Freitag, 16. Mrz 2018, 18:30 - 20:00 iCal
From invented traditions to distorted history
Okinawa as portrayed in narratives of Karate
Stanislaw Meyer (Jagiellonian University, Krakow)
Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften-Japanologie, Seminarraum JAP 1
Spitalgasse 2, UniversitätsCampus Hof 2, Eingang 2.4, 1090 Wien
Vortrag
Popular narratives in the West often depict karate as Japanese martial art embodying the spirit of samurai. Such karate is a typical example of “invented tradition”, given the fact that in Okinawa, where karate was born, there were never samurai. This is not to say that karate is “fake” or “untrue” and thus lacks legitimacy to represent Japanese traditions. The problem lies elsewhere: karate narratives often confuse Okinawa with Japan and depict the entire Okinawan past by means of Japanese imagery, as if Okinawa had always been an integral part of Japan.
Stanislaw Meyer (M.A. Jagiellonian University, M.A. University of the Ryukyus, Ph.D. University of Hong Kong) is lecturer at Department of Japanology and Sinology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. His conducts research on Okinawan history, Japanese colonialism and Japanese minorities.
Veranstalter
Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften/Japanologie und AAJ (Akademischer Arbeitskreis Japan)
Kontakt
Mag. Angela Kramer
Universität Wien
Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften - Japanologie
4277-43801
angela.kramer@univie.ac.at
Erstellt am Mittwoch, 07. Mrz 2018, 13:48
Letzte Änderung am Montag, 12. Mrz 2018, 09:07