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Situated Meaning adds a new dimension, both literal and metaphoric,
to our understanding of Japan. The essays in this volume leave the
vertical axis of hierarchy and subordination-an organizing trope in
much of the literature on Japan-and focus instead on the
horizontal, interpreting a wide range of cultural practices and
orientations in terms of such relational concepts as uchi
("inside") and soto ("outside"). Evolving from a shared theoretical
focus, the essays show that in Japan the directional orientations
inside and outside are specifically linked to another set of
meanings, denoting "self" and "society." After Donald L. Brenneis's
foreward, Jane M. Bachnick, Charles J. Quinn, Jr., Patricia J.
Wetzel, Nancy R. Rosenberger, and Robert J. Sukle discuss "Indexing
Self and Social Context." "Failure to Index: Boundary
Disintegration and Social Breakdown" is the topic of Dorinne K.
Kondo, Matthews M. Hamabata, Michael S. Molasky, and Jane Bachnik.
Finally, Charles Quinn explores "Language as a Form of Life." Jane
M. Bachnik is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is presently pursuing
research in Japan under a Senior Fellowship Grant from the Japan
Foundation. Charles J. Quinn, Jr., is Associate Professor of East
Asian Languages and Literatures at the Ohio State University.
Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
Situated Meaning adds a new dimension, both literal and metaphoric,
to our understanding of Japan. The essays in this volume leave the
vertical axis of hierarchy and subordination—an organizing trope
in much of the literature on Japan—and focus instead on the
horizontal, interpreting a wide range of cultural practices and
orientations in terms of such relational concepts as uchi
("inside") and soto ("outside"). Evolving from a shared theoretical
focus, the essays show that in Japan the directional orientations
inside and outside are specifically linked to another set of
meanings, denoting "self" and "society." After Donald L. Brenneis's
foreward, Jane M. Bachnick, Charles J. Quinn, Jr., Patricia J.
Wetzel, Nancy R. Rosenberger, and Robert J. Sukle discuss "Indexing
Self and Social Context." "Failure to Index: Boundary
Disintegration and Social Breakdown" is the topic of Dorinne K.
Kondo, Matthews M. Hamabata, Michael S. Molasky, and Jane Bachnik.
Finally, Charles Quinn explores "Language as a Form of Life." Jane
M. Bachnik is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is presently pursuing
research in Japan under a Senior Fellowship Grant from the Japan
Foundation. Charles J. Quinn, Jr., is Associate Professor of East
Asian Languages and Literatures at the Ohio State University.
Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
Although Japanese universities have relied on information
technology to resolve numerous problems, their high expectations
are undermined by lags in implementing that technology. This
innovative edited volume argues that lags in IT implementation in
Japanese education are created by contradictory and challenging
responses of the social environment. If this dialectic can be
visualized as having hands, the right avidly promotes IT, while the
left hand simultaneously blocks it. The result, of course, is an
impasse. The issues central to this stalemate are significant
because they point beyond the schools, to a broader set of problem
areas in Japanese society. The contributors to Roadblocks on the
Information Highway discover and discuss the contradictions
inherent in Japanese society and culture as they are played out in
the social contexts of IT service providers, web masters, and
classroom teachers who implement IT. They then show how these
contradictions indicate broader, structural problems that pervade
the dynamic between Japanese education and the state and business
sectors. Ultimately, in a reach that goes beyond Japan, this book
examines relationships between technology and society, persuasively
convincing readers that the modern age has created an inextricable
link between the two.
Although Japanese universities have relied on information
technology to resolve numerous problems, their high expectations
are undermined by lags in implementing that technology. This
innovative edited volume argues that lags in IT implementation in
Japanese education are created by contradictory and challenging
responses of the social environment. If this dialectic can be
visualized as having hands, the right avidly promotes IT, while the
left hand simultaneously blocks it. The result, of course, is an
impasse. The issues central to this stalemate are significant
because they point beyond the schools, to a broader set of problem
areas in Japanese society. The contributors to Roadblocks on the
Information Highway discover and discuss the contradictions
inherent in Japanese society and culture as they are played out in
the social contexts of IT service providers, web masters, and
classroom teachers who implement IT. They then show how these
contradictions indicate broader, structural problems that pervade
the dynamic between Japanese education and the state and business
sectors. Ultimately, in a reach that goes beyond Japan, this book
examines relationships between technology and society, persuasively
convincing readers that the modern age has created an inextricable
link between the two.
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