Care Robotics in Aging Japan – Creating Technical Solutions for the World’s Demographic Problem?

Care Robots

Talk by Martin Rathmann (Heidelberg) that focuses on technologies that may mitigate care problems and generate new solutions to demographic issues. Kyoto University, February 5 (Mon), 2018.
Time: 17:30
Location: Faculty of Letters, Sociology Common Lab, 5th floor (社会学共同研究室)

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Rethinking Transcultural Dynamics

Ibunkai 2017

On December 9 (Sat), 2017, the Graduate School of Letters holds its annual Ibunkai Symposium. This year, the event celebrates the establishment of the new Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies. The Japanese-language symposium titled “Rethinking Transcultural Studies” (文化越境のダイナミックス)  introduces the audience to the genealogy and core theories of the field and showcases current research projects. Continue reading “Rethinking Transcultural Dynamics”