Media
Videos
Film made during three months of fieldwork in Helsinki, 2023.
How I conducted 16 months of anthropological research in Japan, 2019.
Introduction to my fieldsite in Kyoto, Japan, 2019.
Introduction to my fieldsite in rural Kōchi, Japan, 2019.
What does ikigai/life purpose actually mean?
Making friends and through hobbies and Instagram.
Finding a community and a sense of home online.
The smartphone as a kind of 'transportal home'.
How the smartphone can become a lifeline.
A rural health check for over 75s in Kochi Prefecture.
Podcast - Being Human
A podcast I co-produced with Jennifer Cearns in 2020, featuring anthropologists discussing topical subjects. These are the episodes I hosted. For all episodes see here. The podcast was produced with support from the Royal Anthropological Institute.
In this episode we explore how people prepare for disasters. How can we mitigate their effects, and how do we use technologies to equip ourselves in times of trouble? This episode looks specifically at Japan, a country which has frequent natural disasters, and which on March 11th 2011 suffered the triple disaster of a tsunami, earthquake, and nuclear meltdown, killing nearly 20,000 people and causing long-term devastation for those affected.
Featuring Chika Watanabe, Andrew Littlejohn, and Giulia De Togni.
In this episode we discuss ageing - from the opportunities that come with later life, to the often negative imagination of ageing in popular discourse. What does it mean to age well, and how is this culturally constructed in different parts of the world?
Featuring Matthew Lariviere, Jason Danely, and Iza Kavedžija.
In this episode we discuss how anthropologists are turning to illustration to tell the stories from their research. We will be talking about how drawings and comics can help to reveal the human lives at the centre of anthropology.
Featuring Charlie Rumsby. Benjamin Dix, and Letizia Bonanno.
In this episode we discuss research on the forms of work that constitute palliative care. Covid-19 has pushed care, death, and dying to the forefront of many people’s minds. In this episode we talk with a research team about what it means to care, and how the understanding of care differs when thinking from a range of perspectives including from biomedical to more holistic approaches.
Featuring Annelieke Driessen, Simon Cohn, and Erica Borgstrom.
In this episode we discuss the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had upon BAME communities, and the implications of this both for society at large, and for anthropology as a discipline. Why are some BAME communities affected so much worse than mainstream society? What’s missing in the way we’re discussing these issues at the moment? And what can this tell us about the relationship between the individual and the State?
Featuring Tamara Dragadze, Igor Cherstich, and Ashraf Hoque.
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Illustrated project reports from my fieldwork in Finland, featuring graphic reportage and visual material co-produced with my research participants.
Extracts from my book, ‘Ageing with Smartphones in Japan’.
Favourite things I’ve read that month on topics such as wellbeing, digital technology, ageing, and graphic ethnography.
Thoughts on using drawing/painting/collage as a research method.
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