Monthly Archives: October 2020
David Plath Media Award commendation for “Sending Off”
Thomas’s documentary 「おみおくり〜Sending Off〜」received a commendation from the Society for East Asia Anthropology’s David Plath Media Award. “The Award Committee was deeply moved by the film and applauds the intimate ethnographic lens brought to bear on a personal and often private subject….the film explores not just aging, but gender roles and the ethics of care in Japan.” 「選考委員会は貴殿の映画に大変感動し、パーソナルでしばしば私的な主題に持ち込まれた、親密で民俗学的なレンズに称賛を送っています。愛する人たちの人生の終末期を共に生きる、農村の少数の家族を追うことにより、映画は年をとるということだけではなく、男性と女性が果たす役割や、日本のケアにおける倫理観にも迫っています。」 The full jury statement can be found on the DocumentingIan Blog.
Thomas Guest Lectures at Kyoto University
Thomas has been invited to present a guest lecture at Kyoto University for Prof. Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano’s lecture series “Transcultural Cinema Forum”, to be attended both by in-person students in Kyoto and online students in Heidelberg, Germany. More photos and information about the class can be found on the DocumentingIan Blog.