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The research for my PhD project on Japanese game centers has officially started.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago I received word from SSHRC informing me that\u00a0my request for the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements available only to Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral Fellowship recipients was finally granted. This means that I will be in Japan from January to April 2016 to conduct the final steps of my field research before I can start working on the project properly.<\/p>\n
From January to March, I will stay in Kyoto in order to work with my research trip supervisor Prof. Koichi Hosoi on his arcade game preservation project. There, I will follow\u00a0the most recent trends on arcade game preservation in Japan and I will have access to all sorts of material (cabinets, magazines, photographs, …) that will help develop some of the arguments in my own thesis. I also hope to be able to talk to both academics and industry people in the project.<\/p>\n
I plan to write weekly reports of this three-month adventure on this blog to share discoveries and thoughts. Stay tuned, and don’t forget to let me know if you are in either Kyoto or Tokyo next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The research for my PhD project on Japanese game centers has officially started. Two weeks ago I received word from SSHRC informing me that\u00a0my request for the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements available only to Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral Fellowship recipients … Continue la lecture