Cultural Anthropology and Japanese Popular Culture:
Hip-Hop, Anime, Spatial Sound

Presented by Dr. Ian Condry, Professor of Comparative Media Studies and Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tuesday, April 2, 2024
5:30 - 7 p.m.

Room 331, Social Sciences Building, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Professor Condry is the author of two books, Hip-Hop Japan and The Soul of Anime, both from Duke University Press. His current research explores spatial audio for live performance in Tokyo, Boston and Berlin. He makes music as Leftroman, hosts a weekly Japanese hip-hop radio show on WMBR 88.1 FM Cambridge, MA, and organizes the MIT Spatial Sound Lab, a community studio for immersive audio productions.

Presented by the Ei'ichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Endowed Professorship in Japanese Studies