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DESCRIPTION:One of Japan's most famous manga\, “Doraemon\,” began in 19
 69 in a children's magazine published by Shogakukan. In fact\, it has cont
 inued for more than half a century. The year 1969 was a time of numerous d
 iscourses on the coming of the information society\, with the Osaka Expo t
 o be held the following year.\n\nBy exploring the social context in which 
 Doraemon appeared\, this presentation will shed light on certain aspects o
 f the social transformation that occurred in 1960s Japan. What are the soc
 ial and media conditions of the Doraemon story? In what kind of social ima
 gination was “Doraemon” created and accepted? \n\nSpecifically\, this 
 presentation will focus on objects such as desks\, bookshelves\, and books
  that appear in Doraemon's stories. These objects show that the mechanizat
 ion of the office\, which developed in postwar Japan\, had spilled over in
 to the home. With the installation of office equipment\, office supplies\,
  and various books in the 1960s\, a certain form of material “informatiz
 ation of the home” was in progress. \n\nBy focusing on these objects tha
 t came into the home\, this presentation aims to reconsider the transforma
 tion of the family that occurred during the high-growth period as a phenom
 enon related to “information.” (Image courtesy of Shogakukan) \n\nThis
  event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP here. \n\nAbout the spe
 aker:\n\nTakahito Niikrua is an associate professor of the history of mass
  communication at Seijo University. He is the author of Noritsu no Kyo-do-
 tai [Efficient Communities: Middle Class and Nationalism in Modern Japan](
 Iwanami Shoten\, Publishers\, 2017). \n\nHe is currently preparing a book 
 on the history of running culture in Japan and conducting research on the 
 history of office machines in Japan.
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SUMMARY:Doraemon and the Information Society in 1969
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 n-society-in-1969
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