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Meiji at 150

Dr. Katsuya Hirano (University of California-Los Angeles) Hirano, Katsuya; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Hirano recounts Japanese settler colonization of Hokkaidō during the Meiji Period, underlining the racialization and dispossession of indigenous Ainu inhabitants. We discuss the role of capitalism and infrastructural development in Japanese imperial expansion, the impacts of the Meiji Restoration on the Ainu population, conditions for Ainu today, and the challenges of cultural commodification.

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Title
Dr. Katsuya Hirano (University of California-Los Angeles)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 38
Creator
Hirano, Katsuya; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2018-06-27
Description
In this episode, Dr. Hirano recounts Japanese settler colonization of Hokkaidō during the Meiji Period, underlining the racialization and dispossession of indigenous Ainu inhabitants. We discuss the role of capitalism and infrastructural development in Japanese imperial expansion, the impacts of the Meiji Restoration on the Ainu population, conditions for Ainu today, and the challenges of cultural commodification.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; Hokkaido; Ainu; settler colonialism
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415931
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81924
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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