Scholars in Spotlight

Episode guest:
Jonathan Wroot
The Paths of Zatoichi: The Global Influence of the Blind Swordsman
Dr Jonathan Wroot is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at University of Greenwich and his research looks into Japanese cinema; transnational cinema. Jonathan's research has encompassed DVD special features; Japanese anime and processes of subtitling and dubbing; feature film adaptations of anime.

• We talked about a heart warming research project where Jon is working to preserve UK based Neo magazine that  covers east asian popular culture which has recently stopped publishing. How through creating partnerships, exhibitions and events this precious cultural resources can be kept alive and a source of knowledge for many, particularly our younger generation. 
• There are some enticing film recommendations if you are interested in Japanese films or anime. 

  Previous two episodes:

• Jonathan_Wroot - Cinema and the Tale of Storytellers - Asia and Japan
  https://scholars-in-spotlight.transistor.fm/s1/5
• Architecture, Anime & The Depth of Cyberspace
  https://scholars-in-spotlight.transistor.fm/s1/26

Links:

• Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/ 
  Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130377/
  Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059942/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1
  
  
• UK distributor for Japanese independent films
  https://thirdwindowfilms.com/distributed-films/

  IMG credit: Neo Magazine - https://www.instagram.com/neo_maguk/p/C9upvCPNag1/?hl=en-gb 

Eric Wong: Instagram
Eric is an Architect, illustrator, design tutor and Senior Lecturer in University of Greenwich.
He studied Art and Architecture at the Byam Shaw School of Art, Central Saint Martins. He completed his undergraduate degree at Cardiff University and later graduated with a masters from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

Eric was nominated for the RIBA President's Silver Medal and is a recipient of the Bartlett School of Architecture Medal for outstanding academic achievements in professional performance, the Sir Banister Fletcher Medal for highest marks in Part 2 graduate studies and the Fitzroy Robinson Drawing Prize for best drawings in Part 2 graduate studies.

Jonathan Wroot
The Paths of Zatoichi: The Global Influence of the Blind Swordsman
Dr Jonathan Wroot is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at University of Greenwich and his research looks into Japanese cinema; transnational cinema. Jonathan's research has encompassed DVD special features; Japanese anime and processes of subtitling and dubbing; feature film adaptations of anime.

Image: Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess (2021)
Music: Whispers 

Heather is a founder and former President. www.verite.org - an internationally recognized social auditing and workplace advocacy organization operating in fifty countries annually, monitoring HR policies, chemical safety, and legal compliance with health and safety standards.

Sample of investigations of workplace and human rights violations:
http://complicitfilm.org/
https://www.b2bnn.com/2018/05/twitter-chat-recap-complicitfilm-human-cost-devices/

http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/blog/1793/bangladesh_-_savar_solutions_and_fast_fashion_may_not_be_compatible/

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Dr Annemarie Zijlema is a Lecturer in School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences at University of Greenwich.
Her research interests include.
User Experience

Design Thinking

Memory

Information Retrieval

Information Seeking Behavior

Interaction Design

Cognitive Psychology

Autobiographical Memory

Design Research

Human-Computer Interaction

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Adam Elliott-Cooper is a Research Associate at school of humanities in University of Greenwich. He received his PhD from the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, in 2016. He has previously worked as a researcher in the Department of Philosophy at UCL, as a teaching fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick and as a research associate in the Department of Geography at King's College London.
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In this addition I talked to Carlos Tanner who initiated The Ayahuasca Foundation in 2008. Carlos Tanner, an American and student of curanderismo. After living and studying with a curandero for over four years, Carlos worked to provide a safe and effective way for people to not only receive treatment in the healing tradition of the Amazon but also to study the tradition, the way he had with his maestro. The idea for the Ayahuasca Foundation was born from a desire to spread the science of plant medicine back into the world.

Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following:
Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist
Founding Director, Bionic City

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Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following:
Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist
Founding Director, Bionic City

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Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following:
Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist
Founding Director, Bionic City

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Alex Pheby is a British author and academic. His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written" in Literary Review.
We talked about the importance of fiction and its impact in world. The variable subjective realities and what are some ways we can have enriching experience of self.
Books:
Mordew
Playthings
Lucia