Mutual Images workshop - Fictionality in representations of Japan and Europe from a cross-cultural perspective
The fourth Mutual Images workshop will take place at Aarhus University, 13-14th May 2016
The fourth Mutual Images workshop seeks to explore the dynamic relations between Japan and Europe through the notion of fictionality.
These past decades, the growth of cultural exchanges has created new opportunities of fictionalization between European and Japanese. Far from being restrained to its definition as a genre, Fictionality has become a key element in our contemporary society. Whether it is in entertainment media (novel, manga, video games, movies and other forms of current entertainment), Art (photography, painting), or even our perception of the other, the self, and reality, fictionality is present in our everyday life.
Fictionality in the form of the intentional use of invented stories and scenarios is ubiquitous in these cultures. It is employed in politics, business, medicine, sports, and throughout the disciplines of the academy. The power of fictionality, as a communicational strategy, has considerably grown with the postmodern age and globalisation.