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A coming of age in the anthropological study of anime? Introductory thoughts envisioning the Business Anthropology of Japanese Animation (2020)
Journal Article
Mihara, R. (2020). A coming of age in the anthropological study of anime? Introductory thoughts envisioning the Business Anthropology of Japanese Animation. Journal of business anthropology, 9(1), 88-110. https://doi.org/10.22439/jba.v9i1.59+63

This article highlights how Anglophone anthropological studies of Japanese animation (anime) have overlooked its businesspeople (such as producers, investors, merchandisers, and entrepreneurs) by formulaically advocating anime creators and fans as cr... Read More about A coming of age in the anthropological study of anime? Introductory thoughts envisioning the Business Anthropology of Japanese Animation.

Meritorious Curating and the Renewal of Pagoda Museums in Myanmar (2020)
Thesis
Tan, H. Meritorious Curating and the Renewal of Pagoda Museums in Myanmar. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Gifts have been accumulated, stored and displayed at sacred sites in Myanmar for millennia as they have elsewhere within the Buddhist world. This thesis is the first attempt to analyse the phenomenon known as the ‘pagoda museum’ that existed since at... Read More about Meritorious Curating and the Renewal of Pagoda Museums in Myanmar.