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On July 22, 2024, sakanaAI's Ukiyo-e AI, which ARC had assisted, was released and published in the Asahi Shimbun Digital.
［イベント情報］July 3, 2024(Wed)
On July 3, 2024, Prof. Giovanni Molari (Rector, Bologna University) and Raffaella Campaner (Vice Rector for International Relations, Bologna University) visited the Art Research Center (ARC).
Besides a tour of the ARC building and facilities, discussions and an exchange of opinions on collaboration in digital humanities research and education took place with Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters/Director of the ARC).
On June 20, 2024, a group of students and faculty members of National Chengchi University, Taiwan, visited the Art Research Center (ARC).
Besides a tour of the ARC building and digital archiving facilities, Dr. Travis Seifman (ARC Research Manager/Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University) gave an introductory presentation on the DH research activities of the Center.
［イベント情報］June 25, 2024(Tue)As part of the international joint research project Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880 (「上方文化サロン：人的ネットワークから解き明かす文化創造空間 1780-1880」), supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), an online workshop was held on June 21, 2024.
The research project--a collaborative scholarly enterprise among researchers and institutions in Japan and the UK--aims to analyse the cultural and social impact of art and literary salons and the collective creation of art (gassaku) in early modern Japan, particularly in the Kyoto-Osaka region during 1780-1880.
Date: June 21 (Fri), 2024, from 19:00 JST/11:00 BST
Venue: Online via ZOOM
The program was as follows:
1. Speaker: Paul Berry
Title: Distinctive Features of the Osaka Area Bunjin Vortex
2. Speaker: Sophie Gong
Title: A Case Study of Intellectual Interaction in Osaka: Looking at Shinmo meizan shōgai zu
3. Speaker: Xiangming Chen
Title: Why Publishing Qing Art in Eighteenth-century Osaka?
※This was a closed workshop.
［イベント情報］May 8, 2024(Wed)As part of the international joint research project Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880 (「上方文化サロン：人的ネットワークから解き明かす文化創造空間 1780-1880」), supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), an online workshop was held at the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University on May 2, 2024.
The research project--a collaborative scholarly enterprise among researchers and institutions in Japan and the UK--aims to analyse the cultural and social impact of art and literary salons and the collective creation of art (gassaku) in early modern Japan, particularly in the Kyoto-Osaka region during 1780-1880.
Date: May 2 (Thurs), 2024, 18:00 - 20:00 JST
Venue: Online via ZOOM
The program was as follows:
1. Speaker: Shin'ichi IWASA (岩佐 伸一)
Title: Introducing examples of collaborative calligraphy and painting in the late Edo period--focusing on production space, participants and related figures「江戸時代後期の合作書画の作例紹介－制作の場や関係者に注目して－」
2. Speaker: Yoshihisa SUGIMOTO (杉本 欣久)
Title: Watanabe Nangaku and Nakamura Hōchū going to Edo--Communication through haikai and painting「渡辺南岳と中村芳中の江戸行―俳諧と絵画の交流」
※This was a closed workshop.
［イベント情報］April 17, 2024(Wed)As part of the international joint research project Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880 (「上方文化サロン：人的ネットワークから解き明かす文化創造空間 1780-1880」), supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), a hybrid workshop was held at the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University on March 27, 2024.
The research project--a collaborative scholarly enterprise among researchers and institutions in Japan and the UK--aims to analyse the cultural and social impact of art and literary salons and the collective creation of art (gassaku) in early modern Japan, particularly in the Kyoto-Osaka region during 1780-1880.
Date: March 27 (Wed), 2024, 18:00 - 20:00 JST
Venue: Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University & online via ZOOM
※This was a closed workshop.
［イベント情報］April 9, 2024(Tue)
The International Joint Workshop 'Practices and Challenges of Integrating GIS, VR, Metaverse in Digital Humanities Research,' co-organized by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) and the Research Center for Chinese Cultural Metaverse in Taiwan (CCMTW), National Chengchi University, in cooperation with the Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University, was held on March 25, 2024.
Conducted in a hybrid format--on-site at the Art Research Center (ARC) and online, the workshop was attended by Prof. Shi-Chi Mike Lan (Deputy Director of the CCMTW, National Chengchi University), and Prof. Chi Man Kwong (Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University) at the ARC together with Prof. Keiji Yano (Deputy Director of the ARC/College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University), amongst others.
The workshop comprised three presentations by the CCMTW and six presentations, including three case studies, by the ARC. Following the presentations, an exchange of opinions took place on various topics regarding the use of the metaverse in Digital Humanities (DH) research, including platforms suited for research use, methods for acquiring high-quality 3D data, and the application of digital technologies, such as Geographic Information System (GIS), to the metaverse.
The workshop provided a valuable opportunity to discuss the future collaboration between the ARC and the CCMTW.
Date and Time: March 25 (Mon), 2024, 10:00-16:50 (JST) / 9:00-15:50 (TST)
Please click →here for program.
Program
Read more>>10:00 Opening Remarks (Prof. Chih-Ming CHEN and Prof. Ryo AKAMA) CCMTW Session 10:10 - 10:55 Taiwanese civilians in Hong Kong after World War II - An example of metaverse digital curation using Gather Town and Omeka S. (Ms. Wei Yuan FAN) 10:55 - 11:40 Preservation of Changhua Roundhouse in Taiwan - An example of metaverse digital curation using Curation Cosmos and Omeka S. (Dr. Ming-Chaun LI) 11:40 - 12:25 Reapproaching Hong Kong's Experience during WWII from the Spatial History Perspective (Prof. Chi Man KWONG) 12:25 - 14:00 Lunch Break ARC Session 14:00 - 14:30 Virtual Kyoto: from GIS, VR and AR to Metaverse. (Prof. Keiji YANO) 14:30 - 15:00 Audience Participation VR, Aesthetic Assessment in Minecraft, and Roblox content for English Education. (Prof. Ruck THAWONMAS) 15:00 - 15:10 Break 15:10 - 15:40 Metaverse as an Archiving Environment for Cultural Resources (Prof. Koichi HOSOI and Mr. Yuzu MINASE) 15:40 - 16:10 ARC Showcase:
→ Three-Dimensional Archiving of Local Historical Embankments Named "Saruo" for Educational Purposes within a Metaverse Platform (Prof. Hiroyuki YAMAUCHI)
→ Construction of an Open WebGIS for Archaeological Sites in Kyoto and Its Potential (Mr. Mikiharu TAKEUCHI)
→ Consensus-Building Tool Utilizing Urban Three-Dimensional Models (Mr. Moeki INOUE)
16:10 - 16:40 Discussion Session: Our future collaboration 16:40 - 16:50 Closing Remarks (Prof. Shi-Chi Mike LAN and Prof. Keiji YANO) ［イベント情報］April 8, 2024(Mon)The 13th Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities was held on Saturday, March 23, 2024 by the Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities, co-organized by the Kansai Division of the Japan Art Documentation Society and the Kansai Division of the Japan Society of Information and Knowledge in cooperation with the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.
This event also served as a conference for young researchers of the ARC-iJAC.
About the Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities:
Along with the rapid development of the digital and information environment in recent years, we are seeing more and more cross-disciplinary research in academic fields with an awareness of "information" and "digital". This trend is gaining momentum in higher education and research activities as well, and educational programs and course activities related to this trend are being enhanced.
The need for opportunities for academic exchange among undergraduate and graduate students and young researchers studying in such programs under new research themes in line with the times is ever increasing.
For this reason, the Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities was established in 2011 as a place for presentation and exchange, with a focus on graduate students and young researchers interested in information and knowledge research in arts, culture, and other related fields in mind.
This meeting is positioned as a place where participants can mutually discover new research themes and methods through human exchange in different fields, and we also welcome exploratory and adventurous presentations that are slightly different from conventional conference presentations.
■ Date: March 23 (Sat), 2024, from 13:00 JST
■ Hybrid format:
Venue: Ritsumeikan University Osaka Umeda Campus
Osaka Fukoku Seimei Building, 2-4 Komatsubarachō, Kita Ward, Osaka, 530-0018 (https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/osakaumedacampus/access/)
Online: Via ZOOMOrganizer: The Forum for Knowledge, Arts, and Culture in Digital Humanities
Facilitators: Ryo Akama (Ritsumeikan University), Mamiko Sakata (Doshisha University), Naoki Takubo (Kindai University), Takehiko Murakawa (Wakayama University)
Co-organizers: The Kansai Division of the Art Documentation Society and the Kansai Division of the Japan Society of Information and Knowledge
In cooperation with: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.
Read more>>The Art Research Center (ARC) is pleased to announce that its academic journal ART RESEARCH vol.24-3 has been released online.
As an academic journal specializing in arts and culture, the purpose of ART RESEARCH is to widely publicize the results of the research projects and activities conducted by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, and its partner institutions and collaborative researchers.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Art Research Center (ARC) has been selected for several national grants as a center of excellence for research in culture, art, and information science. In FY2019, the center assumed the role as the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art & Culture (ARC-iJAC) upon its accreditation by the MEXT as an International Joint Usage/Research Center. The ARC is highly regarded as a leading hub for the digital archiving of Japanese art and culture.
Our online journal will be published three times per year, and at the end of the fiscal year, a print booklet compiling all contributions will be distributed.
On January 16, 2024, a group of students and faculty members of Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea, visited the Art Research Center (ARC).
Besides a tour of the ARC building and digital archiving facilities, Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters/Director of the ARC) gave an introductory lecture on the DH research activities of the Center.
