The QuaMaFA and Free University of Berlin Workshop invites scholars, students, and practitioners to engage in critical discussions on migration, visual research methods, evolving political trends and policy challenges in Japan and East Asia. Organized as part of the BMBF-funded project Qualification and Skill in the Migration Process of Foreign Workers in Asia with focus on Japan, this event is hosted by the Institute of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies, Free University of Berlin in collaboration with Sophia University Tokyo (ICC) and with support from Goethe University Frankfurt.

Workshop Highlights

• Interactive Panel Discussion: The Role of Visual Representations in Research and Learning: A Shift for Traditional Methods?
  13th December | 12:00–14:30 CET
• Film Screening & Discussion: Home in the Making – QuaMaFA Films
  16th December | 11:00–13:00 CET
• Lecture: The Evolution of Immigration Policies and Practices in Contemporary Japan by Gracia-Liu Farrer, Waseda University
  16th December | 14:00–15:30 CET
• Presentation: The Japan Transnational Education and Career Panel Study (JTEPS): International Student Mobility and its Consequences by David Chiavacci, University of Zurich & Steve R. Entrich, University of Duisburg-Essen
  16th December | 15:45–17:15 CET
• Book Talk: Alternative (to) Politics: Identifying New Forms of Political Engagement in Contemporary Japan by David H. Slater, Sophia University Tokyo
  16th December | 18:00–20:00 CET

This workshop provides a platform to discuss pressing migration challenges, innovative visual methods, policy developments and political trends in Japan and beyond.

For the full schedule and event details, please download the posters using this link:

https://quamafa.de/blog/2024/12/04/quamafa-free-university-of-berlin-workshop-exploring-visual-methods-migration-and-politics-perspective-on-japan-and-beyond/

We look forward to seeing you there!