国際共同利用・共同研究拠点関連

The Annual Conference of the Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS), hosted by the Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS) in cooperation with the MEXT International Joint Usage / Research Center International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, took place on June 27 (Sat) and 28 (Sun), 2020.

To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the event was held online for the first time this year and more than 130 members and non-members of the JADS participated.

As part of this year's annual conference, a symposium on 「芸術文化資源デジタル・アーカイブの国際的共同利用 -- オンライン環境での知的生産システムとそのツール」 (The International Joint Usage of Digital Archives for Arts and Cultural Resources -- Intelligent Production Systems and their Tools in an Online Environment) was held.

The symposium began with a welcome speech by Prof. Koichi Hosoi, Director of the Art Research Center (ARC), who introduced the international research activities of the ARC-iJAC in the field of digital humanities.

Following his opening remarks, three presenters proposed activities and tools for the next generation of digital research environments in light of the role of digital archives until now which only had a focus on reference information. In this context, they discussed ways and future directions to construct an online knowledge cycle for arts and cultural resources.

Among these three speakers, Mitsuhiro Tsuda, a researcher at the Art Research Center, publicly presented the concept and utilization of the ARC Research Space and ARC Database for the first time and explained their role in effectively building relationships between digital resources and intellectual activities.

In supporting the activities of the Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS), the ARC-iJAC aims to contribute to the establishment of such an online knowledge cycle which may enable researchers, curators and librarians not only to "browse" information, but also archive the "relationships" between these resources and produce new knowledge by "editing" and "re-archiving" them in the future.

The MEXT International Joint Usage / Research Center「International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) 」, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, will be co-hosting the 2020 Annual Conference of the Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS) on June 27 (Sat) and June 28 (Sun), 2020.

On the first day, a symposium with the topic 「芸術文化資源デジタル・アーカイブの国際的共同利用 -- オンライン環境での知的生産システムとそのツール (International Joint Usage of Digital Archives for Arts and Cultural Resources -- Intelligent Production Systems and their Tools in an Online Environment)」 will be held where ARC members will be giving lectures and presenting the "ARC Research Space", amongst others.

For a detailed program, please click here (in Japanese).

■ Date:

June 27 (Sat) and June 28 (Sun), 2020

June 27, 13:00 - 17:00 (Reception from 12:00)

June 28, 13:30 - 16:05 (Reception for Research Presentation from 12:30)

■ Participation Method:

This event will be held online.

Details on how to participate will be announced later.

■ Fees for Participation & Materials:

Free of charge for JADS members and non-members (both days).

*A PFD version of the manuscript will be distributed online in advance.

■ Registration:

Please register to participate in the event via this application form (https://forms.gle/uDVHoecvArnV3BpJ7).

*Limited capacity of 200 people; registration deadline is June 22nd, 2020.

For inquiries, please contact: The Organizing Committee for the 2020 Annual Conference of the Japan Art Documentation Society

jads_conf2020■googlegroups.com (please replace "■" with "@")

The 71st International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar next week on Monday, June 22, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

"ドイツにおけるデジタル・ヒューマニティーズ。日本学を例として (Digital Humanities in Germany. Japanese Studies and Beyond)" (in Japanese)

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael KINSKI (Japanese Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)

Seminar handout (free to download)

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Date: Monday, June 22, 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate. Please access the Webinar via the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlN7ppEMMnF_eoA0PXl2dA/featured

The 70th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar next week on Wednesday, June 17, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. "大規模3次元計測に基づくインドネシア世界遺産・ボロブドゥール寺院の高精細可視化 (High-definition Visualization of Large-scale Indonesian Heritage Borobudur Temple Based on 3D Point Clouds)" (in Japanese)

Speaker: Jiao PAN (Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Graphics Laboratory 1, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)

2. "レーザ光を用いた遠隔受音システム (A Distant-Talking Speech Measuring System Which Uses Laser Beam)" (in Japanese)

Speaker: Chengkai CAI (Ph.D. Candidate, Acoustics & Signal Processing Labs, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)

3. "環境音認識における深層ニューラルネットワークを用いた学習データの自動生成 (A Study on Training Data Proliferation for Indoor-Environmental Sound Classification Based on Neural Network)" (in English)

Speaker: Yutao ZHANG (Ph.D. Candidate, Acoustics & Signal Processing Labs, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)

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Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate. Please access the Webinar via the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlN7ppEMMnF_eoA0PXl2dA/featured

Prof. Hosoi, thank you for your time today. As one of the pioneers in digital game research in Japan, you have successfully expanded the "Game Archive"-project over the last two decades. Moreover, the Ritsumeikan Center for Games Studies (RCGS) has been established in 2011. Could you tell us about your recent updates?

Prof. Hosoi: There have been some positive developments in the last 4-5 years. Firstly, government funding from the Agency of Cultural Affairs has been increased for the RCGS which enabled us to create new rooms and facilities for game research and archiving - despite the notorious lack of space on Kinugasa campus.

Secondly, networking has been greatly expanded, especially with overseas institutions. While we only had a few connections with institutions in the US about five years ago, we have been able to form new alliances with overseas institutions, particularly in Europe.

The "Asahi Collection Kuchi-e Database" has just been published.

This is the result of the Joint Research Project "Infrastructure Development of Digital Research Environment for Modern Woodblock-printed Kuchi-e (Frontispieces)" which was adopted by the "Digital Archive Research Center for Japanese Cultural Resources" in 2018 / 2019.

Currently, the metadata items are not displayed properly yet, but maintenance is scheduled for the near future. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

・Asahi Collection Kuchi-e Database → https://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/search_tasahi.php

The 69th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar next week on Wednesday, May 20, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. "近世後期京都俳壇における花供養会の位置 -- 芭蕉顕彰俳諧をめぐって (The Position of Hanakuyo-Kei in the Kyoto-Haidan through the 18th and 19th Centuries -- Concerning Basho-Kensho Haikai)" (in Japanese)

Speaker: Chiyoko TAKEUCHI (Research Representative, 2019 Adopted International Joint Research Project [International Joint Research to Utilize the Center's Facilities and Equipment] "A Study on Kyoto-Haikai through the 18th and 19th Centuries Concerning Hanakuyo")

Seminar handout (free to download)

2. "3次元計測で得られる大規模ポイントクラウドを用いた衝突可視化 (Collision Visualization Using Large-Scale Point Clouds Acquired by 3D Measurement)" (in Japanese)

Speaker: Weite LI (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Media Technology, College of Information Science and Engineering)

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Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate. Please access the Webinar via the following link:

https://youtu.be/-miJurTS2co

The 68th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar next week on Wednesday, May 13, starting at 18:00 JST.

On February 25, 2020, Ritsumeikan University and the University of California, Berkeley ("UC Berkeley") held an event commemorating the conclusion of signing a research cooperation agreement.

This follows after the Art Research Center ("ARC") at Ritsumeikan University, one of the pioneers in digital humanities, was designated as the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in October last year. With such recognition, the ARC strives to push internationalization of research activities that transcends disciplines and geographic boundaries.

For almost 15 years, a research team of the ARC, led by Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters), has been steadily expanding their partnership with the UC Berkeley in the field of digital archiving. The collaboration began when the ARC digitized a collection of sugoroku, Japanese board game sheets, for the UC Berkeley's C.V. Starr East Asian Library (EAL) which boasts one of the world's largest collections of Japanese cultural resources. Subsequent joint projects also include the creation of digital archives of old and rare books, copperplate prints and Kadenshū manuscripts, amongst others.

Since adopting the ARC model of digital archiving based on the three pillars of (1) database creation, (2) its publication, and (3) utilization of digital resources, the EAL has been able to speed up digitization and dissemination of its research resources. Furthermore, this collaboration has enabled the ARC to share Berkeley's famous collections as its portal databases. Through this, the ARC aims to facilitate the establishment of a sustainable "digital ecosystem" wherein researchers can create their own databases from the ARC's portal databases and publish research which in turn may serve as a basis for new research endeavors around the world.

In recent years, both universities have expanded their collaboration from database creation to student exchange activities to promote research and knowledge exchange. Moreover, Prof. Akama recently held a workshop at the UC Berkeley on his latest research about "An Online Education System for Transcribing Japanese Cursive Texts from the Edo Period with AI Assistance".

As the cooperation agreement with the UC Berkeley is a comprehensive one with no restrictions on research fields, Ritsumeikan University highly hopes to advance joint research in fields well beyond digital archiving as well.

The commemoration ceremony held at the UC Berkeley was attended by Ritsumeikan University's Vice Chancellor Yoko Matsubara, the ARC's Director and Deputy Directors, Prof. Koichi Hosoi (College of Image Arts and Sciences), Prof. Akama, Prof. Keiji Yano (College of Letters) and Prof. Keiko Suzuki (Kinugasa Research Organization). Meanwhile, the UC Berkeley was represented by the Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, and the Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, amongst others.

Prof. Akama and other ARC delegates are hopeful that the conclusion of the collaboration agreement with the UC Berkeley would open doors to other future partnerships with US universities that have displayed an interest in digital archiving.

■ Photos: Ritsumeikan faculty chat with UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor; presentations at UC Berkeley's C.V. Starr East Asian Library; meeting with the Director of the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley (English)

https://www.berkeley.edu/