Asian Ethnology Podcast

Asian Ethnology Podcast introduces the work of scholars and individuals who have contributed to, or published in Asian Ethnology. It also introduces people whose work aligns with the topical categories of the journal. Subscribe to Asian Ethnology Podcast on iTunes.

Benjamin Dorman organizes and edits all episodes, in addition to interviewing guests.

Latest
Interview with Peter Knecht, former editor of Asian Folklore Studies: Part 2. Experiences as the journal editor (Published: Tues. Dec. 21, 2021)

Episode Listing (click link)

Welcome to Asian Ethnology Podcast (Published Thursday Nov 30, 2017)
Interview with Peter Knecht (former editor of Asian Folklore Studies) Part 1. The Beginnings of the Journal: From China to Japan (Published: Thursday Nov 2, 2017)
Interview with Scott Schnell: Festivals, Rituals, and Bear Hunting in Japan (Published: Tuesday Oct 17, 2017)
Interview with Keller Kimbrough: Hells, Punishments, and Medieval Japanese Media Violence (Published: Thursday Nov 30, 2017)
Interview with Clark Chilson: Secrecy, Buddhist Psychology, and Editing Academic Journals (Published: Friday Jan 5, 2018)
A Conversation with Joy Hendry: An Anthropologist's View of Early Childhood Education in Japan (Published: Saturday Jan 6, 2018)
Interview with Frank J. Korom: Meet the Co-editors (1 of 2) (Published: Monday Nov 27, 2017)
Interview with Benjamin Dorman: Meet the Co-editors (2 of 2) (Published: Monday Mar 26, 2018)
Interview with Patrick McCartney: Transglobal Yoga (Published: Friday Feb 2, 2018)
Interview with Erica Baffelli: Japanese New Religions: Media, Women, and Violence (Published: Wednesday Jul 4, 2018)
Aum Shinrikyō Executions in Japan: Interviews with Ian Reader and Erica Baffelli (Published: Tuesday Jul 10, 2018)
Interview with Ian Reader (part 1): “Religion in Contemporary Japan” and Changes Since 1991 (Published: Sunday Dec 16, 2018)
Interview with Frank Proschan: Folklore, Folklife, and Intangible Cultural Heritage (Published: Thursday Aug 22, 2019)
Interview with Guha Shankar: Folklife and Film (Published: Sunday Aug 25, 2019)
南山大学人類学研究所, 設立70周年記念事業, 第一回クネヒト先生対談 Connect to クネヒト (Published: Monday Nov 18, 2019)
Interview with Robert Campbell, Director of NIJL (Published: Thursday Dec 5, 2019)
Interview with Tom Bauerle: Ghost Stories from Japan (Published: Tuesday Jan 21, 2020)
Interview with Roald Maliangkay: Korean Folk Music, Cultural Policy, and Preservation (Published: Monday Feb. 17, 2020)
南山大学人類学研究所, 設立70周年記念事業, 第一回クネヒト先生対談 ② (Published: Wednesday Feb 19, 2020)
Interview with McComas Taylor: Contemporary Critical Theory and Narrative Sanskrit Texts (Published: Wednesday Mar. 4, 2020)
Interview with Thomas David DuBois: Studying Food in China (Published: Tuesday Mar. 25, 2020)
Interview with Mark Bookman: Disability, Accessibility, and COVID-19 in Japan (Published: Saturday April 4, 2020)
Interview with Jin Feng: Chinese Foodways (Published: Thursday Apr. 30, 2020)
Interview with Gopalan Ravindran: Media Literacy in Marginalized Communities of Southern India (Published: Monday June 8, 2020)
Interview with David Faure and Xi He: Historical Anthropology of China (Published: Thursday Jun. 18, 2020)
Interview with Andreas Riessland: What Happens When Fieldwork Fails? (Published: Tues. Jul. 14, 2020)
Interview with Yoshiko Okuyama: Reframing Disability in Manga (Published: Mon. Aug. 24, 2020)
Interview with Susanne Klien: Urban Migrants in Rural Japan (Published: Thurs. Mar. 11, 2021)
Interview with John Powers: Tibet's Rivers, Climate Change, and Environmental History (Published: Thurs. Apr. 1, 2021)

Series: Disability and Japan in the Digital Age

Interview with Mark Bookman: Introduction to the new series "Disability and Japan in the Digital Age" (Published: Mon. Nov. 24, 2020)
Interview with Frank Mondelli: Hearing Aids, Assistive Technologies, and Accessibility in Japan (Published: Wed. 26 November, 2020)
Interview with Steven Fedorowicz: Deaf Communities in Japan (Published: Wed. 17 February 2021)