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- Convenors:
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Ryo Akama
(Ritsumeikan University)
Ellis Tinios (Ritsumeikan University)
Jonathan Zwicker (University of California, Berkeley)
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- Section:
- Pre-modern Literature
- Sessions:
- Thursday 26 August, -
Time zone: Europe/Brussels
Short Abstract:
Virtual exhibitions offer scholars exciting opportunities to make public their on-going research free from the fiscal and practical constraints. We will assess the digital resources now available for the construct virtual exhibitions with particular emphasis on presenting Japanese illustrated books.
Long Abstract:
Over the last decade, the amount of online digital resources for Japanese cultural studies has increased dramatically. In the field of classical books, significant digitization projects are ongoing at Waseda University Library, Diet Library, National Institute of Japanese Literature, and Ritsumeikan University's ARC. In North America and Europe, many repositories of visual resources are available online. In addition, a national-level project called "JAPAN SEARCH" has also started, which seeks to make access of resources more efficient, and the distribution of digital resources on the Web has continued to increase. With the spread of IIIF, it has become easier to share and utilize resources on the web system. The next challenge facing researchers is how to transmit their research in response to such significant changes in the environment.
In many cases, the resource providers mentioned above perform online exhibitions together with the release of digital resources in databases. In this panel, we consider the possibility of a method of transmitting research results using "the Virtual Exhibition" provided by Ritsumeikan's ARC as a new information transmission platform.
We will make the following three presentations.
1. Verification and limitations of conventional online exhibitions centered on European and American museums, as well as examples of research practices using Ritsumeikan ARC's Virtual Exhibition.
2. Based on the Ritsumeikan ARC database group and its optional functions, show the Virtual Exhibition's function, and the limitations of "Google Art & Culture" and "Japan Search's Virtual Exhibition". Then, show practical example of student-participation-type online exhibition.
3. How can virtual exhibitions provide an opportunity for faculty and students to bring together different types of resources to create new kinds of scholarly output?
Through the above, we would like to deepen the discussion on the possibility of virtual exhibition, especially, the description of the relationship between resources, and the easy development of research that transcends genres.
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Thursday 26 August, 2021, -Ryo Akama (Ritsumeikan University) Ellis Tinios (Ritsumeikan University) Jonathan Zwicker (University of California, Berkeley)
Paper short abstract:
In the ARC's virtual institute system, I have developed ideal functions different from the other websites. Already, some research projects have made good examples of online exhibition. In this paper, I will report how the system is effective for students and young scholar on education.
Paper long abstract:
In the "research space" system of Art research Center, Ritsumeikan University we have developed several databases and strong function. For example, AI Kuzushi-ji reading system helps researchers who have not enough capacity, and now many people want to use the system. In this paper, I focus on the "Virtual Institute" system. In the system, it has an online exhibition system as the typical function. By the system, users can make their exhibition using all of the digital resources on the Web. The dramatical change of digital environment, now we have enough digital resources in some genre, Japanese classical book is the one of it, and especially illustrated books are the typical genre. However, if we use "Google art and culture" or "Japan Search exhibition", it is difficult to make a satisfied result, especially, it is impossible to use educational opportunity yet.
I would like to show the limit of other system and what is the idea of ARC's system, then I will introduce some effective online exhibitions in the ARC's system.
In conclusion I would like to point out that the system function very well on the education for students and young scholar. This means that this type of digital exhibition will be the one of the effective ways of using digital cultural resources.
Jonathan Zwicker (University of California, Berkeley)
Paper short abstract:
This paper will introduce preliminary work done using the collections of the University of California to create a digital atlas of the city of Edo/Tokyo during the nineteenth century and raise questions about what theories and methods can be used to underpin such an effort.
Paper long abstract:
This paper will introduce several examples from preliminary work on a digital cultural atlas of the city of Edo/Tokyo during the nineteenth century. The project uses archival materials from the collections of the University of California, Berkeley which have been digitized by Ritsumeikan's Art Research Center. This paper will focus on materials from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that use archival materials to better understand literary works from the Meiji period. The paper will also lay out some of the theoretical ideas that underpin the project.
Ellis Tinios (Ritsumeikan University)
Paper short abstract:
Virtual exhibitions offer scholars exciting opportunities to make public their research free from the fiscal and practical constraints. We will assess the digital resources now available for the construct virtual exhibitions with particular emphasis on presenting Japanese illustrated books.
Paper long abstract:
Virtual exhibitions offer opportunities to curators and scholars to present to the public the fruits of their on-going research free from the fiscal and practical constraints of actual exhibitions. This is particularly the case with exhibitions that focus on books. Virtual exhibitions allow us to transcend the constraint of only being able to present a single opening of a book in a display case.
The starting point of this presentation will be a brief review of the virtual exhibitions that may be accessed through the websites of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University and the Freer-Sackler Galleries, Washington. The the speaker will turn to the template for virtual exhibitions supported by the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.
The advantages and limitations of the latter will be examined in detail, particularly with regard to its suitability for presenting research on the book in the Edo period.