanese Studies.
Presentation related to this archive on Japan Anthropology Workshop
Presentation related to this archive on Japan Anthropology Workshop
Date: April, 2025
Kaeko Chiba offered a presentation on Tohoku Digital Archive titled, "Strength of Ritual in Digital Archives" at an academic conference of JAWS, Japan Anthropology Workshop.
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