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Japanese City Pop abroad : findings from an online music community survey

Sommet, Moritz ; Kato, Ken

City Pop is a loosely defined musical genre that first emerged in Japan in the late 1970s. Having undergone several recontextualizations and revivals in its country of origin, the genre has recently gained an international following among young Internet users. The most enthusiastic of City Pop’s new fans meet in social media groups and online forums; as of late 2020, a dozen fan communities...

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Intermediality and the discursive construction of popular music genres: the case of ‘Japanese City Pop’

Sommet, Moritz

In: Handai ongaku gakuhō / Journal of Handai Music Studies, 2020/16/17//15-42

Commonly said to embody the 'urbane' and 'refined' lifestyle of metropolitan Tokyo and to prefigure the transnational and consumerist characteristics of today's mainstream J-Pop, Japanese City Pop has undergone several recontextualizations since it first surfaced in the last quarter of the 20th century. I use City Pop as an example to interrogate the intermedial qualities of the processes at...

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Bibliographie annuelle: recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme 2017 = Jahresbibliographie Schweizer Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung 2017

Sommet, Moritz

(Bibliographie annuelle de la recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme ; 7)

The Annual Bibliography of Swiss Research on Multilingualism contains a selection of scholarly publications in the disciplines of linguistics, sociology, pedagogy and other fields related to multilingualism. This issue contains bibliographic information on publications from the year 2017. Includes articles from journals, book chapters, monographs, anthologies and online documents by...

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An adaptation of kamishibai as an educational kit for reproductive health in India

Nakaya-Sommet, Maki ; Sommet, Moritz

In: The Art of Kamishibai: The Word of the Image and the Image of the Word, International Symposium, Ljubljana, May 10-13, 2018. Online Compendium

This paper presents an on-going product design project that aims to improve reproductive health education in India through Japanese paper theatre (kamishibai). The educational kit resulting from the project alters the conventional form of kamishibai to adapt it to local conditions and make it easier to use, allowing untrained persons to teach this complex subject matter. We discuss the pilot...

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Bibliographie annuelle: recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme 2016 = Jahresbibliographie Schweizer Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung 2016

Sommet, Moritz

(Bibliographie annuelle de la recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme ; 6)

The Annual Bibliography of Swiss Research on Multilingualism contains a selection of scholarly publications in the disciplines of linguistics, sociology, pedagogy and other fields related to multilingualism. This issue contains bibliographic information on publications from the year 2016. Includes articles from journals, book chapters, monographs, anthologies and online documents by researchers...

Université de Fribourg

Bibliographie annuelle: recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme 2015 = Jahresbibliographie Schweizer Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung 2015

Sommet, Moritz

(Bibliographie annuelle de la recherche suisse sur le plurilinguisme ; 5)

The Annual Bibliography of Swiss Research on Multilingualism contains a selection of scholarly publications in the disciplines of linguistics, sociology, pedagogy and other fields related to multilingualism. This issue contains bibliographic information on publications from the year 2015. Includes articles from journals, book chapters, monographs, anthologies and online documents by researchers...