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Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Remembering the glory days of the nation: sport as lieu de mémoire in Japan

Research paper thumbnail of Remembering the glory days of the nation: sport as<i>lieu de mémoire</i>in Japan

Sport in Society, May 1, 2011

The French historian Pierre Nora introduced the theoretical framework for mapping lieux de mémoir... more The French historian Pierre Nora introduced the theoretical framework for mapping lieux de mémoire, the places of remembrance that shape both our knowledge of history and our history-shaped identities. The concept has been used to describe inventories of memory for different countries in the last two decades. Nora’s work was translated into Japanese in 2002/03, and several publications concerning Japanese realms of memory in Japanese as well as in English subsequently followed. The publications on memory in Japan so far focus on war and war responsibility. But the Japanese lieux de mémoire are certainly not limited exclusively to these issues, as Sven Saaler and Wolfgang Schwentker have suggested. By applying the concept of lieux de mémoire to sport in Japan, this issue hopes to clarify and verify the role sport has as an alternative marker in understanding and mapping memory in Japan. Japanese history and national construction has been full of sports landmarks since the end of the nineteenth century. Western-style sports were introduced into Japan in order to modernize the country and develop a culture of consciousness about bodies resembling that of the Western world. Japan’s modernization has been a process of embracing Western thought and culture while at the same time attempting to establish what distinguishes Japan from the West. In this context, sports functioned as sites of contested identities and memories. The Olympics, baseball and soccer have produced memories in Japan, but so too have the martial arts, which by their very name signify an attempt to create traditions beyond Western sports. Modes of memory in Japan act in two ways: they are engaged in trying to ascertain Japan’s place in modernity, while simultaneously asserting her singularity against the West. Because modern sports form bodies of modern citizens and at the same time offer countless opportunities for competition with other nations, they provide an excellent ground for testing and contesting national identifications. But it is not only international competition that serves as a lieu de mémoire in sports. National tournaments, which begin with local competition then proceeded to regional and finally national elimination rounds, have also been influential in shaping the conception of national territory, just as the Tour de France, for example, has served to shape the domestic conception of France. In analysing the realms of memory in Japanese sports, five dimensions serve as focal points: identity, tradition, body, commodification and irony. The first four of these dimensions prove that realms of memory are closely linked with the transformation of

Research paper thumbnail of Kano Jigoro : the 'father of the Olympic Movement in Japan

Research paper thumbnail of Takitsukegusa, Moekui, Keshisumi: An Annotated Translation

Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University

Research paper thumbnail of “I want to bring this light to those in despair” – the Tokyo 2020 torch relay and the creation of Olympic legacies

Research paper thumbnail of Hope lights our way'? The uncanny torch relay to the Tokyo 2020/21 Olympics

Research paper thumbnail of Welcome Note

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, die 7. Jahrestagung der Kommission Kampfkunst und Kampfsport der ... more Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, die 7. Jahrestagung der Kommission Kampfkunst und Kampfsport der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs) fand 2018 mit dem Tagungsort Gent (Belgien) zum ersten Mal außerhalb Deutschlands statt. Während der dreitägigen Veranstaltung (15.-17. November) präsentierten Forscher*innen aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen ihre Perspektiven auf das Rahmenthema der Tagung: "Erfahren, Trainieren und Denken des Körpers in Kampfkunst und Kampfsport". Diskutiert wurden Aspekte individueller, kollektiver und kultureller Identitäten, Formen von Sinnstiftung, Wahrnehmung und (Be-)Deutungsansprüche des Körpers, Selbstbehauptung, Geschlechterzuweisungen sowie Kulturen des Körpergedächtnisses. Die eingereichten Beiträge in englischer und deutscher Sprache behandelten philosophische, soziale, politische, pädagogische und technisch-mediale Implikationen, Bedingungen und Effekte des Körpers in Kampfkunst und Kampfsport. Dabei wurde auch in diesem Jahr darauf geachtet, junge Wissenschaftler*innen am Beginn ihrer Karriere sowie etablierte Forscher*innen einzuladen, die sowohl die Ergebnisse individueller Forschung als auch die Erkenntnisse von Forschungsgruppen vorstellten. Neben der Tagung blieb natürlich auch Zeit, das historische Zentrum, die Kneipen und die lokale Küche in Gent zu erkunden. Für die Tagung in Gent konnten wir zwei Keynote-Sprecher gewinnen: Die erste Keynote wurde durch Prof. Dr. Sakaue Yasuhiro von der Hitotsubashi Universität (Tokyo) gegeben. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt richtet sich auf Fragen der Sozialgeschichte des Sports und des Budō im modernen Japan. Zu seinen wichtigsten Publikationen zählen die Monographien Kenroku sōchi toshite no supōtsu (Sport als Dispositiv der Macht; 1998) und Shōwa tennō to supōtsu-'gyokutai' no kindaishi (Kaiser Shôwa und Sport-eine moderne Geschichte des 'kaiserlichen Leibes'; 2016) sowie die Herausgabe der Bände Umi wo watatta jūjutsu to jūdō (Über den Teich: Jujutsu und Judō; 2010) sowie Supōtsu no sekaishi (Weltgeschichte des Sports; 2018). Sakaue trainiert selber seit über 30 Jahren Kendō, für unsere Konferenz referierte er zum Thema "The Nationalization of the Body in Martial Arts". Prof. Dr. Dr. Mario S. Staller von der Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung NRW erklärte sich bereit, den zweiten Keynote-Vortrag zum Thema "The journey is the destination: An expertiseoriented perspective on thinking, experiencing and practicing martial arts, combat sports and selfdefence". zu geben. Stallers Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen vor allem in der Trainingspädagogik im Kontext der Einsatzvorbereitung der Polizei, Konflikt-und Gewaltstudien, Konfliktmanagement, sowie Gamification in (trainings-)pädagogischen Prozessen. Zu oben genannten Themen hat Staller in den letzten Jahren zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen in Zeitschriften und Sammelbänden vorgelegt; so etwa zusammen mit Swen Körner die Aufsätze Towards a nonlinear pedagogy of self-defense in the law enforcement and the civilian domain (Security Journal, 31(2) 2018) und Pedagogy of

Research paper thumbnail of So gibt es nichts Schändlicheres, als illiterat zu sein': zur Literalität der Kriegerklasse (bushi) im frühmodernen Japan

Research paper thumbnail of Foreword : revisiting and understanding 3.11

Research paper thumbnail of Leben und Werk Kaibara Ekikens: Anmerkungen zur praktischen Lebenspflege im Japan der Edo-Periode (1603-1867)

Regeln zur Lebenspflege (Yōjōkun): …, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of I throw a light into the darkness of the world": the question of cultural and national identity in the process of including judo into the olympic program

Olympic Japan: ideals and realities of (inter) …, 2007

... the olympic program. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: Record Details.... more ... the olympic program. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: Record Details. Record ID, 375385. Record Type, bookChapter. Author, Andreas Niehaus [801001888123] - Ghent University Andreas.Niehaus@UGent.be. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Denki ni okeru shintai-Kanô Jigorô no shôgai no kaidoku (Body in Biography-Reading the Life of Kanô Jigorô)

Taiikushi kenkyu_, 2005

Denki ni okeru shintai - Kanô Jigorô no shôgai no kaidoku (Body in Biography - Reading the Life o... more Denki ni okeru shintai - Kanô Jigorô no shôgai no kaidoku (Body in Biography - Reading the Life of Kanô Jigorô). Record Details. Record ID, 310897. Record Type, journalArticle. Author,Andreas Niehaus [801001888123] - Ghent University Andreas.Niehaus@UGent.be. ...

Research paper thumbnail of 3. Leibeserziehung als Moralerziehung und die Suche nach einem universalen moralischen Grundprinzip

Leben und Werk KANO Jigoros (1860-1938), 2019

Research paper thumbnail of 현대 일본의 지역, 국가, 국제 정체성 사이의 오키나와 가라테

Published in 2020 by UNESCO ICM, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of B Übersicht über die Entwicklung der Techniken des jūdō in der Frühphase

Leben und Werk KANO Jigoros (1860-1938), 2019

Research paper thumbnail of 1. Zum historischen Kontext: Die Entwicklung der Leibeserziehung und des Sports in Japan von der Meiji- bis zur frühen Shōwa-Zeit

Leben und Werk KANO Jigoros (1860-1938), 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Reconsidering Japanese Food

In December 2013, washoku was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list of the United... more In December 2013, washoku was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list of the United Nations, and Japanese cuisine was thereby acknowledged as a social practice that provides the Japanese people with a sense of identity. Starting from this perception of Japanese cuisine, this introduction shows that food not only contributes to a person’s identity and communicates a sense of social belonging but that it is also productive in the construction of local and national identities. The construction, reconstruction, assertion and promotion of a ‘national cuisine’ in Japan reach beyond the aims of tourism and trade and are easily applied as a soft power instrument in the hands of those fostering nationalism. The narrative of a ‘pure’, natural, authentic and timeless cuisine, as it will be argued, successfully shaped a Japanese national-cultural identity, which centred on the ideas of homogeneity and uniqueness. Finally, this introduction will also map the scope of the contributi...

Research paper thumbnail of Home Work: Post-Fukushima Constructions of Furusato by Japanese Nationals Living in Belgium

Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging, 2015

Rogers Brubaker remarks that “as a category of practice, ‘diaspora’ is used to make claims, to ar... more Rogers Brubaker remarks that “as a category of practice, ‘diaspora’ is used to make claims, to articulate projects, to formulate expectations, to mobilize energies, to appeal to loyal- ties.” It is in times of crisis and trauma, we will argue in this paper, that these practices con- struct and intensify an awareness of community, generated by emotion, feelings, and affect. When the 3/11 Triple Disaster struck Japan in 2011, Japanese nationals living abroad took a dia- sporic stance and immediately showed their commitment and loyalty to the homeland by organ- izing fundraising and charity events as well as moral support activities. Interpreting these events from the perspective of gift-giving (Marcel Mauss), it can be argued that remittances and material gifts served to show solidarity of an individual as well as a group to the homeland (furusato) and thus strengthening the feeling of belonging to it. Yet, what is the “homeland” that they support? The idea of homeland is a concept that is culturally and thus historically negotiated, and dia- sporic communities tend to develop a romantic idea of it. In Japanese, the English term “home- land” would be captured by the term furusato, which already embraces a strong element of nos- talgia and memory (similar to the German “Heimat”). It originally refers to one’s place of birth and is recently used to point to the “idea of originary, emotive space.” Based on fifteen in-depth interviews with both short-term and long-term Japanese residents in Belgium, this paper sets out to analyze the effect the triple disaster of 2011 had on the Japanese diasporic communities in Belgium.

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Remembering the glory days of the nation: sport as lieu de mémoire in Japan

Research paper thumbnail of Remembering the glory days of the nation: sport as<i>lieu de mémoire</i>in Japan

Sport in Society, May 1, 2011

The French historian Pierre Nora introduced the theoretical framework for mapping lieux de mémoir... more The French historian Pierre Nora introduced the theoretical framework for mapping lieux de mémoire, the places of remembrance that shape both our knowledge of history and our history-shaped identities. The concept has been used to describe inventories of memory for different countries in the last two decades. Nora’s work was translated into Japanese in 2002/03, and several publications concerning Japanese realms of memory in Japanese as well as in English subsequently followed. The publications on memory in Japan so far focus on war and war responsibility. But the Japanese lieux de mémoire are certainly not limited exclusively to these issues, as Sven Saaler and Wolfgang Schwentker have suggested. By applying the concept of lieux de mémoire to sport in Japan, this issue hopes to clarify and verify the role sport has as an alternative marker in understanding and mapping memory in Japan. Japanese history and national construction has been full of sports landmarks since the end of the nineteenth century. Western-style sports were introduced into Japan in order to modernize the country and develop a culture of consciousness about bodies resembling that of the Western world. Japan’s modernization has been a process of embracing Western thought and culture while at the same time attempting to establish what distinguishes Japan from the West. In this context, sports functioned as sites of contested identities and memories. The Olympics, baseball and soccer have produced memories in Japan, but so too have the martial arts, which by their very name signify an attempt to create traditions beyond Western sports. Modes of memory in Japan act in two ways: they are engaged in trying to ascertain Japan’s place in modernity, while simultaneously asserting her singularity against the West. Because modern sports form bodies of modern citizens and at the same time offer countless opportunities for competition with other nations, they provide an excellent ground for testing and contesting national identifications. But it is not only international competition that serves as a lieu de mémoire in sports. National tournaments, which begin with local competition then proceeded to regional and finally national elimination rounds, have also been influential in shaping the conception of national territory, just as the Tour de France, for example, has served to shape the domestic conception of France. In analysing the realms of memory in Japanese sports, five dimensions serve as focal points: identity, tradition, body, commodification and irony. The first four of these dimensions prove that realms of memory are closely linked with the transformation of

Research paper thumbnail of Kano Jigoro : the 'father of the Olympic Movement in Japan

Research paper thumbnail of Takitsukegusa, Moekui, Keshisumi: An Annotated Translation

Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University

Research paper thumbnail of “I want to bring this light to those in despair” – the Tokyo 2020 torch relay and the creation of Olympic legacies

Research paper thumbnail of Hope lights our way'? The uncanny torch relay to the Tokyo 2020/21 Olympics

Research paper thumbnail of Welcome Note

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, die 7. Jahrestagung der Kommission Kampfkunst und Kampfsport der ... more Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, die 7. Jahrestagung der Kommission Kampfkunst und Kampfsport der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs) fand 2018 mit dem Tagungsort Gent (Belgien) zum ersten Mal außerhalb Deutschlands statt. Während der dreitägigen Veranstaltung (15.-17. November) präsentierten Forscher*innen aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen ihre Perspektiven auf das Rahmenthema der Tagung: "Erfahren, Trainieren und Denken des Körpers in Kampfkunst und Kampfsport". Diskutiert wurden Aspekte individueller, kollektiver und kultureller Identitäten, Formen von Sinnstiftung, Wahrnehmung und (Be-)Deutungsansprüche des Körpers, Selbstbehauptung, Geschlechterzuweisungen sowie Kulturen des Körpergedächtnisses. Die eingereichten Beiträge in englischer und deutscher Sprache behandelten philosophische, soziale, politische, pädagogische und technisch-mediale Implikationen, Bedingungen und Effekte des Körpers in Kampfkunst und Kampfsport. Dabei wurde auch in diesem Jahr darauf geachtet, junge Wissenschaftler*innen am Beginn ihrer Karriere sowie etablierte Forscher*innen einzuladen, die sowohl die Ergebnisse individueller Forschung als auch die Erkenntnisse von Forschungsgruppen vorstellten. Neben der Tagung blieb natürlich auch Zeit, das historische Zentrum, die Kneipen und die lokale Küche in Gent zu erkunden. Für die Tagung in Gent konnten wir zwei Keynote-Sprecher gewinnen: Die erste Keynote wurde durch Prof. Dr. Sakaue Yasuhiro von der Hitotsubashi Universität (Tokyo) gegeben. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt richtet sich auf Fragen der Sozialgeschichte des Sports und des Budō im modernen Japan. Zu seinen wichtigsten Publikationen zählen die Monographien Kenroku sōchi toshite no supōtsu (Sport als Dispositiv der Macht; 1998) und Shōwa tennō to supōtsu-'gyokutai' no kindaishi (Kaiser Shôwa und Sport-eine moderne Geschichte des 'kaiserlichen Leibes'; 2016) sowie die Herausgabe der Bände Umi wo watatta jūjutsu to jūdō (Über den Teich: Jujutsu und Judō; 2010) sowie Supōtsu no sekaishi (Weltgeschichte des Sports; 2018). Sakaue trainiert selber seit über 30 Jahren Kendō, für unsere Konferenz referierte er zum Thema "The Nationalization of the Body in Martial Arts". Prof. Dr. Dr. Mario S. Staller von der Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung NRW erklärte sich bereit, den zweiten Keynote-Vortrag zum Thema "The journey is the destination: An expertiseoriented perspective on thinking, experiencing and practicing martial arts, combat sports and selfdefence". zu geben. Stallers Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen vor allem in der Trainingspädagogik im Kontext der Einsatzvorbereitung der Polizei, Konflikt-und Gewaltstudien, Konfliktmanagement, sowie Gamification in (trainings-)pädagogischen Prozessen. Zu oben genannten Themen hat Staller in den letzten Jahren zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen in Zeitschriften und Sammelbänden vorgelegt; so etwa zusammen mit Swen Körner die Aufsätze Towards a nonlinear pedagogy of self-defense in the law enforcement and the civilian domain (Security Journal, 31(2) 2018) und Pedagogy of

Research paper thumbnail of So gibt es nichts Schändlicheres, als illiterat zu sein': zur Literalität der Kriegerklasse (bushi) im frühmodernen Japan

Research paper thumbnail of Foreword : revisiting and understanding 3.11

Research paper thumbnail of Leben und Werk Kaibara Ekikens: Anmerkungen zur praktischen Lebenspflege im Japan der Edo-Periode (1603-1867)

Regeln zur Lebenspflege (Yōjōkun): …, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of I throw a light into the darkness of the world": the question of cultural and national identity in the process of including judo into the olympic program

Olympic Japan: ideals and realities of (inter) …, 2007

... the olympic program. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: Record Details.... more ... the olympic program. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: Record Details. Record ID, 375385. Record Type, bookChapter. Author, Andreas Niehaus [801001888123] - Ghent University Andreas.Niehaus@UGent.be. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Denki ni okeru shintai-Kanô Jigorô no shôgai no kaidoku (Body in Biography-Reading the Life of Kanô Jigorô)

Taiikushi kenkyu_, 2005

Denki ni okeru shintai - Kanô Jigorô no shôgai no kaidoku (Body in Biography - Reading the Life o... more Denki ni okeru shintai - Kanô Jigorô no shôgai no kaidoku (Body in Biography - Reading the Life of Kanô Jigorô). Record Details. Record ID, 310897. Record Type, journalArticle. Author,Andreas Niehaus [801001888123] - Ghent University Andreas.Niehaus@UGent.be. ...

Research paper thumbnail of 3. Leibeserziehung als Moralerziehung und die Suche nach einem universalen moralischen Grundprinzip

Leben und Werk KANO Jigoros (1860-1938), 2019

Research paper thumbnail of 현대 일본의 지역, 국가, 국제 정체성 사이의 오키나와 가라테

Published in 2020 by UNESCO ICM, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of B Übersicht über die Entwicklung der Techniken des jūdō in der Frühphase

Leben und Werk KANO Jigoros (1860-1938), 2019

Research paper thumbnail of 1. Zum historischen Kontext: Die Entwicklung der Leibeserziehung und des Sports in Japan von der Meiji- bis zur frühen Shōwa-Zeit

Leben und Werk KANO Jigoros (1860-1938), 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Reconsidering Japanese Food

In December 2013, washoku was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list of the United... more In December 2013, washoku was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list of the United Nations, and Japanese cuisine was thereby acknowledged as a social practice that provides the Japanese people with a sense of identity. Starting from this perception of Japanese cuisine, this introduction shows that food not only contributes to a person’s identity and communicates a sense of social belonging but that it is also productive in the construction of local and national identities. The construction, reconstruction, assertion and promotion of a ‘national cuisine’ in Japan reach beyond the aims of tourism and trade and are easily applied as a soft power instrument in the hands of those fostering nationalism. The narrative of a ‘pure’, natural, authentic and timeless cuisine, as it will be argued, successfully shaped a Japanese national-cultural identity, which centred on the ideas of homogeneity and uniqueness. Finally, this introduction will also map the scope of the contributi...

Research paper thumbnail of Home Work: Post-Fukushima Constructions of Furusato by Japanese Nationals Living in Belgium

Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging, 2015

Rogers Brubaker remarks that “as a category of practice, ‘diaspora’ is used to make claims, to ar... more Rogers Brubaker remarks that “as a category of practice, ‘diaspora’ is used to make claims, to articulate projects, to formulate expectations, to mobilize energies, to appeal to loyal- ties.” It is in times of crisis and trauma, we will argue in this paper, that these practices con- struct and intensify an awareness of community, generated by emotion, feelings, and affect. When the 3/11 Triple Disaster struck Japan in 2011, Japanese nationals living abroad took a dia- sporic stance and immediately showed their commitment and loyalty to the homeland by organ- izing fundraising and charity events as well as moral support activities. Interpreting these events from the perspective of gift-giving (Marcel Mauss), it can be argued that remittances and material gifts served to show solidarity of an individual as well as a group to the homeland (furusato) and thus strengthening the feeling of belonging to it. Yet, what is the “homeland” that they support? The idea of homeland is a concept that is culturally and thus historically negotiated, and dia- sporic communities tend to develop a romantic idea of it. In Japanese, the English term “home- land” would be captured by the term furusato, which already embraces a strong element of nos- talgia and memory (similar to the German “Heimat”). It originally refers to one’s place of birth and is recently used to point to the “idea of originary, emotive space.” Based on fifteen in-depth interviews with both short-term and long-term Japanese residents in Belgium, this paper sets out to analyze the effect the triple disaster of 2011 had on the Japanese diasporic communities in Belgium.

Research paper thumbnail of 4. KANŌ Jigorōs Kritik an den zeitgenössischen Leibesübungen und seine Entwürfe nationaler Leibesübungen

Leben und Werk KANO Jigoros (1860-1938)

Research paper thumbnail of ‘They Should Be Called Gluttons and Be Despised’: Food, Body and Ideology in Kaibara Ekiken’s Yōjōkun (1713)

Feeding Japan

With respect to the popularity of nourishment of life (yōjō) literature during the Edo period, se... more With respect to the popularity of nourishment of life (yōjō) literature during the Edo period, see Kinski, 'Admonitions Regarding Food Consumption', 140 as well as Kinski, 'Materia Medica in Edo Period Japan'. Kinski's well-researched and very thorough work on Takai Ranzan's Shokuji kai also highlights the parallels between both works. Kabayama finds more than 100 publications on life nourishment (yōjō) since the eighteenth century. Ibid., 'Yōjō ron no bunka', 435-436 as well as the Kokusho Sōmokuroku (General Catalogue of National Books); for house books, see especially Rotermund, Säcke der Weisheit. 2 Coveney, Food, Morals, and Meaning, 26. 20 A. Niehaus 'They Should Be Called Gluttons and Be Despised': Food, Body and. . .